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Near Walhalla this morning, Oconee sheriff’s officers started an investigation into what appears to have been a car-break-in. Three squad cars were parked at a Westminster Highway address not far from WGOG. According to sheriff’s spokesman Jimmy Watt, one person was placed in custody and there were indications that someone may have tried to get into the home.
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Monday announced 542 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 11 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 14,800 and those who have died to 557. Eleven deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Berkeley (1), Chesterfield (1), Dillon (1), Greenville […]
Read moreLast night’s rally at Seneca came on election eve, and that wasn’t lost on at least one panelist assembled by the “Emerge” event, arranged by a group of high school alumni. The Rev W-C Honeycutt is a member of the city council. He called for all those who are of voting eligibility to be registered and to vote not only […]
Read moreIn a community meeting room last night in Seneca, the overriding message was Black Lives Matter. Around 100 people crowded into the Blue Ridge Community Center for a protest against George Floyd’s death along with a plea for better relations among the white and black races. The audience was practically an even mix of the two races, and from the […]
Read moreWest Union- Benjie M. Collins, 75, husband of Lois Roach Collins passed away June 7th, 2020 at Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Benny Franklin Collins and Ina Burton Collins Singleton. Benjie a graduate of the Tamassee DAR school, where he later served on the board of directors for the Tamassee DAR […]
Read moreWalhalla’s James Brown Elementary School welcomes a new assistant principal. His name is Philip Price. He joins James Brown from Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary, where he taught “STEM”–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
Read moreWest Union – James “Pop” Robert McAlister, 78, husband of Kathy Duncan McAlister passed away June 8, 2020 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence Robert and Afia Belle Smith McAlister. Robert was crew supervisor for Wright’s Timber Company and a maintenance foreman with Heritage Memorial Garden, and had 32 […]
Read moreGrading underway on a new Walhalla gas station. A look at county records show a permit for the project at 608 W. Main near N. Poplar.
Read moreThe Western Upstate Association of Realtors will return to Seneca tomorrow to take applications for grants of up to $1 thousand to help victims of the April 13 tornado. If you are a victim and would like to make application, you can do this between the hours of 1 o’clock and 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Ann Hope United […]
Read moreA theft late last week was partially solved when the Oconee Sheriff’s Office recovered a utility trailer on S. Walnut Street near Seneca. Evidence showed that at 7:19 Friday morning last week, a male backed up a Honda Passport to a self-storage business near Seneca, hooked up, and stole a utility trailer. The theft took place at Greenleaf Self Storage, […]
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