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Sixteen young ladies compete this Sunday in the 41st Miss Oktoberfest Pageant.  The October 1 event, at the Walhalla Middle School, takes place at 4 o’clock and will include competition in interview, causal, and formal wear.  Marcie Bramlett Cope, Miss Oktoberfest 1991, will emcee.  Tickets are $10 dollars and sold at the door.  During the pageant, a Little Miss Oktoberfest […]

David Wagner, the 10th circuit solicitor, says in the event 21-year old Jesse Osborne completes his newly amended prison term, he’d be 89 years old on release.  Circuit Judge Lawton McIntosh on Friday announced his decision on Osborne’s request for sentence reconsideration.  The confessed killer is now required to serve 75 years for the murders of both his father at […]

Work gets underway tomorrow to turn a one-block section of Walhalla’s S. Catherine Street into one-way only.  It’s that part of S. Catherine between Main Street and S. Broad.  Celia Myers, city administrator, predicts the project, with its October 5 completion date, will be done in time for two October events:  the Merchant’s Market and the Oktoberfest.  While the work […]

A candidate for Walhalla City Council in November has withdrawn from the field of hopefuls.  The office of Oconee elections announces the withdrawal of Freddie Lopez.  Nonetheless, the timing is such that Lopez’s name will remain on the November 7 ballot.  Signs to indicate Lopez is no longer running will be posted at the polling location.

    102 – 200 & 103 – 111 Kelly Road, Fort Hill Commons, Tillman Place and College Heights Boulevard The City of Clemson Utilities Department repeals the boil water advisory for residents of the above listed streets in the City of Clemson, located in Pickens County.  Residents no longer need to vigorously boil their water prior to drinking or […]

Around the 1 o’clock hour this afternoon, well-placed sources informed 101.7 WGOG News that momentarily a judge’s order will be filed in the Clerk of Courts office in Anderson County in the case of Jesse Osborne, the young man who was serving life sentences for fatal shootings in Townville, including those at that community’s elementary school. The school shootings occurred […]

A 25-year-old Fair Play woman remains in jail today, on a combined $110,000 surety bond, after her arrest yesterday on outstanding arrest warrants on charges of First-Degree Burglary and Malicious Injury to Property.   Geena Elizabeth Elaine Ferguson, of N. Davis Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:02 pm Wednesday. Ferguson was taken into custody yesterday, […]

On Thursday, the State “C” fund committee granted Oconee County $1.4 million, the money to be used for County Road work. The money was granted on a vote of three to nothing by all three members of the committee, which receives and distributes State Highway funds to local governments, the county & its 5 towns & cities. It’s believed that […]

Three businesses located at the Scenic Plaza Shopping Center have signed paperwork to be annexed into the town of West Union. Mayor Linda Oliver made the announcement Wednesday evening, identifying the three as Advance Auto, Holcomb’s Office Supply, and McDonald’s. Mayor Oliver recently also announced the addition of Edwards Ford to the town limits.

The Pickens County Coroner’s Office confirmed that a person was fatally wounded in an officer-involved shooting on Tuesday night. The incident occurred near Pace Bridge Road and Pumpkintown Road around 10:00 p.m. The State Law Enforcement Division, which is investigating the shooting, has not released further details about the situation or the victim. Both the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and […]