Category: News

Work has already begun on one of three spring and summer road projects for which the DOT has selected contractors.  One of those projects will cover Old Salem Road, N. Little River Road, and Earlestead Drive.  Josh Makison, resident construction engineer, also says the Rogers Group/Ashmore Brothers has been contracted for several Seneca area jobs.  One of them on Shiloh […]

The new chaplain for the West Union police, Wayne Morton, has announced a community prayer service at 8 this morning in front of the flag pole at the Town Hall.  The public is invited.

At their meeting, Oconee school trustees are scheduled to vote on whether to move the start day for 2017-18 classes forward three days this summer—to avoid the total eclipse of the sun.  They also are to discuss a controversial reduction-in-force action that would strip the district of mental health counselors.  The board meets at 6 tonight at district headquarters in […]

  One person was reported in custody as law enforcement officers chased a vehicle last night in the Westminster area.  Police Chief Dean Awalt called it a small, low-speed chase of speeds approximating 40 miles an hour, as officers pursued a suspected driving under suspension violator 101.7/WGOG NEWS also received word of a Sunday morning chase northbound on I-85 from […]

Monday will be the 20th year since the body of a Clemson student was found floating in Lake Hartwell.  The homicide of Brooke Holsonback has remained one of the oddest and, perhaps, perplexing Oconee County cold cases.  There is a task force dedicated to identifying and catching who was responsible for her death.  The Clemson freshman from Prosperity was last […]

If you are a Westminster power customer who is at least 80 years old, a city councilwoman wants to give you a break on your bill.  The councilwoman, Susan Ramey, requested the following item to be placed on next week’s meeting agenda:  “All citizens 80 years old and above to receive a 10% discount on their utilities bill each month.” […]

  Whether it was someone such as Ken Sloan or Richard Blackwell, the message to the large crowd today in Westminster was that Oconee County is a swell place to be and, in times ahead, is likely to be an even better place.  The “State of Oconee” luncheon proceeded without its original keynote speaker, Governor Henry McMaster.  Filling in, State […]

An Oconee state lawmaker predicts the cost to meet the constitutionally-required obligations of the state’s retirees will be painful to those who will foot the bill—current employees and employers.  Rep. Bill Whitmire, Walhalla Republican, gave the Rotary Club this week a preview of how it’s going to take the state 10 years to remedy what took 20 years to get […]

A meeting yesterday was designed to lessen the anxiety among Walhalla Latinos that the President’s executive order and plan to build a wall could lead local authorities to round up members of the local Spanish-speaking community, which could lead to their deportation.  But Walhalla Chief of Police Ronald Wilbanks says nothing has changed with his department since Donald Trump replaced […]

Rep. Jeff Duncan and the House voted yesterday to undo two Obama Administration regulations that the Third District lawmaker says violated the Constitution’s Tenth Amendment limits on states’ rights.  The first regulation barred hunting and fishing from federal wilderness lands in Alaska, while the second stopped states from cutting Title X grant funding to abortion providers, including the Planned Parenthood […]