Category: News

At no charge, a Greenwood company has given Walhalla’s elected leaders an idea of what it could cost to re-work a four-block section of the downtown business district: #359 :15 “…FOR FREE.” At the start of an informal City Hall meeting, Mayor Edwards last night referred to a Greenwood company’s estimate of $2.3 million that gives Walhalla a kick-start in […]

About 25 people—and two squirrels—made up the audience last night for the Oconee Sheriff’s pitch to build a new jail on the cemetery side of the Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla. Two squirrels, running loose inside the Walhalla Depot building, proved to be a minor distraction as third-month Sheriff Mike Crenshaw tested the waters as to how neighbors would feel […]

The new up-and-running industrial electronics center opened by Tri-County Tech in the Sandy Springs Community sees an industrial prospect tomorrow. And Doug Allen, the acting dean of the engineering and technology division, said it’s a follow-up to an earlier meeting . . . and he’s hopeful something will be finalized during tomorrow’s meeting. Allen says though this particular prospect has […]

A dinner meeting next week will address plans for the first Oconee Farmers Market. The Oconee Young Farmer and Agribusiness Association invites everyone at 6 o’clock Tuesday night, March 19 at Seneca High School. Christina Alexander, ag teacher, says arrangements are being made for Gwen McPhail and Stanley Gibson to speak about the farmers market planned for highway 123 near […]

96.3/WGOG NEWS has learned that the prosecution will enter an Anderson courtroom Thursday and request a judge to slap a gag order on all parties involved in the State’s case against James Bartee. According to Deputy Solicitor David Wagner, Thursday’s hearing is planned at 10 a-m in one of the courtrooms at the Anderson County Courthouse.  

Sheriff Crenshaw’s plan for a new Oconee Jail will given during a 6:30 meeting tonight at Walhalla Depot. Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Department, said a large crowd is expected as the new sheriff, he said, is determined to avoid going forward until the proposal is first aired out publicly. And that’s why, he says, if you are interested […]

Walhalla High School students are expected to pack Davenport Funeral Home tonight, as the family of their late classmate, Alex Smith, receives friends from 5 until 8 p-m. Alex, at the age of 15, died Sunday after having been diagnosed with a brain tumor. At school, Alex was a band member. A recent hot dog sale in town raised around […]

Keowee Elementary is getting a new school principal. As the result of action by the school board, Josh Holliday succeeds Michelle Craddock, beginning July 1. Holliday, a Walhalla resident and city councilman, is in his third year as an assistant principal at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary School.  

Some shuffling within Oconee School District administration could impact next year’s budget. Steve Hanvey has been designated as the next assistant superintendent for instruction. And county trustees were told last night that Hanvey’s old job, as director of federal programs and professional development, is one that must be re-filled, as well as the hiring of someone to instruct staff in […]

Crews from the state Department of Transportation are involved in two rural Oconee County bridge projects. When completed, one of those projects will allow for the lifting of a detour now several months old north of West Union. Mike Smith, resident maintenance engineer for the DOT, said the Burns Mill Road Bridge is being replaced. Near Westminster, crews are rehabilitating […]