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Last night long drive-thru lines wrapped around the parking lots of several 123 Clemson restaurants–a sign that today is the start for blended instruction at the university.
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Last night long drive-thru lines wrapped around the parking lots of several 123 Clemson restaurants–a sign that today is the start for blended instruction at the university.
Read moreHere’s a two-day report on the latest published COVID case numbers in South Carolina. On Saturday, the state recorded 706 new cases and nine deaths. Adding to the case count were eight cases from Oconee County. The positivity percentage on test results was 11.2%. For Sunday, South Carolina counted 420 new cases and 13 more deaths. There were seven new […]
Read moreA South Carolina Attorney’s General opinion written 34 years ago may apply to the heart of a legal dispute among Westminster city leaders. At least, that’s the reading by some of what an assistant attorney general opined back then to a Newberry County attorney. The assistant attorney general, Patrica Petway, responded to the question of whether a mayor or a […]
Read moreWalhalla Water Department has lifted a boil water advisory that applied to customers in and around parts of highway 11. It means that customers in that area no longer need to boil water before drinking or cooking. A water main break was discovered early Saturday morning, but an announcement from the utilities director states: “Following an intense flushing of the […]
Read moreWestminster – Willie Fay Pressley, 62, wife of the late Billy Joe Pressley, passed away Friday, September 18th, 2020 at her residence. Fay was born in Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Esko and Dorothy Price Turner. Fay was a cook for 20 years, having worked at Beef and Rib, Eva’s and worked at West Oak […]
Read moreDanette Gwen Duncan, 58, formerly of Westminster, passed away Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 in Oklahoma. Born in Oconee County, she was the daughter of Elgarita R. Duncan of Westminster and the late Dennis A Duncan. Danette had a great passion for the outdoors, enjoyed camping, fishing and horseback riding. Danette lived her life by her own rules, and if […]
Read moreThe chairwoman of Oconee Democrats sees some movement in the impasse between her party and the Republicans over a new stimulus bill. Jody Gaulin sees common ground between the moderate leaders of both parties and the possibility that a bill could be reported out of the legislative chambers by the October recess, in advance of the November election. Julian Davis, […]
Read moreA Hamilton Career student from West-Oak High has been added to the list of Oconee students confirmed to have COVID-19. This afternoon the school district is staying the course. Superintendent Thorsland said, “Our current plan is to continue with what we have done for the first four weeks.” That is giving students the option of in-class academics or at home […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is sharing updated data that shows communities with mask requirement ordinances in place continue to see a slower rate of disease spread compared to communities without mask requirements. On August 12, DHEC released the initial findings of its data analysis of the counties and municipalities that have implemented mask requirements for individuals when […]
Read moreDHEC announced 766 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, along with 21 additional confirmed deaths, including a new death of an elderly Oconeean from September 11. This brings the total number of South Carolina confirmed cases to 133,310 and confirmed deaths to 3,010. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 6,324 (not […]
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