Walhalla News

November 20, 2009 - 10:38 p.m. EST Chandra Morrison, left, and Derek Hodgin use flashlights during a tour of the old Avondale Plant in Walhalla Friday, Nov.

Walhalla High students Nathan DesBiens, left, and Justin Willis get some help from band director Leslie Phillips during practice.

November 20, 2009 - 10:22 p.m. EST Statistics show that prisoners at the Oconee County Detention Center don't have any greater risk of inmate-on-inmate violence than prisoners in other jails of comparable size.

An empty lot on the corner of Depot and Fourth Street in Seneca's Historic Downtown District is becoming a kudzu jungle.

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Authorities in South Carolina say an office manager for a sheriff's office has been accused of embezzling around $500,000 seized from drug cases.

Four people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train hit a car trying to cross the tracks near the South Carolina-Georgia state line.

November 11, 2009 - 10:44 p.m. EST SENECA - What was left of Hurricane Ida drenched Oconee and Pickens counties on Tuesday and Wednesday, but did little in the way of significant flooding or damage, officials say.

November 11, 2009 - 10:49 p.m. EST Clemson University students prepare to board one of the CAT buses in Clemson.

November 12, 2009 - 10:51 p.m. EST Photo Timothy Joe Chastie Photo Sean Simpkins WALHALLA - Two Oconee County men have been arrested and charged with criminal sexual conduct with minors.

Video of the School District of Oconee County Public Hearing regarding the possible sites for the proposed Walhalla High School.

November 12, 2009 - 12:05 a.m. EST Walhalla High School senior Sean Hassell signs a letter of intent to play golf at Furman University on Wednesday morning in Walhalla.

November 10, 2009 - 10:31 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Nearly half of those addressing the Oconee County School Board on Tuesday night regarding proposed locations for a new Walhalla High School said there is nothing wrong with the location on which the school has stood for the past 45 years.

November 10, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST The Rev. Tim Whited explains the focus and work of REST at Monday's Walhalla Rotary Club meeting.

November 4, 2009 - 10:55 p.m. EST "The Spirit of Oconee" monument, a gift of the Cherokee Bear Clan to the county, will officially be dedicated Saturday, Nov.

A West-Oak High School senior was killed Friday morning while driving to school in Oconee County.

Adam T. Pacek to Tiffany D. Norris, both of Seneca; Louis Edmund McLellan Jr. of Seneca to Dorothy Marguerete Martin of Baldwin, Ga.; Robert John Green to Melinda Gaye Wilhelmson, both of Seneca; John Robert Chandler to Betty Jean Hess, both of Seneca; Michael Brandon Barton to Heather Nicole Beebe, both of Seneca; Joshua Daniel Wilson to Jennifer ...

October 28, 2009 - 11:32 p.m. EST WALHALLA - An Oconee County man is undergoing a series of preventive inoculations after an encounter outside Walhalla with a raccoon that tested positive for rabies.

WALHALLA, S.C. An autopsy is scheduled for a 34-year-old South Carolina man who apparently died from electric related injuries.

October 30, 2009 - 11:43 p.m. EST The Palmetto Pointe marker off Highway 130 northeast of Keowee Key designates the proposed 13-acre site for a commercial marina with lodging, restaurant and store.