Walhalla News

As gas prices skyrocket, thieves are growing in number and creativity in Oconee County.

July 4, 2008 - 12:02 a.m. EST Walhalla High School and Tamassee-Salem High School are among 25 schools in the southern region to be selected as national recipients of the High Schools That Work award.

July 1, 2008 - 12:01 a.m. EST Oconee County Grants: - Walhalla, Oconee Conservatory of Fine Arts: $15,000 - Walhalla, Patriots Hall: $20,000 - Westminster, City Hall renovations: $250,000 Total: $305,000 ...

Homeowners are prohibited from shooting at bears if the animal is leaving their residence or eating food items left outside.

A detained suspected has drug charges explained to him after his arrest Friday off of Lindsay Road in Seneca.

' The hands of time on the distinctive historic clock atop St. John's Lutheran Church on Main Street will begin to turn again, keeping Walhallans on time, beginning this Saturday.

Two down and one to go. For anyone keeping score, Seneca and Walhalla have approved an intergovernmental sewer agreement, and Westminster is expected to join the fold early next week.

Fuel, a new restaurant at Rutledge Avenue and Cannon Street, occupies a building originally built about 50 years ago as an Esso Station.

Nothing beats the heat like one or two scoops of that irresistibly frozen, creamy goodness stacked atop a cone with particular sugared garnishes and, perhaps, a bright maraschino cherry for punctuation.

The Oconee County Public Library Walhalla Branch is reopen Monday at 9 a.m. The branch has been closed for installation of new capeting, according to a press statement from the library.

Pictured are Rep. Bill Sandifer, left, and Ed Rumsey, who waged a contentious campaign battle for the state House, briefly met with each other at Shaver Recreation Complex in Seneca.

An Oconee County man discovered a pipe bomb lying along Flat Shoals Road near Walhalla early Thursday afternoon.

John M. Powell of West Union has been appointed by Gov. Mark Sanford to the South Carolina Commission for Disabilities and Special Needs.

' At least one absentee vote recorded in Oconee County will be appealed. Jerry Edwards, an owner of the Daily Journal/Messenger, cast his ballot by absentee ballot Monday in Walhalla.

A West Union man is being held at the Oconee County Detention Center accused of using a broken beer bottle to attack another man, the Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported Monday.

Click on photo to enlarge WALHALLA - Sarah Hornbeck doesn't usually make it to Oconee County Council meetings.

Three people wanted in connection with an East Knox County robbery on May 28 have been arreted in Walhalla, S.C. The Knox County Sheriff's Office says Eric Bradley, 33, Joshua Douglas, 24, and Tina Rogers, 25, ...

Gov. Mark Sanford vetoed a cigarette tax increase Tuesday that originated in the House of Representatives and was modified and passed in the Senate.

Walhalla High School junior Joanie Dillard prepares a portion of the wall where a logo for the Hamilton Career Center will eventually be featured.

Students across South Carolina might have just completed the last standardized Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test they'll have to take.