Loretta Reynolds Wood

Seneca – Loretta Reynolds Wood, 83, of Seneca, South Carolina passed into the loving arms of our Lord on May 16, 2024 after a 21-month battle with breast cancer. Born in Bedford County, Virginia, she was the only daughter of the late Harry Glass Reynolds and the late Sarah Alcock Reynolds. She was a 1959 graduate of Bedford High School. […]

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Bertha Holden

Seneca – Bertha Gwendolene Grant Holden, 88, wife of Carl Davis Holden, passed away on Friday, May 17th, 2024 at Cottingham Hospice House.   Born January 30th, 1936 in Oconee County, South Carolina, Bertha was the daughter of the late Caradine Walker and Marion Inez Smith Grant. Bertha was a homemaker, and her greatest joy was spending time with her […]

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Dorothy Patterson

Seneca – Dorothy Lee Worley Patterson, 71, wife of the late Richard Gordan Patterson, passed away on Friday, May 17th, 2024 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born December 15th, 1952 in Seneca, South Carolina, Dorothy was the daughter of the late Collie Ray and Sylvia Lee Worley. Dorothy enjoyed knitting, sewing baby dolls, playing games with her family, […]

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Seven Oconee roads make next year’s SC improvement list

Seven Oconee County rural and municipal roads and streets have made the state’s next pavement improvement program.  The DOT Commission yesterday approved the 2025 pavement program by adding another $719 million funds. This is the 8th year of an accelerated program, and the commissioners’ action yesterday adds another 727 miles of roads.  Oconee motorists should see improvements to the following:  […]

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DOT’s patching not up to Cottingham’s approval

The DOT has filled some of potholes on a heavily-traveled secondary road near Seneca, but according to a member of Oconee’s State “C” Fund Committee, the results leave something to be desired.  The “C” Fund Committee’s Dick Cottingham yesterday pressed the DOT’s Randy Russell to re-examine the Old Seneca-Clemson Highway.  The section that Cottingham believes needs further work is that […]

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No explosives found

Two separate 9-1-1 calls claimed a bomb in a Seneca supermarket, and for about an hour and a half yesterday afternoon the Food Lion in Keowee Village Center was evacuated and pedestrian and vehicle traffic in that area were held back.  But a search by a bomb-sniffing dog and other resources produced no explosives, and the Food Lion was permitted […]

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Solicitor hopefuls campaign in Oconee

A nearly two-hour political event has ended at Keowee Key.  Nearly every seat in the golf club dining hall was occupied by members of the Oconee Republican Women’s Club.  Radio and podcast broadcaster Joey Hudson moderated a forum for the two men and one woman who are seeking the GOP nomination next month for 10th Circuit Solicitor–the job of chief […]

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Nine Seneca streets to be improved

Nearly $657 thousand dollars was authorized today by the Oconee State “C” Fund Committee to improve nine Seneca streets, some of them left damaged by the EF-3 tornado four years ago.  At the top of the list for paving, according to assistant city administrator Ryan Thomas, is “B” Minor Street, not far from Dalton Road.  Thomas and Ernie Beck, public […]

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Sex crime brings an 18-year prison term

A Westminster area man has been ordered to prison for 18 years after he admitted a sex crime against a child.  Judge Maddox today in the Oconee General Sessions courtroom sentenced Eddie Hubert Derrick of the Theo Martin Road to the maximum sentence of 20 years, suspended to 18 years in prison for second degree criminal sexual conduct with a […]

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Walhalla’s new budget and the implications

Mayor Tim Hall is speaking to 101.7/WGOG NEWS about Walhalla’s next budget, calculated at $17 million and which received preliminary approval during this week’s city council meeting.  It’s a budget reflecting three percent pay raises for employees and the rising costs brought on by inflation.  To help generate the revenues, Walhalla projects a 6% increase in property taxes – the […]

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