Category: News

This year’s Republican primary election in Oconee can count on a contest for Sheriff.  A look at the latest candidate listing compiled by county and state election officials shows that Amanda Tinsley, an investigator with the Sheriff’s Office, will contest for the office in June.  That’ll put her in competition with her employer, the two-term Sheriff Mike Crenshaw.  Other recent […]

Inside restaurant dining has been suspended, but many restaurants offer meals to go.  And today Danny Edwards, the Walhalla mayor, stresses the importance of local restaurants and other small businesses.  “They need us now more than ever,” Edwards says.  The city of Walhalla will make a list of restaurants that offer curbside, with phone numbers, and place it on the […]

The large Oconee County lake community of Keowee Key is coping with the COVID-19 crisis and coping well, in the opinion, of the man who manages the project. Kevin McCracken also sounded an optimistic tone by saying he believes we’ll emerge from the national emergency with lessons learned to help make the future better. The Key is home to an […]

Oconee School District apologizes for the quality of the breakfast take-outs that were distributed this morning in the Walhalla area. A communication issue now corrected was blamed.  The schools are promising all future meals will be more substantial and nutritious. Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, said, “Rest assured, we will do our best to not have this happen again.”  The Seneca […]

To put to rest the continuous squabble over the mayor’s cabin, the Westminster City Council proceeded with its March meeting last night, even though a power outage left the meeting room without lights. That problem was solved when a member of the county’s Emergency Service set up portable lighting which gave an almost candlelight glow to the meeting. Addressing the […]

The lights have returned to Westminster, and its electric power customers are likely to say not a moment too soon.  From around 8 o’clock in the morning to around midnight, Tuesday was a very long and frustrating day for customers and city officials.  Outside help was required to replace an old transformer with a spare one. The city’s outside consultant, […]

South Carolina restaurants are under orders to provide only take-out orders for customers.  The order came down yesterday and was acknowledged to 101.7/WGOG NEWS by a Westminster restaurateur, Yousef Mefleh.  Mefleh says his restaurant will stay open, but food prepared will be available only to take-out customers.

“Effective immediately, the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) will modify services for the foreseeable future in order to protect its employees, their families, and the community by reducing opportunities to spread COVID-19 in our community. The agency will monitor the situation and act in accordance with recommendations provided by federal, state, and local authorities. Based on current CDC and […]

Westminster anticipates the return of electric power service soon. Mayor Ramey late this afternoon said a crane is in place and it’s a matter of replacing one electric transformer with a spare transformer.

It didn’t take long for a scammer to think of way to take advantage of virus epidemic. Oconee Sheriff’s Office wants county residents aware of a potential scam. The sheriff’s public information office was told today that a county resident received a call from something called the Coronavirus Hotline that purported that if someone were on Medicare the Medicare recipient […]