Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has three highway improvement projects in the pipeline for 2015.  One of them will introduce a new concept for Oconee County motoring.  It’s called a roundabout and it’s on the drawing table for the accident prone intersection of Wells Highway and Strawberry Farm Road near Seneca.  Not far away a second intersection improvement is […]

At the start of last night meeting, Oconee County Administrator Scott Moulder took a few minutes to clarify and try to clear up confusion over whether a one cent increase in the local sales tax, should it pass the November referendum, will apply to the purchase of groceries. It will not, Moulder said. Confusion arose, he said, over reports from […]

2013-14 was “a very good year” in the estimation of Walhalla’s auditor. Certified public accountant Jason White delivered a report last night to the mayor and council that the city’s general fund realized $178 thousand above expenses. According to White, the city was able to accomplish its financial standing with the help of a $391 thousand transfer from its water […]

In light of the state’s lack of money to repair roads and bridges, is it fair to prod the state legislature to fund a financial commitment to local government? It was an issue raised last night as District Two’s Wayne McCall voted against a resolution aimed to increase the county’s Local Government Fund from state government. But McCall’s comments prompted […]

Oconee County Council has given the Courthouse Inn developers until next month to secure the elusive financial commitment that separates them from developing the old courthouse into a boutique hotel. Last night the council had hoped for such assurance in writing. Instead it heard developer Jim Carswell say he and his partner, John Powell, have the pieces in place, but […]

Votes of three in favor, two against proved to be the norm during last night’s Oconee County Council meeting. Division showed in the ranks of the councilmen in a handful of major issues. By one-vote margins, the council gave the second of three required readings to an ordinance to cover all county employees who are sued while in official duties; […]

Officers this afternoon are reported sifting through trash at one of Oconee’s manned convenience centers. According to a caller to 96.3/WGOG, the officers appear to be interested in something or some things that may have been thrown into one of the bins at the Five Forks convenience center, between Walhalla and Westminster. It’s believed they’ve yellow-taped the area. Swain Stihl, […]

At 4 o’clock, you can help break the cycle of abuse.  Representatives of Safe Harbor and the county’s emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence, will greet the public at the Walhalla Main Branch of the Oconee Library to share ways everyone can help to break the cycle of abuse.  You can find out how you can volunteer to get […]

A mother admitted her guilt today in the deaths of her two infant children, and she was sentenced in the Oconee General Sessions Court. A court officer said Melissa Cassandra Patton pleaded guilty to two charges of felony driving under the influence in the deaths New Year’s Day of Patton’s children: one-year old Taniya Gambrell and four-year old Sariya Dean. […]

The Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau is out with a reminder of the bountiful holdings that Oconee County waterways have for the angler. The CVB has arranged for a fishing show to be filmed this weekend on Lake Jocassee and has signed a new deal with the Bass Fishing League for at least one new tournament, maybe two, next […]