Category: News

An Oconee County decision turning down a zoning exception that would have allowed for a group residential home near West Union apparently is back in the laps of the county fathers.  The county council will reserve part of their closed session tomorrow night for legal advice and discussion of “potential litigation regarding Elevated Youth Services.”  Strong public resistance led county […]

The Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office in Walhalla gets into the holiday spirit with a Christmas drop-in for veterans and spouses.  The event, from 9 to 4 on Friday, December 10 promises warm cider, cookies, and conversation at the V-A office, 223-C Kenneth Street, Walhalla.

A survivor of the Bataan Death March in the Second World War, Ret. Col. Ben Skardon, awaits an additional star to his lapel.  Jeff Duncan, the 3rd District representative, has asked the Secretary of the Army to approve an honorary promotion to Brigadier General for Col. Skardon, now 104 years old.  Duncan called attention to Skardon’s military career, exemplary conduct, […]

Close to 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon fire damaged two rooms in a home near Seneca, not far from the Wells Highway.  No one injured. Chief Caudill reported fire damage to a pair of rooms in a home on Celtic Court and smoke damage throughout the home.

A missing person alert has been sounded for a Tamassee resident missing since the middle of last week.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, a relative says Austin Wade Campbell left the family home on Catfish Pond Road around 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, but did not return.  Campbell is a 24-year old white male, around 6’0″, 220 pounds.  He has […]

An attorney for Seneca says the city’s fellow members of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority have violated terms of the governing agreement that created the authority, specifically the provision in a memorandum of understanding that the voting rights reflect representation based on the number of users of the system.  The letter, from Lane Davis of the Nelson Mullins law […]

A Wednesday night incident in the parking lot of a convenience store on the Toccoa Highway resulted in the arrest by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office of an Easley woman.  Law enforcement records show the arrest of a 29-year old woman on charges of disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer, who had responded to      a request for […]

Walhalla’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee sponsors its first town hall meeting,and community members are invited.  The meeting will be 6 pm Thursday, November 18 at New Galiliee Baptist Church, 209 S. Church Street, for the opportunity to meet city officials and hear about valuable resources in the community, ask questions, discuss concerns.  The mission statement of the committee is collaborating […]

Free COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered tomorrow in Seneca.  DHEC announces that a four hour clinic will take place at the Blue Ridge Community Center, 315 Holland Avenue, from 10 am to 2 pm.  The following vaccines to be provided:  Pfizer (two-dose, age 12+) 1st and 2nd doses available; Moderna (Two dose, age 18+) 1st and 2nd doses available; and […]

Third District U-S Representative Jeff Duncan has joined a letter to push back at what he calls President Biden’s unlawful COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  And the Laurens Republican expressed pride that the South Carolina governor and attorney general are among counterparts in the country who are suing the Biden administration.  Duncan refers to vaccine mandates as “medical tyranny.”