Schools are back….and a street is closed

Oconee’s school population is greeted by a rainy morning as classes return for the new year.  They are back simultaneously with a temporary Walhalla street closing, in the aftermath of last evening’s electric power outage — the second power interruption for parts of Walhalla and West Union since last weekend. Barricades are in place in the vicinity of Chicopee Field.  The closing of Branch Street between S. John Street and Ballenger Street allows Duke Energy crews to replace parts of the electric substation — the culprit in yesterday’s outage that started around 3 pm and ran for about five hours.