Category: News

To many people music, soft or loud, is entertainment. To some, however, music is nothing but unwanted noise when you can hear it pound through your home from the outdoors. For much of last night, Oconee County Council deliberations were aimed at a compromise of people’s rights. The council gave second reading to amending the council’s noise regulations, but referred […]

This Sunday there will be a re-dedication of the Walhalla Presbyterian Church, the church re-built from a destructive fire.  Sunday is the first chance for the Presbyterians to worship in their re-built sanctuary.  Saturday, August 1 has been set aside as the date for open house.

The surroundings at Walhalla’s Stumphouse Tunnel Park are a hiker’s delight, but not so this afternoon for a teenager. The girl became temporarily lost, but was discovered when she walked out of the woods on her own into the parking lot. Scott Krein, county director of emergency services, says the girl became disoriented, got a little tired, and hot but […]

In the weeks ahead, the general contractor predicts, you’ll see more crews added to the workforce of Walhalla Streetscape. Danny Hutchinson said today his company is finishing a major job with the Oconee School District and, once that job is finished, he’ll be adding several more workers to re-making Walhalla’s four-block core commercial area. Hutchinson says everything possible will be […]

The Seneca Planning Commission agreed last night to forward a rezoning application to a meeting of the city council. After opening the floor to public comment, the planning commissioners voted to change the zoning at 734 E. Main Street to allow for a mobile home for family purposes. If granted by the council, the property owned by Wanda Anchors would […]

A vote during a special West Union meeting last night resolves a need within the town’s police deparment. Town Council agreed to cash in a $25 thousand certificate of deposit and buy a 2015 Dodge truck for police use.

A truck crane protruded the back of an SUV this morning at Wells Highway and 123/the Clemson Boulevard. State troopers investigated the accident shortly before 7:30. According to one responder, no one required a medical transport from the accident scene.

At the start of the weekend to celebrate America’s independence, Westminster will ring out in music. Ken Sloan, Westminster resident and the executive director of the Mountain Lakes Convention Visitors Bureau, says Music on Main—the night of Friday, July 3—-will usher in a weekly, warm weather fare of music that hopes to draw on the success of Jazz on the […]

SC state troopers report an accident with injuries at 7:22 this morning at US 123/the Clemson Blvd. and the Wells Highway.

An Oconee state lawmaker is part of a six-member conference committee trying for compromise over whether a California app-based ride-sharing service should remain available to South Carolinians and tourists. Rep. Bill Sandifer, Seneca Republican, was on his way back to Columbia yesterday to take up Uber’s temporary license granted by the state Public Service Commission. At issue is how the […]