Kenny Johns –a probable candidate next year
Oconee’s chief judge of probate, Kenny Johns, is close to 28 years’ state retirement benefits, but his feeling is that probably he’ll offer next year for one more, four-year term.
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Oconee’s chief judge of probate, Kenny Johns, is close to 28 years’ state retirement benefits, but his feeling is that probably he’ll offer next year for one more, four-year term.
Read moreYears ago, a young Walhalla man was a regular worker at the Oconee County Rock Crusher. There, the boss, Tommy Crumpton regarded Jones as an excellent employee, but sensed that there was another field for which Jones held an interest. And that was law enforcement work. Crumpton did not try to hold Jones back. In fact, he encouraged Jones to […]
Read moreFriends, acquaintances, and colleagues dropped by a Westminster meeting hall this morning to wish Rory Jones well in the Westminster police chief’s retirement years. After four years as the city’s chief, and preceded by several years as a Seneca police investigator, Jones is bound for the sidelines, in part, to be able to spend better quality time with his family. […]
Read moreAll branches of the Oconee Public Library, starting tomorrow, will be closed for the Labor Day weekend, including the official holiday on Monday. The library would like you to know that book returns will be open during the weekend. Starting Tuesday, the Seneca and Walhalla locations will start to open one hour earlier, at 9 am. Hours for Salem and […]
Read moreA new public service award has been created in Oconee County, and among the first winners is the man for whom the award is named. The county’s Economic Alliance announces Dave Eldridge and Steve Finger are the first winners of the Dave Eldridge Service Award. Eldridge chairs the Tri-County Entrepreneurial Development Corporation and Finger, along with other volunteers, founded the […]
Read moreCity of Walhalla sanitation trucks will be idle Monday in observance of Labor Day. Monday’s normal trash collection route will be delayed until the next day, Tuesday. Sanitation customers are requested to have their roll carts out Tuesday morning. Walhalla City Hall is closed Labor Day. The offices return to normal schedule at 8:30 Tuesday morning.
Read moreThe Oconee County Library in Walhalla will be the scene next week of a drive-thru event to vaccinate people against COVID-19. It will be an 8-hour event, to run from noon to 8 pm on Wednesday, September 8 at the library, 501 W. South Broad Street. The vaccine is free to anyone, aged 12 and higher. If available, please bring […]
Read moreOconee law enforcement records show the arrest early today of a Westminster area man, Donnie Wayne Wheeler of Sims Street, on the charge of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. The arrest warrant alleges Wheeler “did cause physical harm or injury to Victim and said act was accompanied by circumstances of aggravation in that Defendant shot Victim in […]
Read more“SDOC updates Mask Requirement for Buses Consequences will be enforced for students who do not wear a mask. As the district announced last week, the SC State Department of Education re-instituted the requirement of face masks for students and drivers** on buses. School districts were given until August 30th to be in compliance. The SCDE released a revised memo on […]
Read moreWestminster – Frances Burton Cox, 94, wife of the late Burt Albert Cox, passed away Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Walter Lemuel and Susie Dickson Burton. Mrs. Cox was a homemaker, a member of Westminster Church of God, and loved gardening. […]
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