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Oconee County may be close to finding someone new to lead the game of economic development. Amanda Brock, county administrator, has confirmed that she has extended an offer to an applicant to succeed California-bound Janet Hartman. In a statement, Brock says she expects to learn the preferred applicant’s response by late this afternoon. Whoever is picked to succeed Hartman will […]
Read more“Young, tenacious and talented” are words to describe a three-year member of the Walhalla Fire Department. Cole Davenport last night was recognized as the city’s fire fighter of the year during the county’s Annual Municipal Public Safety Appreciation Dinner. The event was held at the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. Davenport started as a volunteer and transitioned in a career position. […]
Read moreFire fighters were on the scene during the night of a Lake Keowee home fire nearly four hours. According to information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, the fire occurred in a home on Quiet Water Way, a lakefront peninsula, and was reported shortly before 10:30 by a Keowee Key resident across the cove who spotted flames. No one was hurt.
Read moreEustace Hyatt Prater, III, 47, of Seneca, passed away, Sunday, September 29, 2019, at Prisma Health Heart Hospital in Columbia, SC. Born in Anderson, SC, he is the son of the late E.H. Prater, Jr. and Barbara M. McLane and husband Tim. Survivors include sons, Devon Prater, Cameron Prater, Mason Prater; sister, Angela Prater Lawson and children, […]
Read moreWestminster – Katherine “Kathy” Lynn Fowler, 57, passed away September 30, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. A Memorial Service to be announced at a later date. The family will receive guests 6-8 pm, Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the home of Holly Menard, 208 RC Drive, Westminster, SC 29693. The family is at the residence. Condolences […]
Read moreThe police in Seneca say a construction worker has been charged with burglary and grand larceny at a work site on W. Quincy Road. The crimes were reported Wednesday last week after the homeowner returned after having taken a friend to a Columbia doctor’s appointment. Law enforcement authorities today listed the arrest and grand larceny charges against Westminster area resident […]
Read moreOconee School District identified property last winter as its first choice for a new Seneca middle school. But there are obstacles in the way of a property buy involving multiple owners. That has district officials considering other properties, in the event property on Wells Highway at Garrison Road proves unsuitable to the DOT conditions for entrance ways. Still, according to […]
Read moreThe name of a rural Oconee County policeman from the early 20th century has been added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, according to an announcement this morning by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. It’s the name of William Henry Talley, a rural county policeman, who died in 1928 one day after trying to quell a church service disruption. […]
Read moreWest Union, SC — Betty Ruth Morgan, 84, of Ebenezer Rd., West Union, passed away Friday, September 27, 2019 at Cottingham Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM, Tuesday, October 1, 2019, […]
Read moreA car driver received an early morning trip to the hospital after his car left highway 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard near Seneca and struck a tree. Seneca Fire Department reported the accident at 1:30 this morning in the vicinity of Strickland Marine.
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