Category: News

  One of the greatest pests to a pasture owner has made a destructive foray into Oconee County.  The army worm has been on the move in the county, especially to the southern sections where agriculture remains strong.  First, the owners of pastures and hayfields have had to encounter a drought with 90 degree temperatures that have stretched into September.  […]

According to an announcement by Greg Dietterick, Seneca city administrator, the developer interested in building an assisted living care project on the property of the former Kellett Elementary School has withdrawn his proposed.  Dietterick says in the future the mayor and council will decide what becomes of the property.  And today, during a noon hour meeting at City Hall, the […]

    South Carolina’s top public education leader told those in a Westminster audience they are fortunate to live in a community that is willing and capable to further the cause of educating its young.  Molly Spearman, the state’s first-term superintendent of education, keynoted Friday’s Apple Festival luncheon.  Spearman congratulated Westminster and Oconee County for having the interest and the […]

Unforeseen maintenance building problems have forced the American Legion in Seneca to call off its meeting tonight.  The legionnaires’ quarterly breakfast will take place 8 to 10 Saturday morning at the Seneca Family Restaurant.

This year’s Oktoberfest in Walhalla will take place Friday through Sunday, October 21-23, according to an announcement by Vanessa Penton, executive director of the Greater Walhalla Chamber of Commerce.

Cecil Sandifer belted out another rousing version of “God Bless America” and Senator Lindsey Graham warned that the U-S is in for a long fight against the Taliban and Isil.  The state’s superintendent of education keynoted the Apple Festival luncheon, sponsored by the Westminster Rotary Club, and extolled the value of good education and the quality of South Carolina’s educators.  […]

Motorists who feel the fillings in their teeth rattle while driving highway 11 north in Oconee County can look forward to relief.  The state’s resident DOT construction engineer, Josh Makison, has received word that a four-mile section of north highway 11 is scheduled for patching and re-surfacing.  The improvements are to take place two miles in both directions from the […]

The First Friday Parade on September 9th, 2016 will close College Avenue from N. Clemson Avenue to Highway 93 from 5:30PM until the end of the parade. Access to Highway 93 will be available via N. Clemson Avenue. Clemson vs. Troy Football on September 10th, 2016 will close College Avenue from Keith Street to Highway 93 from the beginning of the […]

A car and an SUV collided yesterday afternoon near Walhalla in the vicinity of one of the S-curves on the Playground Road.  Several people were hurt.  A woman, identified to 101.7/WGOG NEWS as a backseat passenger was taken to a Greenville hospital.  No one was hurt on the grounds of the Bad Creek hydro plant yesterday when a bus carrying […]