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Sister station WGOG reports that Trustees for the School District of Oconee County have approved a guaranteed maximum price for a new high school. Last night, Trustees were unanimous in designating most of the proposed $55 million guaranteed maximum price tag for the new Walhalla High School. However, left aside, for the time being is how much to spend on […]
Read moreOconee County Probate Judge Kenny Johns committed a murder defendant to the state Department of Mental Health for treatment for an indefinite period. At a hearing, Judge Johns said he considered the results of an evaluation by a doctor and a nurse, along with a circuit judge’s ruling in the case from two weeks ago. Committed was Nicholas Bonelli. Charged […]
Read moreAn autopsy today confirmed the cause of an Easley man’s death in Lake Keowee was drowning. Oconee Coroner Karl Addis said Charles David Keeney fell from a boat yesterday afternoon at Fall Creek Falls near Salem. A statement by the coroner says, “No traumatic injuries were found and no pre-existing conditions were found to have caused him to have a […]
Read moreThe Great Smoky Mountains Association has announced that Newfound Gap Road from Gatlinburg, Tennessee to Cherokee, North Carolina has re-opened. It says 441 is re-opened just in time for spring’s wildflowers and the park’s reawakening from its winter slumber.
Read moreCourt officers say a hearing was scheduled this morning at Walhalla for a judge to decide whether an elderly man charged in two Oconee County homicides should be committed for hospitalization at the State Department of Mental Health. It’s another round of hearings involving 86-year old Nicholas Bonelli. Probate Judge Kenny Johns, the presiding judge, told 96.3/WGOG NEWS that, by […]
Read moreTwo people are described as having non-life threatening injuries in this morning’s head-on collision at Keowee Key. The accident was reported at 8 o’clock at an ‘S’ curve on 130 near a golf course entrances. The injured were sent to the hospital for treatment.
Read moreTwo vehicles T-boned as the result of late Friday afternoon traffic accident at a Seneca intersection. Lt. Robert Tribble said one driver, Margaret Ramsey of Seneca, was transported by EMS for medical treatment, while the second driver, Jessica Barrett of Seneca, later sought treatment for herself at the hospital. The accident was reported at 4:39 p-m Friday at Daniel Avenue […]
Read moreA state lawmaker from Oconee says he wants more information. At this point, however, District One Representative Bill Whitmire is inclined to vote yes this week to an economic development infrastructure bill to cover a phase two expansion by the Boeing plant in North Charleston. The bill, which already has passed in the Senate, is being fast-tracked because two thousand […]
Read moreA 35-year old Easley man fell from his boat to his death late yesterday afternoon in Lake Keowee. Coroner Karl Addis says the body of Charles David Keeney will be autopsied to assist with the investigation of what’s presumed to have been a drowning death. Oconee County 9-1-1 was activated at 4:05 p-m by a report of a man “had […]
Read moreFive seventh graders at Walhalla Middle School are state level winners in the Duke University Talent Identification Program. Because of outstanding scores in the A-C-T or the S-A-T, the following Walhalla Middle students qualify for a state level recognition ceremony: Jonathan Beatriz, Noah McDuff, McCullough Tarner, Chelse VanAtter, and Kelsie Badura.
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