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Lula, Georgia – Eunice Idell Holcombe Abbott, 96, passed away Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 at Habersham Medical Center. A native of Hart County, Georgia, Eunice was the daughter of the late Lee Anderson Holcombe and Bertha White Holcombe Brock. Eunice formerly worked at Revco and was a homemaker. She attended Lula First Baptist Church, and enjoyed working in […]
Read moreA planned new convenience store—and its gas pumps—near Seneca cleared a government hurdle when it was granted a zoning variance during a public hearing held by the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals. The appeals board approved a variance from a 25-foot setback requirement from the right-of-way that will allow light poles and underground storage tanks. The location is an existing […]
Read moreThe man who drowned last evening on the Georgia side of Lake Hartwell was a 22-year old Greer, South Carolina resident. The Hart County coroner, Mike Adams, said the fatality was Armando Esteban Sanchez Martinez. He drowned around 6 o’clock while swimming with friends at the Big Oaks Recreation area. The coroner said Martinez could not swim, and was not […]
Read moreFrom Walhalla to northern Oconee is considered prime for mountain bike riding. What’s called the Southeast Gravel Race to Valhalla takes place this Saturday (July 10). Expectations are that more 350 riders will depart from the James M. Brown Elementary School on the Coffee Road and take a route that will cover Long Creek and sections of the Sumter National Forest. […]
Read moreSalem, SC – Mary Parks Bass, 80, wife of the late Samuel “Buddy” McCoy Bass, Jr., of Salem, passed away on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Parksville, SC, Mrs. Bass was the daughter of the late Edward Hampton and Frances Lyon Parks. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church. […]
Read moreWalhalla’s trash collection routes that would normally run today will instead be run tomorrow, so tomorrow morning is when customers should have their roll carts at the curb. And the city has announced the following change. No longer will its crews pick up cardboard in or outside the city. A recycling receptacle is available at the city sanitation department on […]
Read moreAll branches of the Oconee Public Library are closed today for Independence Day. Book returns, however, are available, and the website, oconeelibrary.org, will be available. All branches re-open normal time tomorrow.
Read moreFair Play – Judy Ann Gilliam Bryson, 69, wife of the late Michael “Mike” Vester Bryson, passed away Saturday, July 3rd, 2021 at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Alma Gilreath Gilliam. Judy was an avid gardener and a member […]
Read moreWestminster – Henry Pervis Cobb,88, husband of Betty Jean Dickert Cobb of 40 years, passed away, July 3rd, 2021 at An Med Health Medical Center. Henry was born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Earl and Nannie Hall Cobb. He retired from Torrington as a supervisor and was a United States Air Force Veteran. […]
Read moreThe employees of the state health agency are taking today as a July 4 holiday. The next report on COVID-19 numbers is to be issued tomorrow afternoon. The latest numbers from DHEC reflect the tabulation for the last day of June. On the 30th, there were 139 new confirmed cases of the virus, four of them in Oconee County. Statewide, […]
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