National Day of Prayer will be marked in Seneca with a rally at 6 o’clock downtown in the Norton-Thompson Park. Special speaker will be Dan Scott, radio announcer and the voice of Furman University athletics. Scott has started a foundation to help children who have been sexually, physically and mentally abused. Mayor Dan Alexander will…
Westminster – Randy Lee Moore, 54, of 214 Antler Drive, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Oconee Medical Center. A funeral service will be held 11 AM, Friday, April 26, 2013 from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM, Thursday,…
Both Clemson amd South Carolina wrap up spring football on Saturday by hosting annual spring games. At Clemson, the Tigers’ Orange & White game will commence at 4:00 PM in Memorial Stadium. Earlier in the afternoon, South Carolina will host its Garnet & Black game at Williams-Brice Stadium at 1:00 PM. Admission is free to…
Westminster – Charles “Chuck” William Mauldin, Jr., 53, husband of Pamela Elaine Freeman Mauldin, of 641 Poplar Springs Road, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at Duke University Hospital. A funeral service will be held 2 PM, Saturday, April 6, 2013 from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oconee Memorial Park.…
Seneca,SC– Norma Fay Welch Bishop, 90, wife of the late Robert Otto Bishop, ofSeneca,SCdiedTuesday, March 19, 2013at Seneca Health and Rehabilitation. A native ofAlexandria,Louisiana, Mrs. Bishop was the daughter of the late Bert Bliss andLydiaSandifer Welch. She was a homemaker and a member ofEternalShepherdLutheranChurch. Mrs. Bishop was the founder of Carolina Foothills Doll Club.…
This is a good week to be Joel Davis. The contractor’s company was awarded a $53,719.16 contract to replace the roof on the Walhalla City Gym. And Davis was selected by Oconee customers of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative to be a candidate for re-election to the Blue Ridge board of directors.
Oconee County Council apparently had a lot to talk about last night—-behind closed doors. Before adjourning to closed session, County Administrator Scott Moulder outlined some of the matters to be discussed privately. They included an economic development matter referred to as “Project W.” Last week Richard Blackwell, the county’s economic development director, said of Project…
Kathleen Grace Garrett Williams, 93, wife of the late William Roy Williams, of 151 Winstead Road, West Union, SC, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, SC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from the College Street Baptist Church with burial to follow at Evergreen…
Three Oconee County residents have been arrested in Georgia on charges that they allegedly dragged a machine weighing approximately 1500 pounds down the roadway from North Carolina into Georgia.On March 2nd, deputies with the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office noticed drag marks on the pavement behind vehicle with a flat tire on Highway 28 just south…
A viral-type outbreak, suggesting stomach bug or possible flu, broke out within the last 24 to 36 hours in an open dorm section at the Oconee Detention Center. As many as eight of 20 male inmates housed there have been affected, according to Captain Steve Pruitt, jail director. Pruitt says the ill inmates have the…
