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The region’s supply of blood remains at or near critical low, and the Blood Connection says pleas to donate the past couple of months seem to have been ignored. The situation is reaching potential danger, as the supplier of blood for local and area hospitals can’t keep pace with the demand. Donor turnout has significantly dropped as COVID restrictions are […]
Read moreSeneca, SC– Christopher Eric Graham, 22, of 308 Easter Lane, Seneca, passed away Friday, July 2, 2021, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Seneca, SC, Christopher was the son of Joseph Eric Graham and April Davis Graham. Christopher was known as Bucky to his family and Shaggy to his friends. He worked for Kinley Cabinet and was a […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– James Gerard Campbell, Jr., 77, husband of Jane Campbell, of Walhalla, passed away on Sunday, July 4, 2021 at his residence. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Campbell was the son of the late James Gerard Campbell, Sr. and Willie Mae Williams Campbell. He retired from Timken and was of the Lutheran Faith. Mr. Campbell is […]
Read moreFire reported this morning at a home on 11 Oaks Drive, s. highway 11–some ten miles south of Walhalla in the vicinity of Oakway’s Bruce Road. The alarm was sounded shortly after the 5 o’clock hour this morning. An hour later, fire fighters remained at the scene.
Read moreThe driver of a Chevy Avalanche opened fire yesterday afternoon at an Oconee sheriff’s deputy near Keowee Key. The deputy returned gunfire. The deputy was unharmed. A chase stretched into Pickens County, where members of that sheriff’s office found the Chevy Avalanche on Jamison Road near Freedom Forest Drive. The suspect driver fled on foot. The incident started when the […]
Read moreLula, 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. […]
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