Category: News

A small car caught fire this morning on Torrington Road.  According to Walhalla Fire Department, the Nissan car fire occurred at 2:30 this morning and everyone in the car got out safely.  The car was burned beyond repair.  At this point, there’s no explanation as to why the fire started.

Some Walhalla voters mistakenly have gone to the fire department on N. Broad Street to try to cast their ballots.  However, the Walhalla precincts a few years ago were re-located from the fire department to the rescue squad/EMS  building across town on N. Church Street next to the law enforcement center.  So, if you are a voter in either Walhalla […]

  Two Oconee County brothers were jailed last weekend after a deputy sheriff chased a motorcycle that he saw moving in an unsafe and reckless manner.  The chase started on s. highway 11 near W. Bear Swamp Road and ended in the Tamassee community with a short foot chase. In all, the chase covered more than 25 miles of roads […]

With the exception of essential public safety workers, Seneca has closed city hall and its utilities offices for General Election Day.  For the convenience of utility customers, the light and water night deposit remains open for payments.  If you have a Seneca utility emergency today, the number to call is 864/885-2723.

South Carolina DHEC Monday announced 785 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 10 additional deaths.  One of the ten was that of an elderly Pickens County resident.  Sixteen of the additional cases reported yesterday are in Oconee County.  The numbers bring to 170,048 the total of South Carolina cases since March.  The toll includes 3,697 dead South Carolinians.  The […]

Yells and screams brought Walhalla public safety responders to a drainage pipe yesterday afternoon on N. John Street.  There, according to Police Chief Brinson, a man had crawled inside the drainage pipe.  He was extricated safely by fire department personnel and declined medical treatment.  The police quoted the man as saying he was looking for gold.

Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Seneca man who was found on the shoulder of a road at Six Mile.  The victim was Dustin Lee Smith, 31-year old resident of Seneca’s Laing Court.  Authorities were alerted around 8:30 yesterday morning by a passing motorist of a suspicious person who appeared to be hurt […]

A kindergarten class at Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary has been sent home, according to the school district’s COVID-19 tracking page for positive cases.  Under the protocols, the kindergarten pupils have been given November 12 as their return date.  Five additional individuals within the public schools have tested positive.  They are an employee in the Walhalla bus area; one Ravenel Elementary […]

Walhalla resorted to a generator to keep its water treatment plant operating since the tropical storm Zeta powered its way into the area on Thursday.  But operations are back to normal at the plant off the Westminster Highway as Duke Energy succeeded in restoring service there at mid afternoon yesterday.  For a time, Walhalla users were asked to conserve, but […]

Many Oconeeans have waited to the very last day to vote in-person at the absentee precinct at Pine Street.  The line is “extremely long” in the words of Joy Scharich, the elections director.  And she estimates a two-hour wait.  Remember, if you don’t vote early today, you can always go to your regular precinct tomorrow to cast your ballot.