Category: News

A man who lives near Walhalla has been arrested and charged with exposing another person to HIV—the virus that attacks a person’s immune system. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest last night of Tyler McKenzie Orr, 24-year old Fairfield Road resident, on warrants charging exposing a person to the HIV virus. Arrest affidavits, signed by investigator Gentry Hawk, allege […]

A murder defendant goes on trial during next week’s term of Oconee General Sessions Court in Walhalla.  The prosecution plans to call the case of Shane Adam Burdette, charged with murder in 2013 of James Evan Tyner. Court opens Monday, with Judge Cordell Maddox of Anderson presiding.

Only a handful of weeks on the job, Oconee’s new airport director has prepared a strategic plan for the facility. Sam Carver handed out copies of his plan, in draft form, last night to the members of the county aeronautics commission. It touches on the strengths and weaknesses of the airport near Clemson and its 5,000-foot runway. Among the strengths: […]

Nationally syndicated columnist George Will visits Clemson University next week as the featured speaker for the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism’s biannual John W. Pope Lecture. He will speak about “America’s Great Debate: James Madison vs. Woodrow Wilson” in a free public event at 4:30 Thursday afternoon, February 26 in Tillman Hall auditorium. Will is best known for […]

All activities at the Green Pond Event facility as part of this weekend’s GEICO Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell are being delayed until after daylight today—including the launch which now has been moved back to about 8:30 this morning. Tournament officials announced the decision yesterday, in consultation with Anderson County public safety officials concerned that the extreme temperatures may make […]

The board of directors of Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, at its meeting yesterday in Greer, voted to raise by 4% the rate it charges for wholesale electric service. Affected is Westminster, one of the member cities of PMPA. Westminster had one vote in the action, cast by Jeff Lord, city administrator. Lord said, “I did vote for it. Not only […]

Today is a teacher- in-service day in the Oconee School District, meaning no classes today for the students.  The students, however, will have to return to school Monday–a make up day for inclement weather.

14 degrees is the temperature reading here this morning at 96.3/WGOG. We’ll await the U-S weather observer’s report for Walhalla’s official low. Crews during the night attended to a broken water line on the Oak Grove Road near Hesse Highway.

The board of directors at Piedmont Municipal Power Agency in Greer today raised the rates it charges for wholesale electric service. The 4% increase, effective May 1, will apply to PMPA’s 10-member cities that rely on the consortium for their power supply. Westminster is one of those member cities. Joel Ledbetter, chairman of the board of directors, said, “Over the […]

The weather outside is frightful, but the monthly hiring event by South Carolina Works Worklink will go on as scheduled tomorrow morning in Seneca. From 9 to noon tomorrow, employers will be at the Gignilliat Community Center on N. Townville Street to screen applications and resumes—as well as talk and interview job seekers. The following employers have jobs to fill: […]