Category: News

The police in Walhalla have issued a missing person bulletin for a 15-year old girl.  Leia Littleton was last seen at Highland Glen apartments early morning hours Sunday.  She may be in the company of a male named Travis, from Seneca or Greenville.  Leia is a female with light brown skin, about 5’9″. 170 pounds, curly brown hair, brown eyes.  […]

The following announcement by Alice Fowler, chair, of the Vote 411 in Oconee and Pickens was submitted to 101.7/WGOG NEWS:   “Have you decided who you will vote for in the statewide primary June 14th?  Oconee County Council Districts 1 and 3 and State House of Representatives District 1 are on the ballot.  Also on the ballot are offices of […]

The challenger says the incumbent is not conservative enough; the incumbent takes issue with that.  Challenger for State House One, (Oconee-Pickens), is Wally Sparks; the incumbent, State Rep. Bill Whitmire.  Sparks has indicated Whitmire is not conservative enough to reflect the attitudes of the District One populace.  But Whitmire counters that prominent groups associated with conservative causes give him top […]

Property along Seneca’s Frontage Road is to be considered for re-zoning during a public hearing next week at city hall.  The planning commission has re-scheduled the meeting for 6 o’clock Monday night, May 23 to consider changing 98 acres bordered by Woodcreek Drive, Frontage Road, Knollwood Drive, and Queen Annes Lane from PD-U/R-20 to PD-R. The property is owned by […]

Heavier traffic, more fires, accidents, and medical calls prompt Oconee’s volunteer Corinth-Shiloh Fire Station to request those they protect to make financial contributions.  The Corinth-Shiloh station has embarked on its annual fundraising campaign.  The fire department serves an increasingly busy section of Oconee–the Seneca-Clemson Corridor where there’s new home and commercial development spurred, in part, by Clemson University increasing enrollment.  […]

For Westminster residents interested in following their city leaders, the city announces a substitute location for tomorrow night’s May meeting of the city council.  The meeting will take place at the M.D. Cleveland Civic Center at 98 Anderson Avenue and start at the regular 6 o’clock time.  High on the agenda tomorrow:  public hearing on the FY 2023 budget and […]

Governor McMaster Friday signed into law legislation passed by the General Assembly that establishes early voting in South Carolina.  To help prepare for the upcoming June 14 Primaries, the State Election Commission wants voters to know all their options to vote:   Polling Place on Election Day Open from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Check your polling place at scVOTES.gov […]

A session of Oconee Grand Jury convenes today.  At news time, it’s uncertain whether the charges placed Friday against Matthew Durham will be ready for a grand jury true bill or no bill of the two allegations against the county councilman.  Citing that Durham has no previous record, a magistrate granted the defendant a personal recognizance bond, meaning he’s free […]

A spokesman for the South Carolina Attorney’s General says he has learned of the arrest of an Oconee County councilman, Matthew Durham.  A-G spokesman Robert Kittle says the charges against Durham are domestic violence second degree and unlawful neglect of a child.  Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says the arrest was made by the state Law Enforcement Division and Durham was […]