Category: News

A plea late last week in Laurens County resolved criminal charges facing an Oconee County resident.  A Laurens judge accepted the guilty plea from Timothy Mark Mize, who had been charged by presenting false claims to insurance companies.  The defendant’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Danny Day, said Mize was allowed to plead to misdemeanor offenses and was ordered to serve […]

Vandals in Seneca apparently have a low regard for the spirit of the season.  City officials tell that someone last night destroyed Christmas decorations at the Norton-Thompson Park downtown, and the police are investigating.  Chief John Covington says the latest estimates have raised the financial loss from $3 to $5 thousand dollars.

Huge volumes of water blasted through South Carolina cities and suburbs, breached dams and washed out bridges in October.  The rainfall conjured up the description of a “one-thousand year storm.”  But a water specialist at Clemson suggests that we’ve played foot-loose with the term thousand-year storm.  Associate professor Cal Sawyer believes it would be a mistake to write off the […]

Multiple charges have been placed against a 35-year old man the police found behind the wheel of a truck Saturday morning in the Wal-Mart parking lot at Seneca.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office today announced charges of receiving stolen goods and financial transaction card theft against Walhalla resident Steven Lee Duncan.  Oconee deputies got in touch with the Macon County, North […]

Disaster-trained volunteers from the American Red Cross have extended help to cover life’s immediate needs to a family near Townville.  Two adults and two children saw fire burn their home on Crescent Lane in the Double Springs Community.  The fire broke out shortly before midnight Friday.  The Red Cross assistance covered temporary lodging along with comfort kits that included personal […]

Starting tomorrow, the Walhalla police focus on their part in a statewide campaign, “Sober or Slammer.”  The emphasis through January 3 will be getting people who drive impaired off the road.  The holiday season is a time of joy and family togetherness, but one mistake can create tragedy.  Nearly half of South Carolina’s fatal crashes involved an impaired driver.   […]

The rain has won out today and thwarted Walhalla Streetscape contractor’s hopes to make further progress.  If it weren’t inclement, Hutch ‘N Son had planned to continue to form and to pour the handicap ramps on the north side Main Street between Ann and Catherine.  On the south side, workers had hoped to proceed with block reconstruction.  

The offer by a bank to settle a lawsuit is an agenda item tomorrow night for the Westminster City Council.  Under new business, the item reads “Consider settlement offer by First Citzens Bank in the matter of City of Westminster v. First Citizens.”  The agenda calls for an executive session to discuss the offer.  In January, Westminster went to court […]

Construction should begin by this summer on a $40 million raw water storage impoundment for the City of Savannah, Georgia—as part of environmental mitigation for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.  The Army Corps of Engineers awarded Thalle Construction Company of Hillsborough, North Carolina to build the 17-acre impoundment in Effingham County, Georgia.  The small reservoir is to provide an additional […]