Walhalla News

The Oconee County Library System, based in Walhalla, is holding its 60th anniversary celebration Sunday, and the public is invited to attend.

In 1948, Harry Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for president, Israel was recognized as a nation and the Frisbee and Velcro were both invented.

Sewer oversight in Oconee County likely will remain in the hands of the two-headed Sewer Commission/Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority for the remainder of 2008 and well into the new year.

SENECA a ' Fear not South Carolinians. That is the word from state Treasurer Converse Chellis III.

October 3, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST Education experts have compared meeting all of the objectives for Adequate Yearly Progress, part of the federal No Child Left Behind Law passed in 2001, to a basketball player ...

LIBERTY -- Walhalla High star Rob Middleton threw for five touchdowns and ran for two others Friday night as the visiting Razorbacks held off Liberty 50-24 in a Skyline-AA opener.

Senecaa s Chamber of Commerce will change ita s name today. The question is whether or not that name will reflect the nature of its membership.

Oconee Emergency Response assisted the Mountain Rest Rescue Squad at Hidden Falls Sunday afternoon after a family had hiked from Oconee State Park to Hidden Falls and a woman in the party experienced chest ...

Below are some of the arguments for and against school districts possessing fiscal autonomy, compiled over the course of this issue in Oconee County.

"A lot of them are just bucking the system. They just have to give it time." - ' C.G. Phillips, Long Creek fire chief Firefighters, whether volunteer or paid, have no problem working together when it comes to ...

' The ATAX Committee, a panel that recommends Accommodations Tax grants, is giving Oconee Community Theatre a six-month grace period for filing its final reports on how it spent three grants totaling $20,260. ...

A man wanted in the death of a Caldwell County sheriff's deputy over the weekend has been found dead.

A new Oconee County Animal Shelter will open in October in a more convenient location.

' If Frank Curti was looking for public input into extended Oconee County bus service, he didn't find much here Thursday afternoon.

An aging-issues group created by the Legislature says its top priorities are a new public alert systems for seniors with dementia, limits on predatory lending and loan repayment incentives for geriatric care ...

Events turned from bad to worse for a 42-year-old Walhalla man who ran away when a law enforcement officer attempted to pull him over for driving with a burned-out tag light, the Oconee County Sheriff's Office ...

A series of public hearings has been scheduled to obtain citizen input into the possibility of expanding the Clemson Area Transit Authority bus service in Oconee County.

As America's attention shifts to future energy needs, state Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell has called for immediate plans for South Carolina.

In a 4-page letter, Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell issued a call for the comprehensive analysis of energy needs and production.

This year's winners, pictured, in front row from right are: Cadets Christian E. Smith, Walhalla High; Sarah E. Enyeart, West-Oak High; and Michael C. Jacks, Seneca High.