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Chairman Matthew Durham of Oconee County Council says the November General Election is a better time for Corinth-Shiloh voters to decide the referendum for a special tax district than the middle of summer. That is why, Durham says, he has decided that at tomorrow night’s council meeting there’ll be a resolution to set the referendum for November 5, in place […]
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A 52-year-old Townville man was killed early yesterday in the wreck of a pickup truck. The coroner and the state patrol said the accident that took the life of David Allen Hauser occurred around 1:30 in the morning at O’Neal Ferry Road and Watson Road. Greg Shore, the Anderson coroner, says the preliminary investigation shows Mr. Hauser, the driver, and […]
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Only a small number of Corinth-Shiloh residents took advantage of a free pancake breakfast and a chance to hear more about the special tax district referendum. Nevertheless, the turnout made for an informal give-and-take with Kevin Christenbury, fire chief, and several of the fire fighters at the pre-dominant volunteer station in advance of what appears to be special referendum day […]
Read morePendleton– Norma Jean Matthews Tench, 78, wife of the late James Tench, passed away on Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at Cottingham Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. Born August 20th, 1945 in Easley, South Carolina, Norma was the daughter of John Lewis and Catherine Martin Matthews. Norma worked at Ryobi as a machine operator and later worked […]
Read moreSeneca – Loretta Reynolds Wood, 83, of Seneca, South Carolina passed into the loving arms of our Lord on May 16, 2024 after a 21-month battle with breast cancer. Born in Bedford County, Virginia, she was the only daughter of the late Harry Glass Reynolds and the late Sarah Alcock Reynolds. She was a 1959 graduate of Bedford High School. […]
Read moreSeneca – Bertha Gwendolene Grant Holden, 88, wife of Carl Davis Holden, passed away on Friday, May 17th, 2024 at Cottingham Hospice House. Born January 30th, 1936 in Oconee County, South Carolina, Bertha was the daughter of the late Caradine Walker and Marion Inez Smith Grant. Bertha was a homemaker, and her greatest joy was spending time with her […]
Read moreSeneca – Dorothy Lee Worley Patterson, 71, wife of the late Richard Gordan Patterson, passed away on Friday, May 17th, 2024 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born December 15th, 1952 in Seneca, South Carolina, Dorothy was the daughter of the late Collie Ray and Sylvia Lee Worley. Dorothy enjoyed knitting, sewing baby dolls, playing games with her family, […]
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Seven Oconee County rural and municipal roads and streets have made the state’s next pavement improvement program. The DOT Commission yesterday approved the 2025 pavement program by adding another $719 million funds. This is the 8th year of an accelerated program, and the commissioners’ action yesterday adds another 727 miles of roads. Oconee motorists should see improvements to the following: […]
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The DOT has filled some of potholes on a heavily-traveled secondary road near Seneca, but according to a member of Oconee’s State “C” Fund Committee, the results leave something to be desired. The “C” Fund Committee’s Dick Cottingham yesterday pressed the DOT’s Randy Russell to re-examine the Old Seneca-Clemson Highway. The section that Cottingham believes needs further work is that […]
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Two separate 9-1-1 calls claimed a bomb in a Seneca supermarket, and for about an hour and a half yesterday afternoon the Food Lion in Keowee Village Center was evacuated and pedestrian and vehicle traffic in that area were held back. But a search by a bomb-sniffing dog and other resources produced no explosives, and the Food Lion was permitted […]
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