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In some spots, the banks of grass along Oconee major state highways have grown to two to three feet, after the state’s contractor ended its mowing contract last month. As a result, DOT maintenance crews have resumed some grass-cutting duties. A spokeswoman for the South Carolina DOT said, “A new contractor will be starting this week to complete one cycle […]
Read moreWestminster – Horace Edward “Shorty” Blackwell, 86, husband of the late Ollie Belle Roach Blackwell, passed away Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 at Fleetwood Rehab of Easley. Born and raised in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Furman and Annie May Cobb Blackwell. Shorty worked as a truck driver with the South Carolina Department of Transportation […]
Read moreWords such as fair, efficient, and honorable were tossed about yesterday in a ceremony to fete Joy Scharich on her retirement as the director of Oconee Registration and Elections. Two of the county’s three state lawmakers were there in person to lead a ceremony to congratulate Scharich ahead of her June 28 retirement date. She’ll be succeeded by Christi Burr, […]
Read moreA former Westinghouse vice president has pleaded guilty to making a false statement to an FBI agent in the investigation of the failed V-C Summer nuclear project in Fairfield County. The announcement by M-Rhett DeHart, acting U-S Attorney, said Carl Dean Churchman’s plea “shows that the investigation into the V-C Summer nuclear debacle did not end with the former SCANA […]
Read moreOn today’s report from South Carolina DHEC: 119 new cases of COVID-19 in the state; seven of them in Oconee County. There were no new deaths reported. Of 5,507 test results received, the positivity was 3%. The case numbers, the deaths, the positivity were all lower than on the report from yesterday. The numbers reported today are data reflecting the […]
Read moreSouth Carolina DOT reports the tragic loss of one of its workers this morning in a crash in Greenwood County. According to the highway patrol, there will be further details of the accident that killed person and injured two others. The DOT says the deceased was Charles “Chuck” Kennedy, 59 years old, driver of a DOT truck headed toward a […]
Read moreSalem, SC – Timothy D. Littleton, 37, of Salem, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Salem, SC, Mr. Littleton was the son of Garland Michael and Rosemary Owen Littleton. He worked for NASON and was a member of Salem First Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Mr. Littleton […]
Read morePrisma Health announces that it is partnering with the air medical program Air Methods to base aircraft at the Pickens County Airport near Liberty to provide quicker response times for emergency and trauma patients. The partnership plans call for an EC 135 aircraft in the Greenville area and an EC 130 craft in Orangeburg to carry patients to Prisma hospitals. […]
Read moreIf you happened to be up and in downtown Walhalla early this morning, you’d have caught a glimpse of a large bus pulling an equipment trailer. The bus carefully maneuvered Main Street for a turn onto N. College bound for the Center for the Performing Arts. Tonight’s featured act is the Allman-Betts band, whose members are sons of original members […]
Read moreOconee County law enforcement records identify a 27-year old Georgia man as having been arrested and charged in a crime investigation at a Fair Play business. The records show Toccoa resident James Saul Dugas arrested yesterday and charged with burglary second degree and grand larceny at Wood-Tex Products on s. highway 11 at Fair Play. Wood-Tex makes cabins, horse barns, […]
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