Category: News

Access to Jumping-Off Rock, a prime destination point within Jocassee Gorges, is now available year-round. According to the Department of Natural Resources, Horsepasture Road from U-S 178 to the overlook and Camp Adger Road from 178 to the Horse Mountain gate will be open for licensed vehicles. For safety, no ATV use will be allowed during summer months. DNR decided […]

Seneca will be a city in transformation this weekend, as city personnel work long, hard hours getting ready for tomorrow night’s performance by the Charlie Daniels Band. Great music by Charlie Daniels and other bands aside, Councilman Joel Ward is asking everyone to remember the car cruise-in that’ll be a part of his city’s Memorial Day weekend celebration. Cars starting […]

A Seneca police officer, well-acquainted with the backdrop of Wednesday night’s armed robbery on the By-Pass, saw his hunch pay off within a few minutes. According to the police department’s report of the robbery, the officer’s hunch paid off when he and a partner were able to stop a suspect car on dead-end Morningside Drive—behind Marathon convenience store. They were […]

Officially, so far, an announcement yesterday by a Duke Energy official to grant hundreds of thousands of dollars to Oconee’s financially-bereft conservation board amounts to no more than a pledge that is dependent on what happens at the end of a long, complex process. Nevertheless, Shea Airey said today, “We’re very happy.” The attorney and chairman of Oconee County’s new […]

Incidents at two Oconee County schools brought out deputies and other emergency responders. During the lunch hour, an accident occurred at Tamassee-Salem High School involving a student returning from an off-campus lunch trip with her younger sister. The vehicle accidentally ran over the student’s leg, requiring a trip to the hospital for that student for an X-ray and other attention. […]

Maybe it’s Evelyn Owen’s nature or her enjoyment of serving the public. Whatever the characteristic, Seneca Rotary Club deemed her worthy of its prestigious Ballenger Award. The award, named for a pioneer in Seneca business, was presented today to Owen who, for 11 years, has owned and operated a restaurant and consignment shop on Ramcat Alley. Rotarian Lyn Norton said […]

The first visible signs of building the new Walhalla High are to take place as early Monday. That’s when workmen are to start to dig footings for the buildings and facilities, according to Richard Alexander. Alexander serves as director of facilities and maintenance for Oconee public schools.  

izer gun was zeroing-in on a pack of wild dogs believed to be hiding in a wooded area on the grounds of the former Avondale Manufacturing Company plant. Police Chief Ronald Wilbanks says as many as five dogs, as part of a pack, have been roaming Main Street and other sections of Walhalla for about one year—creating nuisance by knocking […]

The police in Seneca say they have four people in custody in their investigation of a late night armed robbery at the Marathon gas station/ convenience store on the 123 By-Pass. Chief John Covington says he expects to identify the suspects and detail the charges later today. A gunman, wearing a mask, entered Marathon at 9:50 last night and robbed […]

A Walhalla senior with plans to enroll at the College of Charleston has won this year’s scholarship named for one of the co-founders of WGOG Radio. Josh Young, Walhalla High principal, has announced Grace Moxley as the recipient of the 2013 Dorothy Friend Scholarship. Friend was a graduate of the Journalism School at the University of Missouri, and the scholarship […]