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Ballots cast at the Oconee History Museum in Walhalla have decided the winners of a quilt making contest. Museum visitors selected Sue Swan’s “Octopus’s Garden” and Donna Campbell”s “Teachable Moment” as their favorites. The Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail and the Lake and Mountain Guild Club chose the history museum to display the entrants’ work. Swan’s winner was based on a […]
Read moreA new convenience store, Stop-a-Minit, is in the offing for property in the vicinity of the Sandifer Boulevard and High Tec Road near Seneca. On the night of June 28, the county board of zoning appeals will consider a variance from the 25’ setback requirement from the right-of-way to allow for light poles and underground storage tanks at 1632 Sandifer […]
Read moreHolding classes on days following the Memorial Day weekend high school graduation ceremonies will cost the Oconee School District extra. Extending some of the classes into this week means the district will pay an extra $10,500 in bus driver salaries for each day. Gloria Moore, the finance director, says the extra pay will come from the district’s fund balance, a […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – Virgil “Pete” Ray Duncan, 79, husband of Susan Farmer Duncan, of 690 Duncan Ward Road, Seneca, passed away on Friday, June 4, 2021 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Seneca, Mr. Duncan was the son of the late Claude Albert and Janie Mae Ward Duncan. Pete retired from Duke Energy as a […]
Read moreThe night before he graduated from Seneca High School in 1946, Oatha “Skeet” Vaughan accomplished a childhood dream. He made a solo flight in a Piper J-3 Cub from what then was the Seneca airport. His interest in aeronautics would lead to a 45-year career with “NASA” that started on a team led by Werner von Braun at Huntsville, Alabama. […]
Read moreA Saturday morning crash in rural Oconee County took the life of a 19-year old Seneca man, Luke Jeremiah Davis. Coroner Addis said the accident that claimed Davis’s life occurred just before 9 o’clock in the morning on 123/the Toccoa Highway, in the Madison Community. State trooper Brandon Bolt said Davis was driving a pickup truck. The second driver, Samuel […]
Read moreA 43-year old man reported missing by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office May 28 is no longer missing, according to the law enforcement agency. Investigators were told yesterday morning that William Sidney Brown was located out of state and that he has made contact with his family.
Read moreThe Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) is currently working to repair a collapsed sewer line on Sandifer Boulevard (U.S. Highways 76 and 123) near Richland Creek in Oconee County. It is estimated that 100,000 gallons of wastewater entered Richland Creek before the break was secured earlier Friday. Tugaloo Pipeline, a contractor assisting the OJRSA with the repair, installed a […]
Read moreWest Union, SC – William Martin “Skip” Gibson, 66, husband of Cindy Anding Gibson, of West Union, passed away on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at the Cottingham Hospice House. Skip was the son of Irene Moore Gibson of Salem, SC and the late William Martin Gibson. Jr. He was a veteran of the United States Army. He was […]
Read moreA preliminary report by an FAA inspector reveals the crash of a small, two-seat plane in late April at Mountain Rest does not reveal any catastrophic failures that would have prevented normal operations. The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board noted serious injuries April 25 by the pilot and passenger. At the time the two aboard flew in […]
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