Police chief’s job to be advertised this week

Walhalla will advertise the job of police chief through the South Carolina Association of Municipalities, and the ad is expected to be posted this week. City administrator Brent Taylor said the timing of the job posting will be such that it will allow city officials to start to wade thru the applicants starting after the Labor Day holiday. The job opened earlier this year with the sudden resignation of Chief Ronald Wilbanks and the announcement a day or two later that Wilbanks had been indicted on drug charges. The job is being filled in the interim by Capt. Paul Harris, who had been number two in charge at the police station.