Category: News

  In today’s meeting of the Oconee Board of Canvassers, two failsafe votes were added to the totals for Tuesday’s candidates for a seat on the Walhalla City Council.  Official winner Gwen Owens finished with 88 votes and Christy Marlow wound up with 46 votes.  The unexpired term to which Owens is elected will run through the rest of 2021, […]

After a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic, South Carolina Apple Festival organizers say there will be a festival this year in Westminster to help celebrate the latest crop of apples in the Holly Springs and Long Creek regions of Oconee.  The Apple Festival’s Jane Suttles says, “This year’s festivities will start September 7-11.  More information to update as time […]

At least so far, each Oconee senior at his or her high school graduation next month will be limited to eight guests.  And that, according to the school district, will help ensure the health and safety of all who attend. the spokeswoman for Oconee schools issued the following statement: “The governor’s executive order still limits outdoor gatherings to 50% capacity […]

  If you waited until the last minute to file your Individual Income Tax Return today, don’t sweat it. You have another month to timely file your return.   The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds taxpayers that today is not the due date for 2020 Individual Income Tax Return filings.   The SCDOR announced last month that it […]

Tonight’s scheduled hearing to consider a re-zoning application in Seneca has been postponed and a new date given.  The request for a variance to front and side yard setbacks on a lot on Marina Bay Drive has been re-scheduled for 6 o’clock Thursday night, April 22 at city hall.  The announcement was made by Ed Halbig, staff liaison for the […]

If any Oconee Republicans are disenchanted by the upheaval during their county convention, they are welcome to break ranks and cross to the Democratic side, in the opinion of Jody Gaulin.  The chairwoman of Oconee Democrats released this statement to 101.7/WGOG NEWS:  “Yes, the Oconee County Democratic Party views this as an opportunity.  We believe in good government not an […]

The death of an elderly Oconeean on the 6th of March is traced by the state health agency to COVID-19.  The death is one of 15 added today to the statewide death toll.  DHEC confirmed an additional 466 cases, 12 of them in Oconee County. Of 8,198 test results, the new South Carolina positivity:  8.6%.  Today’s numbers reflect a 24-hour […]

Oconee County Republicans want their state party to hold an in-person convention next month, instead of a virtual get together. Oakway Republican Tony Adams says all of Oconee’s 14 delegates to the convention May 15 want an in-person event.  Adams also says he wants to see an agenda for the convention to help him become better familiar with party business […]

An Anderson County inmate has arrived at the Oconee Detention Center where he was being held on on multiple charges arising from an armed robbery incident Christmas week near Walhalla.  Today’s Oconee jail report contains a total of eight charges, including kidnapping and armed robbery with a deadly weapon against Joshua Allen McCurley of highway 187.  Twenty-eight year old McCurley […]

Close to 80 percent of those who responded said they are opposed to a roundabout on SC 24 in the heart of Oakway community.  At the request of 101.7/WGOG NEWS, the South Carolina DOT released the following numbers.  Of 127 people who weighed in, 99 are opposed and 24 in favor.  Four people either asked questions or provided general information.  […]