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Westminster– Lawrence Deward “Pee Wee” Durham, 82, husband of Cora Lee Dean Durham, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at his residence. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Lawrence was the son of the late William Murphy Durham and Lilian Marie Kelly Durham. Lawrence was retired from the construction industry, where he worked at MB Kahn of Columbia. […]
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The American Farmland Trust is sending a representative next week to a meeting of the Oconee County Council. AFT is concerned that the U-S is losing farmland at an alarming rate. Topsoil acreage in places such as Oconee is being lost to development. The organization seeks to protect farmland through agricultural conservation easements, smart growth, and what it calls “smart […]
Read moreUnless you are using a city-owned facility for a purpose for which it is intended, use of the Walhalla City Pool/Park is forbidden at night. The police this week filed charges against a 42-year old man of littering and violating the city ordinance. The police are under a special order to conduct extra patrol of the city property, on which […]
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Deputies tried to capture a motorcycle operator who fled last August in the Townville area. In the middle of that month, they could not apprehend him. He drove a chopper that matched the body style of a motorcycle reported stolen that same week in that area. But, according to an Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement today, deputies recovered evidence which they […]
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Dr. Campbell of Westminster admits the prospect of being the next Oconee County coroner would be interesting to him, but he is separating himself from talk that he might make the race to succeed the retiring Karl Addis, effective January 1, 2025. Last weekend Jody Gaulin, chair of Oconee Democrats, expressed hope that Dr. Billy Campbell could be talked into […]
Read moreA young man made a return visit yesterday to WGOG Radio, having not stepped into the building since he was a child. Here at the station, Jonathan Gettys back in the day used to grab a nap in the back while his granddad, Wayne Morton, pulled an announcer’s shift on the station. The changes Gettys has undergone are remarkable. He’s […]
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Judge Sprouse showed empathy yesterday for a lawyer defending a murder suspect from Utica. The judge remembered the time as a private practice lawyer, he had trouble securing appointments to confer with clients in jail awaiting trial. That’s the exact problem that Sara Drawdy, an attorney for murder defendant Braxton Earl, complained of yesterday during a motion hearing in the […]
Read moreFire burned again last night in a Westminster home, on Dickson Street. According to Rural Fire, it’s the second fire at that address in recent days.
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A young man will remain jailed until his murder case is called for trial, likely in December, in accord with a ruling by resident circuit judge Scott Sprouse yesterday in the Oconee General Sessions Court. A street corner shooting a year ago in Westminster took the life of Annalyssa Marie Bionoilillo Rodriguez, an incident that the prosecutor ascribes to a […]
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Fire this morning at a poultry house near Westminster. Chief Smith of the Westminster Fire Department says the fire off Weldon Road was small in size and occurred in poultry house empty of chickens. A cause has not been immediately determined.
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