Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to celebrate the opening of Deb Niedermeyer CPB, LLC new business location. It takes place Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 11am at 104 Brown’s Square Drive in downtown Walhalla.
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The Mega Millions jackpot was finally won on Tuesday night, and a single lucky ticket holder in South Carolina can claim a tremendous lottery jackpot, $1.537 billion or $878 million cash. The winning numbers for Tuesday, Oct. 23, are the white balls 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, plus the gold Mega Ball 5. The history-making Mega Millions jackpot smashed […]
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The Seneca Improvements Corporation meets Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, at 9am in the conference room of city hall. According to the agenda, the corporation will consider issuing a no trespass order at the Hometown building. This meeting is open to the public.
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The Burger King in Walhalla is closed after a Cadillac SUV smashed through the front window Tuesday morning. The Walhalla Police Department reports that 82-year-old Billie Burdette of Seneca drove her vehicle into the restaurant after confusing the gas and brake pedals. The incident happened shortly before 11:15am and police said it was fortunate that no one was hurt because […]
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Oconee County Voter Registration and Elections Director Joy Scharich announces that there has been polling location changes for Fair Play, Walhalla 1 and Walhalla 2. Fair Play residents will no longer vote at the Old School building. Your voting location has been changed and you will nowvote at Fair Play Presbyterian Church, which is located at 201 Fair Play Church […]
Read moreThe U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Project Office will temporarily close the Glenn Ferry boat ramp in Anderson County on Oct. 29, 2018, to repair the access road. Repair work will take approximately two weeks and the ramp should reopen by Nov. 9, weather permitting. Boaters displaced by the temporary closure are encouraged to use nearby ramps […]
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Forty years of planning and fundraising came to fruition Monday afternoon as the Foothills Area YMCA broke ground on a new 31,000 square foot facility on the campus of Oconee Memorial Hospital. The property has been cleared and now Hogan Construction starts on phase one of the facility that will include a six-lane indoor swimming pool. Oconee County Schools Superintendent […]
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Officers of the Walhalla Police Department are on the scene of a car accident at the Burger King. Apparently, a car smashed through the restaurant on Blue Ridge Boulevard. Traffic is being diverted around the accident, which is reported to involve only one vehicle.
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Traffic was backed up this morning after a city sanitation truck hit a power pole on Bypass 123 in Seneca. The accident knocked out power in the area as electric lines fell along the westbound lanes in front of Golden Corner Plaza, across from Wendy’s and BB&T. Fortunately, no one was injured; however, police and fire responded to the scene […]
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While dancing at a homecoming celebration hosted by the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at Clemson University, dozens of people fell to the basement when the floor suddenly collapsed. Clemson Mayor JC Cook is thankful that the incident wasn’t worse at the Woodlands of Clemson. “About 30 went to the hospital and six are still there. We were very fortunate that […]
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