Category: News

The automatic spending cut sequestration is on the mind today of the Oconee County superintendent of education. Dr. Mike Lucas is worried that spending cuts beginning Friday will impact what Oconee County spends for public education, beginning with the federal government’s next budget year starting this fall. Lucas is hoping for political compromise. Without, he blogs, a number of Oconee […]

New leadership is in place within the Oconee Planning Commission. At its meeting, the commissioners last night elected Walhalla area resident David Lyle chairman. Ryan Honea of Fair Play, who had been chairman, made the motion to name Lyle. Seneca’s William Gilster was chosen vice chairman. A town home project is headed to the Seneca area. According to a report […]

An Oconee sheriff’s officer says two men inside a vehicle which pulled over yesterday for a routine traffic stop have been determined to be wanted on charges in Alabama, and the state often referred to as the Cotton State will extradite. The traffic stop, initiated by officer Mayer yesterday afternoon on the Shiloh Road near Seneca, took place after the […]

Applicants Kenneth and Annette Rochester and Gregory and Lindsey Coutu have their desired certificates of appropriateness to make changes. For the Rochesters, it’s their business at 103 E-N 1st Street. For the Coutus, it’s their home at 303 S. Townville. City planner Tamy Sanford said the Board of Architectural Review approved the certificates during last night’s meeting at City Hall. […]

Oconee Medical Center reports a positive bottom line in January. It’s the fourth straight month for a positive margin for the hospital. Expenses fell below budget in January and that, according to hospital officials, helped produce a positive January margin of $1.4 million. But the final ink applied to the hospital’s ledgers for the year ended last September 30, however, […]

April 1 will be No Fools Day at Oconee Medical Center. That’s the day the hospital launches its new information technology system for medical records. After outlining to the board of directors the changes ahead, vice president for operations Hunter Kome explained to reporters why Paragon, the new way, will be better than the old. “The Paragon uses one single-base […]

A jury is to picked tomorrow morning in Oconee General Sessions to hear the State’s case against Kenneth Wayne Whitworth, a court officer tells 96.3/WGOG NEWS. The 40-year old Whitworth, arrested August 1, 2011, is charged with distribution of methamphetamine. He is represented by assistant public defender Danny Day, while the state’s prosecution will be handled by Lindsey Simmons.  

Rarely can you say that a new, major highway has opened in Oconee County. But you can today. The five-lane Sheep Farm Road, from 123 at Wells Highway, crossing the Bountyland Road, and proceeding north to 28 at Tanglewood has officially opened. Ryan Miller, resident construction engineer for the DOT, describes his office and the US Group, very happy, though, […]

The Seneca board that regulates the city’s historic and design review districts meets tonight, with two advertised hearings on the agenda, along with one new item of business. Planner Tamy Sanford runs down the agenda on 96.3/WGOG NEWS. The City Hall meeting for the Board of Architecture Review begins at 6.    

A Wahalla leader wants to engage the citizenry tonight in the idea of raising taxes–for the city’s good. Councilman/Mayor Pro-tem Tjay Bagwell invites all Walhallans to the activity room of Golden Corner Church, at 325 Kenneth Street, to allow him to share his ideas. Mayor Edwards and the rest of council have chosen to play no part in the meeting […]