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Westminster– Bobby Gordon Collins, 88, husband of Edna Louise Westmoreland Collins, passed away Thursday, February 24th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Pickens County, Bobby was the son of the late Otis Oliver Collins and Lula Edna Palmer Collins. Bobby was a Knit Machine Fixer with Kendall, a member of Corinth Baptist Church and […]
Read moreLavonia, GA – Ernest Matthew Smith, 88, husband of the late Martha Sue McIntire Smith and Ollie M. Chappell Smith, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022 at Rainey Hospice House. Born in Stephens County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert Jessie Smith and Icie Pearl Rholetter. Ernest retired from the United States Army after 22 […]
Read moreSeneca, SC– Homer Burrell Franks, Jr., 70, husband of Florence Floyd Franks, of 300 Shrine Club Road, Seneca, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. Franks was the son of Homer Burrell Franks, Sr. and Margaret Ruth McDonald Franks. He retired from Tiger Sports Shop and was a member […]
Read moreJanice Lorraine Allen, 79, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, at her home in West Union, SC. She was originally from Hudson, Iowa. She was born Aug. 27, 1942, in Voorhies, Iowa, daughter of Adolph and Margie Vogt. She graduated from Reinbeck Iowa High School in 1960 and went onto Gates business college for 4 weeks. She […]
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The police department at Clemson is under review this week to gauge how well it reaches professional standards, and there’s a chance for the public to take part. The Clemson police are scheduled tomorrow and Wednesday for an on-site assessment in a program to achieve state accreditation by verifying that it meets professional standards. Administered by the South Carolina Law […]
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Only one year having left Oconee government, Wayne McCall still sounds much like the councilman he was for 12 years. Although he insists he’s through with politics, he remains outspoken on county spending priorities. McCall founded off Friday to 101.7/WGOG NEWS after he had a 22-minute phone conversation with Sheriff Mike Crenshaw. The former District Two councilman is convinced that […]
Read moreSeneca, SC- Patricia (Pat) Emerson Quarles (80), of Seneca, SC, member of Seneca Baptist Church, went to be with the Lord February 25, 2022. She was the wife of Durell L. Quarles, mother of Paige Quarles and grandmother of Van Quarles Robertson. She was the youngest child of Charlie and Ada Griffin Emerson (deceased). She had four sisters (all deceased) […]
Read moreBack from this week’s legislative session at the state capital, Oconee Rep. Bill Whitmire says the House is determined to raise teacher pay and other benefits, mainly because the state is facing a large teacher shortage. Whitmire says teachers are, in some cases, retiring and some have decided to leave the profession. The increased pay benefits Whitmire, in his words, […]
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The mayor and the eight-member city council in Seneca are being called together for a special meeting Monday to receive legal advice on the “pending legal matter with OJRSA, the City of Walhalla & the City of Westminster.” Late last year an attorney for Seneca put the Joint Regional Sewer Authority and its fellow members Walhalla and Westminster on notice […]
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A time of reckoning, of sorts, will come before Oconee County fathers next week. At their first March meeting, County Council is to receive the audit covering the year 2020-21, Presenting the comprehensive financial report: the audit firm of Mauldin and Jenkins. The 20-21 year was the first full government year during the pandemic.
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