Mail price increase
A U-S Postal Service mail price increase took effect Sunday. The cost of a stamp for a one-ounce letter jumps from 55 cents to 58 cents.
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A U-S Postal Service mail price increase took effect Sunday. The cost of a stamp for a one-ounce letter jumps from 55 cents to 58 cents.
Read moreAccording to its website, Colonial Gas shut down Lines 1 and 2 from Houston to Greensboro for “a precautionary and routine safety measure” as the storm Ida makes its way inland. But two other lines from Greensboro to New Jersey continue normal operations.
Read moreFive Walhallans are bidding for vote support in this year’s city council contests, and some of them are posting road side campaign signs. That has prompted city of Walhalla to try to clear up questions about political signs inside the city limits. City government calls attention to the following excerpt from the zoning ordinance: “Such signs for election candidates or […]
Read moreIn the area of downtown Toccoa, Georgia an early evening shooting yesterday left one dead and one in the hospital. The Toccoa police found two males wounded by gunfire on Whitman Street. Both were taken to hospital, where one was pronounced dead. Three and a half hours after being alerted to shots fired the city police, joined by the state […]
Read moreA woman walked naked several blocks late last week in Westminster before the police discovered her. According to accounts, the nude woman walked on Thursday afternoon from the vicinity of West-Oak Middle School to beyond the Bountyland Quik Stop before being spotted by the police. Lt. Matt Patterson said he approached the woman on the nearby 123, the Toccoa Highway, […]
Read moreThe crash into water in rural Oconee County took the life late last night of a 53-year old Clemson man. Coroner Karl Addis said the fatality, Robert F. Abraham, was ejected from his small truck on the Martin Creek Road near the J-P Stevens Road. According to the state patrol, Abraham and his small truck, a Chevy Silverado, overturned and […]
Read moreThe police in Seneca say the drivers of two SUVs and no one at Wendy’s on the By-Pass were hurt this afternoon in an accident that occurred on the eastbound lanes, and forced motorists headed east to detour onto Professional Park Drive. A green SUV wound up across both eastbound lanes and turned around in the wrong direction, while the […]
Read moreToday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reported a total of 6,697 new cases of COVID-19 on Aug. 25, the third-highest total in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Oconee County accounted for 133 of the cases. Not since the state reported 7,680 cases on Jan. 6 and 7,450 on Jan. 8 has the […]
Read moreThe stop of a motorcyclist Thursday morning at Townville resulted in Oconee Sheriff’s Office filing charges against the motorcycle operator. According to the sheriff’s office, the case against Kyle Dwaine Glenn originated when an investigator spotted a speeding motorcycle on SC 24/the West-Oak Highway. The sheriff’s office announced the following charges against 31-year old Glenn: trafficking in methamphetamine; failure to […]
Read moreThe police, the EMS, and the fire department all have had resources at the scene of a 123 Seneca By-Pass accident this afternoon. According to one bystander, one of two vehicles involved in the accident is believed to have gone off the highway and hit outdoor restaurant property in front of Wendy’s. Not clear immediately if there were any injuries.
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