State budget vetoes to be announced
At 2 o’clock this afternoon, Governor McMaster announces his state budget vetoes. A question going into his news conference is whether any Oconee County monies will be chopped.
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At 2 o’clock this afternoon, Governor McMaster announces his state budget vetoes. A question going into his news conference is whether any Oconee County monies will be chopped.
Read moreWith the moon on her mind, Clemson grad student Andrealuna Pizzetti will deliver a talk this weekend in Italy where she’ll discuss what the world, society and technology would look like if the moon were destroyed or had never formed. Pizzetti will dive deep into the questions, using the knowledge she has gained from following her passion for the stars. […]
Read moreThe town of Salem receives a new municipal judge this evening. Andrew Holliday is to take the oath of office to serve at the start of this evening’s 5 o’clock meeting of the town council.
Read moreAn elderly Oconeean standing in front of the judge was told that potentially he could have been sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, the case of sexual exploitation of a minor third degree was the first offense in the life of the defendant, Donald Alfred Slater Jr. A psychiatrist’s evaluation indicated 64-year old Slater is no threat to the […]
Read moreAnnouncement today of a fine dining, yet casual, restaurant for Main Street, Walhalla. The location is Durham Hall, the building that Lana and Bruce Justus, renovated but have now sold to a pair of nearby Main Street entrepreneurs: Alisaun and Mike Crenshaw. To be called “The Southern Bull” – the restaurant is projected for an early 2024 opening and a […]
Read moreThe testimony by a crime victim’s mother led-off the Oconee General Sessions trial – South Carolina vs. Tony Avella Sanders. The defendant is charged with burglary third degree, petty larceny at a Walhalla-Westminster Highway property that the owner intended to renovate a house for living purposes. In an opening statement to the jury, the prosecutor blamed Sanders and a second […]
Read moreLate this morning jury selection began at the Oconee Courthouse in SC vs. Tony Avella Sanders. The Walhalla man was charged in 2021 with burglary third degree first offense in an incident on SC 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway, in which Sanders allegedly broke into a building belonging to Benny Paul Blackwell “without consent and with the intent to commit a crime,” […]
Read moreThe Pickens County coroner, Kandy Kelley, has identified two Clemson residents as having been killed in last night’s SC 11 accident in her county. The dead were passengers Alberta Oduraa Quartey, 23, and Abena Gyamfua, 31. The two died at the scene of the 10:30 accident at SC 11 and Elizabeth Drive.
Read moreThe state patrol reports two passengers in a BMW have died in a late night accident last night in rural Pickens County. The accident on SC 11 near Elizabeth Drive injured a third BMW passenger and the driver. Both were taken to hospital, as well as the driver of a second vehicle, a Jeep SUV. According to trooper Nick Pye, […]
Read moreSeneca – Jessica “Jessie” Leigh Gay Sheptock, 37, passed away at her residence. Born in Palatka, Florida, Jessie was the daughter of Janet Lorene May and the late James Timothy Gay. Jessie was a homemaker and she enjoyed hiking and being outdoors. In addition to her mother, Jessie is survived by her son, Evan Jagger Sheptock; brother, James […]
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