Category: News

The bands of rain that chased away Streetscape workers yesterday in Walhalla produced nearly an inch and a half of rain.  The official measurement, as reported by U-S Weather Observer Barbara Wilson, amounted to 1.44”.  The typical reaction from Oconeeans who scampered to cover was that the rain is needed, but not all at once in these amounts.

Tickets to see and hear Pope Francis in Washington this month are being made available to South Carolinians through the office of U-S Senator Tim Scott.  His Holiness Pope Francis becomes the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress when he speaks to the lawmakers at 10 a-m Thursday, September 24.  Scott’s office has a limited number of […]

The wreckage and debris from a large truck accident on one of Seneca’s major arteries was pronounced clear by the noon hour today–ending a wet saga that blocked SC 130 traffic and forced the railroad to hold trains.  The 18-wheeler truck flipped exiting W. Sizemore Road and, according to Fire Chief Jan Oliver, landed in a ditch.  Two wreckers were […]

Narrow as the medians that are taking shape on Main, their size may be inadequate to handle an oak tree. A couple of Walhalla’s tree committee members are concerned, and President Dan Pollock of Partners for Progress says there will be discussion about this during Partners’ Monday night meeting at the Depot. Going into the meeting is the idea that […]

Narrow as the medians that are taking shape on Main, their size may be inadequate to handle an oak tree.  A couple of Walhalla’s tree committee members are considered, and President Dan Pollock of Partners for Progress says there will be discussion about this during Partners’ Monday night meeting at the Depot.  Going into the meeting is the idea that […]

In the next two weeks, Oconee County Council will rely on Sheriff Mike Crenshaw to come up with decibel readings at various places across the county.  The council will look to Crenshaw to provide the benchmark data that will allow them to decide how loud is too loud.  As the council decides the limits that should go in the noise […]

An Oconee County road builder gets the job to build the county’s first roundabout of modern times.  To convert Wells Highway where it meets Strawberry Farm and Mormon Church roads near Seneca into a roundabout intersection the contract goes to Thrift Development.  According to Josh Makison, resident construction engineer for the DOT, the state will play Thrift Development $963 thousand […]

Multiple responders are at the scene of an oveturned truck near Seneca.  The accident on 130 at the W. Sizemore Road railroad crossing has detoured 130 traffic on the approach to Seneca.

Heavy rain that soaked downtown Walhalla this morning chased away Streetscape workers, who are on the job today to pour a new curb on the north side of Main Street.  Once those concrete workers are able to return to work, the trucks and other equipment are going to make for more congestion.  Motorists and pedestrians should be careful.