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Westminster – Roy “Nick” Williams, 81, husband of the late Glenda Busha Williams, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital. Born in Walhalla, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Roy Franklin Williams and Ida Margaret Carver Williams. Nick retired from Dunlop Sports as the production manger and later retired from the […]
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July and August might not be the best months for officers of Oconee General Sessions Court to take vacations. Lisa Burton, county clerk of court, has confirmed to 101.7/WGOG NEWS that there will be a total of eight weeks of OGS at the courthouse during July and August. This is seen as an opportunity for the court to dispose of […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Macaria Lopez, 90, of 9 Keowee St., Walhalla passed away peacefully on Sunday June 26, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. A native of Madero Tlaxcala, Mexico, Macaria was the daughter of the late Atilano and Josefa Rodriguez Ortega. She was a faithful and proud member of The Light of the World […]
Read moreCassidy Hutchinson is the former top advisor to then President Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows who, in explosive testimony, divulged details on what went on behind-the-scenes leading up to, during and after the attack. Her former boss, Meadows and his wife, have a Pickens County connection. The Pickens County Register of Deeds’ office recently confirmed to 101.7/WGOG NEWS that […]
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Big doings yesterday in one of Oconee’s rural outposts. In the buildings of the Earles Grove Baptist Church on Highway 59, there was voting in the state’s primary runoff elections. And there was also a public information meeting on the latest to bring piped sewer to I-85, the village of Fair Play, and other parts of southern Oconee County. Those […]
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After telling the board of directors that Pioneer Water can anticipate a “20 to 30%” increase in the costs of what’ll be needed in the next 12 months, the board approved a retail rate increase. The board agreed with Pruitt’s proposal to apply the additional revenues to the cost of buying additional water from nearby supplier city of Seneca. “We’ve […]
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We’ve yet to wrap up business from this year’s political primary elections, but a reminder today that it’s not too early to think about who will be elected this year to the Oconee School Board of Trustees. 2022 is a political year in which county voters select District One and Three members to the county council. Same applies to the […]
Read moreEmergency vehicle sirens at 7 last night near Seneca. A deputy sheriff was seen helping a man on the asphalt in the middle of Wells Highway near the Shiloh Road 4-way stop. The state patrol reported an accident with injury in that vicinity.
Read moreSouth Carolina election results in the Republican primary runoff give Ellen Weaver a near 64% of the vote to be declared the unofficial winner of her party’s nomination for state superintendent of education; in the Democratic runoff, Krystle Matthews, with nearly 56%, the unofficial winner to run as her party’s nominee for the U-S Senate. In each contest, Oconee Democratic […]
Read moreThe board of Pioneer Rural Water District will consult its attorney to determine if it can recover money spent to rid its water supply of a blue-greenish substance. As for money spent last year to cleanse the water, board member Eddie Grant said, “They sold us a bill of goods.” Once again, the annual membership meeting of the district was […]
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