Linda Jean Long

    West Union, SC — Linda Jean Long, 75, of West Union, passed away on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Mountain Rest, SC, Ms. Long was the daughter of the late Rose Bithy Long. She was a retired plant worker and a member of Mountain Grove Baptist Church.   Ms. Long is […]

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David Swafford

Walhalla – David Benjamin Swafford, 58, passed away October 15th , 2021 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hosptial.   David was born in Brevard, North Carolina and was the son of the late Ernest David Swafford and Hilda Jolene Mathis Simpson. David worked as a heating and air technician and enjoyed playing the guitar and was of  the Church Of […]

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Julia Saylors

Westminster – Julia Mae McAlister Saylors, 77, wife of Talmadge J. Saylors, passed away on Monday, October 18th, 2021 at her residence.   Julia was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, and was the daughter of the Macky Roy McAlister Sr. and Mabel Fitzgerald McAlister. Julia was a retired operator at Kendall/ Covidien. Julia was an active member Rock Hill […]

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13 pages of county delinquent tax properties

Amanda Brock, Oconee County administrator, acknowledges there are additional properties in the packet for today’s annual delinquent tax sale.  And, she says, COVID and the hard economic times are likely to be factors contributing to that.  It’s a well-attended sale—with potential bidders parking cars, trucks, and even a motorcycle in the parking lot of the Center for Performing Arts Center, […]

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Police make arrest at Chicopee Field

Walhalla’s Chicopee Field was the scene this weekend of an arrest made by the city police.  Multiple charges were placed against a West Union resident, Bryan Ashley Evans.  The police say one of the charges—assault police officer while arresting arrest—was made as a police officer attempted to serve the 42-year old Evans with a court bench warrant.

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Rent and utility assistance available

Families may find help paying back rent or satisfying past-due utility bills from a program through SC Housing.  The program is partnering with community organizations to help, especially now that the U-S Supreme Court has ended the moratorium on federal evictions.  SC Stay Plus begun in May is a rent and utility help program for renters financially impacted by COVID-19.  […]

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Bus routes to be discussed tomorrow

The Seneca Transit Service invites riders and the public for a public hearing tomorrow afternoon to talk about bus routes.  The hearing takes place at 4 o’clock in the city council chambers, and a proposed route change is on display at the city hall during regular business hours.  If you are interested but can’t make tomorrow’s hearing, written comments may […]

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Scott seeks to protect Medicare Advantge

A South Carolina Republican and an Arizona Democrat are part of a bi-partisan Senate effort to protect payments cuts that are being floated in their chamber.  South Carolina’s Tim Scott and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema have sent a letter to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, makes it possible […]

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Rally for life to precede council meeting

A rally for life has been announced at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Oconee administrative complex in Walhalla, to precede the start of the 6 o’clock county council meeting.  At their regular meeting, the county fathers are to consider a resolution that declares Oconee a right-to-life county, to recognize humans in all stages of life—from pre-birth to natural death.

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