Category: News

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said he was pleased the Senate Armed Services Committee had adopted his amendment to strip out a provision that would have upended a policy on elective abortion in military hospitals. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) had inserted language into the defense authorization bill, which allowed individuals­ to pay for elective abortions in military medical facilities.  […]

Deputies and Narcotics Agents of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office recently conducted a search warrant near Walhalla, which resulted in the arrest of a man on drug charges.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “38-year-old Nathan Fred McCall of Walhalla was charged with four counts of possession of a controlled substance.  McCall also had a […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has announced the donation of 20 DOK kits to the Sheriff’s Office by Tactical Medical Solutions, Inc. of Anderson.  The Sheriff’s Office will be holding a fundraiser, called Turn A Kit For A Cop, along with sponsors Land and Lake Realty, The Gazebo Restaurant, and Phantom Fireworks on Saturday from 4-7pm in the parking lot […]

Beware: The bugs are back, ready to wage war on your home, lawn and garden. But when you enlist troops to fight back this summer, be sure they’re licensed to kill. Any commercial turf and landscape-maintenance professional who applies any weed killer, insecticide or fungicide as part of his business must possess an approved South Carolina pesticide applicator’s license. A […]

Clemson University has been named the Outstanding Composting and Organics Recycling Program of the Carolinas by the Carolina Recycling Association. The association gives the award to a business, organization, school, agency or large-scale facility in North or South Carolina that has designed and implemented a recycling program. Introduced by Clemson recycling services in 2010, the composting program collects ground food […]

The City of Westminster will spend less in the coming fiscal year.  The Westminster City Council recently approved the fiscal year 2013-14 budget, which is 9.8% less than last year.  Westminster City Administrator David Smith explains.  “The City Council did their final reading of the fiscal year 2013-14 budgets and that’s plural.  It includes the utility fund, general fund and […]

If you are applying for unemployment benefits in South Carolina, you now have to do so online. Many of the local offices of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Work Force are closed, meaning applying for services must happen on the Internet. The new online push to streamline services is expected to save the state more than $5 million […]

South Carolina has one of the fastest growing economies in the U.S. and has one of the fastest growing manufacturing sectors in the region and nation, according to a recent U.S. Commerce Department report. South Carolina’s Real GDP growth rate of 2.7% put it above the national average of 2.5% and the southeastern regional average of 2.1%. The report, released […]

Sister station WGOG reports a storm that swept southward from Tennessee into the Carolinas proved to be a heavy rainmaker for Oconee County.  In Walhalla, Official Weather Observer Barbara Wilson recorded .44″ at her post at the Hickory Hollow Farm.  Many trees fell countywide and Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative told Oconee County Dispatch that its repair crews were backed up […]

A nice day on Lake Jocassee quickly turned terrifying for two kayaking parties yesterday.  Just before 1pm, Oconee County 911 received a phone call of an overturned kayak with two occupants; a 72-year-old male and a 14-year-old male.  Emergency crews were immediately dispatched to the Devil’s Fork Boat Ramp.  Incident Command was able to obtain the cell phone number to […]