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If you use a debit card for in-office transactions with the city of Walhalla, you will be charged a 2.65% convenience fee effective immediately. According to Walhalla City Officials, the fee was imposed by Global, a credit/debit card processing company. Previously, only credit cards were charged the fee, however, officials said, the company decided to charge debit cardholders the same […]

23-year old Thomas James Chapman of Pickens pleaded guilty to murder, criminal sexual conduct first degree, and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and has been sentenced to life in prison. Chapman pleaded guilty to strangling an 89-year old woman in Liberty, sexually assaulting her, and then stealing cash. Walt Wilkins, the Greenville-Pickens solicitor, said that Chapman […]

Each year, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) receives funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that supports South Carolina’s State Diesel Emissions Reductions Act (DERA) program. DERA grants are used to fund projects that help reduce diesel emissions and provide for cleaner air. The following are recipients of the 2021 State DERA program: Benore Logistics Systems, […]

Americans who had to cancel getaways and get-togethers last year because of the pandemic are making up for lost time this holiday season. More than 109 million people — an almost 34% increase from 2020 — will travel 50 miles or more as they hit the road, board airplanes or take other transportation out of town between Dec. 23 and […]

The FBI Columbia field office is warning the public to be aware of charity scams following last week’s deadly tornadoes across the southeast and Midwest. These scams can occur at any time, but they tend to increase following a natural disaster. Scammers find ways to seek donations for organizations that do little to no work, and the money goes directly […]

The City of Seneca Transit Service will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 4:00 pm in the Seneca City Hall Council Chambers for the purpose of discussing the removal of a bus stop on the Business route. The proposed route change will discontinue the bus stop within the Keowee Village Shopping Center parking lot. The bus […]

The City Council of Walhalla will hold their next meeting at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center at 101 W N Broad Street Walhalla on December 21 at 5:30 PM. The meeting will begin with the swearing in ceremony of new council members for their terms beginning January 2022. After the swearing in, council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting, which […]

According to records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Tuesday afternoon Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 51 year-old Sheri M. Lanning of Fair Play and charged her with entering a premises after warning and second degree arson. She remains in custody pending bond. Also arrested on Tuesday was 58 year-old Larry Gene Griffin of Walhalla. Oconee County Deputies charged him with […]

Oconee County’s Kevin Brown has been appointed commander of Troop 3 for the South Carolina Highway Patrol by the state Department of Public Safety. Brown succeeds Major Michael Carson to command troopers in Oconee, Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, and Spartanburg counties. Kevin Brown’s father, Neal, is a retired captain who led Troop 3 from 2006 to 2010.

Clemson City Council is considering an ordinance to prohibit pet owners from tethering their pets to a stationary object. The proposed definition for “tether” is to fasten, chain, tie, rope, cable or otherwise restrain an animal’s range of motion by physical connection to a stationary object or a heavy moveable fence, pole, state, parking meter, vehicle, concrete block, or tree. […]