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West Union, SC — Loretta Doraine Cannon, 40, wife of Steven Ray Watkins, of West Union, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at her home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Cannon was the daughter of Frances Marlene Eller McNeil and the late L.C. Jesse Cannon. She worked in housekeeping and was of the Pentical […]
Read moreMountain Rest – Bobbie Nell Eades McCall, 88, wife of the late Manuel Kenneth McCall, passed away, on Monday, January 30, 2023 at Prisma Health – Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, Bobbie was the daughter of the late R. B. Eades and Nellie Ridley Eades. Bobbie was a homemaker and a member of Monte Vista Baptist Church. […]
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A 41-year old Clayton, Georgia man, jailed yesterday in Oconee County, faces charges of pointing and presenting firearms at a person and domestic violence high and aggravated nature. Larry Bruce Wall Jr. is accused in warrants in an incident investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office December 28 at Mountain Rest. Deputies say they took photographs as evidence and seized a […]
Read moreDari McBride, CEO of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, calls attention today to a pair of community-oriented events. Monday, February 6 from 6 to 8 pm, the chamber and others are staging an information session at Walhalla’s Center for the Performing Arts planned to let all who are interested learn more about what’s happening in the city’s downtown business community. […]
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January marks the 60th anniversary of integration at Clemson University. The School of Architecture announces “Legacy: Celebrating the Impact of Harvey Gantt”. His enrollment into the architecture program in 1963 was historic, as he became the first African American student to attend Clemson after the 4th Court of Appeals ordered the university to admit him. On Gantt’s enrollment day one […]
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Duke Energy alleges a Lake Keowee couple have violated the Shoreline Management Plan by pouring concrete at Amethyst Way, a road that bisects a Keowee peninsula. And, in papers filed with the county Common Pleas Court, Duke wants a concrete pathway removed and land restored adjacent to the boundary of the Keowee-Toxaway project. Named in the declaratory judgment proceeding are […]
Read moreTwo cars collided at a stop Walhalla intersection. Minor injuries reported between 3:30 and 4 yesterday afternoon at WS Broad and Laurel.
Read moreThe new School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at Clemson University places mechanical engineering and automotive engineering under one umbrella. And the university says the South’s rise in building electric vehicles and their batteries is behind the move to establish a new school for engineering students. Primarily, most mechanical engineers will locate on the main campus; most automotive engineers, at […]
Read moreTim Scott, South Carolina Republican, took to the Senate floor for a 10th time to blame lawmakers’ inaction for continual brutalities caused by police — the latest of which to draw major attention Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. “Our nation is reeling”, complained Scott. The office of South Carolina’s junior U-S senator released video and remarks made in the upper […]
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One month from now, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will welcome nominees for seats on its board of directors. Three seats are available in the following Blue Ridge service counties: Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens. Blue Ridge customers are invited to nomination meetings. In Oconee’s case, the seat of Len Talley will be available, and Talley seeks re-election. Oconee Blue Ridge customers […]
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