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A three-member committee decides where to spend millions of dollars in state monies that are made available to fix Oconee County secondary roads and other projects, in the county and the county’s five municipalities. That group is Oconee’s state “C” Fund Committee. The committee’s members are all of a senior age, so the thought expressed by the chairman today […]
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A meeting this morning in a conference room at Pine Street was all about better roads and streets. Inclusive in that is safety. And, after the breakup of the county’s State “C” Fund Committee meeting, Salem’s Marti Jennings made an appeal to the state DOT’s Randy Russell. Jennings wants to see something done to slow down n. highway 11 traffic […]
Read moreAmanda Brock, Oconee County administrator, is knocking down a rumor that doesn’t seem to die. The rumor apparently is traced back some 20 years to the time that airport expansion was first pursued. And that rumor had government moving part of Shiloh Road so the path of airplanes would be unimpeded. In the end, the decision was made against re-locating […]
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The aircraft diversion required by the re-paving of the Oconee Regional Airport runway should end by the end of the week meaning, as explained this morning by the county administrator, that planes will resume take-offs and landings. It depends on a couple of steps. The contractor to re-stripe the runway expects to finish his part of the project today, following […]
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Photographs show an overlook in northern Oconee has been marred by graffiti, mattresses, and other debris, and a 101.7/WGOG listener hopes authorities can put a stop to what appears to be an unauthorized landfill. The litter defaces the Piedmont overlook on highway 107 near Burrell’s Ford Road. A complaint has been filed with the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Spokesman Jimmy Watt […]
Read moreHead Coach Kirby Smart, assistant Will Muschamp, and a large number of Georgia’s national championship football team took up one side of a Toccoa church auditorium to mourn the death of Chandler LeCroy, regarded as an integral member of the university’s football program. Twenty-four-year old LeCroy died after the crash of a car last weekend at Athens, an accident that […]
Read moreSouth Carolina’s junior U-S senator and its new state education superintendent visited a school in Charleston yesterday that offers opportunities for children with development disabilities and autism. Senator Tim Scott was joined by first-year state superintendent Ellen Weaver. The office of Republican Scott said the visit was timed to start National School Choice Week and draw attention to Scott’s agenda […]
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Those at this week’s meeting of the Oconee school trustees were amazed to hear that one of the board members has been involved in one aspect or another of public education for most of his life. Buddy Herring, the District Five trustee, received a pin and a certificate denoting his service on the policy board of public education in the […]
Read moreThis year’s South Carolina General Assembly and other state government matters are the subjects for a public meeting tonight in Westminster. At 6:30 at the Depot on Main Street, Oconee’s 3-member state delegation will host their annual public meeting. Traditionally, this meeting is held around the time of the start of the new legislative year.
Read moreWalhalla– Sonya Michelle White Lusk, 49, wife of Duane Lusk, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Sonya was the daughter of Marilyn Fisher Smith (Hayword) and the late Aldrige William “Willie” White. Sonya was a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. Sonya enjoyed crafts, fishing, traveling and spending […]
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