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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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Those interested in the city of Clemson’s future are invited for a Thursday “Conversations with Council.” It’s an informal meeting — no votes to be taken — at 6:30 pm tomorrow in the Community Room of Fire Station #2 at 740 Issaqueena Trail. There’ll be a chance to ask questions of members of council and city administration.
Read moreNo one was reported hurt, but as many as four or five small and large cars and trucks crashed around 8:30 last night on n. highway 11 in front of the Walhalla High School. A public safety responder says the accident occurred in foggy conditions.
Read moreLast night, as the fog began to enshroud the outside of the Oconee administrative complex building, the county fathers cast a vote inside that, to an extent, clears up whether the county will continue to pursue piped sewer in parts of the southern end of the county. After executive session, the council voted to direct their administrator to work […]
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Addressing Oconee’s board of school trustees, Sheriff Crenshaw made clear there are no known current threats to the public schools, but he and one of his officers last night announced new security to further protect students, teachers and staff. Eighteen biometric gun safes will be installed in school buildings across the district that’ll enable resource officers and other sheriff’s personnel […]
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