Category: News

The Army Corps of Engineers ascribes two factors to explain why lakes Hartwell and Thurmond are out of balance. According to Russell Wicke of Savannah district Corporate Communications, the Hartwell sub-basin received above-average rainfall last month. But Thurmond’s experienced below-average. During drought conditions, water is only released from the Hartwell project when it is required to maintain a balanced pool […]

In an Armed Services Committee meeting, Senator Lindsey Graham announced he’ll vote no on President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary. Graham, the Republican from Oconee, says he is unnerved by what he views as Hagel’s inability to articulate what the U-S policy should be toward Iran. Graham told his committee colleagues that he’s worried what’s […]

An Oconee jury ruled yesterday in favor of the plaintiff and awarded her nearly $6,800 in damages from a man who wrecked the vehicle they were traveling in. The Common Pleas jury ruled in favor of Melissa Seals about one hour after asking to see copies of Seals’ medical bills from hospital visits during August 2009. Over two days this […]

Clemson campus police arrested a student Monday on a charge of carrying or displaying firearms in public buildings or adjacent areas. A university announcement states Brandon Lee Bechtler, 18, of Edgemoor, S-C, was arrested just before midnight on the felony charge because of a handgun in the glove compartment of his truck on campus. According to the arrest warrant, Bechtler […]

The government has announced an indictment against a 41-year old Seneca man. An announcement from U-S Attorney Bill Nettles states that a federal grand jury in Greenville returned an indictment charging Hollis F. Gray Jr. with possessing child pornography. If Gray is found guilty, he could receive 10 years in prison. The case was investigated by U-S Immigration and Customs […]

The meeting requested by Duke Energy ahead of what could be civil penalty over measures to protect Oconee Nuclear from fire takes place in three weeks near Washington, D-C. It’s to be a 1 to 3 o’clock meeting Tuesday, March 5 at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland. According to an announcement by John Boska of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, “This […]

The case of an Oconee County auto accident that injured a passenger was one step away from jury deliberations. All that was left this afternoon was for the judge to instruct the jury on the law, before deliberations to decide whether Troy Stargel was negligent in the injury suffered by Melissa Sears. The plaintiff seeks damages to compensate her for […]

An important meeting of the Friends of the Walhalla Pool set for tonight has been cancelled. The meeting was set to be held at the Depot to discuss ways to apply for outside grants to help re-open the pool. No word on when the meeting might be re-scheduled.

Walhalla has expanded the duties of fire fighter James Ashton. In addition to Ashton’s responsibilities for enforcing property codes, Ashton will also serve as the point man for zoning applications. In that capacity, he’ll serve as an advisor to the city’s board of zoning appeals which considers variances to the zoning ordinance.    

In the civil trial of a car accident lawsuit, the plaintiff rested late this morning at the Oconee Courthouse. The defense responded with the announcement that its only defense offering will be a 20-page deposition. At that point, Judge Macaulay sent the jury out of the courtroom while the deposition was being prepared to be introduced. The case being tried […]