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Oakway – Clara Lee Grant Blackwell, 89, beloved wife of the late Paul Leon Blackwell, passed away April 10th, 2021 at Lakeview Assisted Living. A native of Oconee County, she was the daughter of the late Albert W. Grant and Isabelle Bice Grant. Mrs. Blackwell was retired from Jantzen where she worked as a seamstress and was a member […]
Read moreTwo more people have been arrested in the investigation of the fatal hit and run that took the life of Toccoa, Georgia resident Knox Whiten. Twenty-one years old, Whiten was a student at the University of Georgia after having completed the Oconee Christian Academy near Seneca. Radio WNEG at Toccoa quotes the Athens-Clarke County police as saying two Athens residents, […]
Read moreThe Clemson City Council has issued a statement to the effect that it has, as yet, made no commitment to allow an artist to place a troll statue in the city. The artist Thomas Dambo has built trolls in places such as Chicago, the Denver area, and in the European country of Denmark, where trolls are said to be popular […]
Read moreHere are the latest numbers from the state health agency. Across South Carolina: 588 new cases of COVID-19, including 16 in Oconee County. Statewide, there were an additional three deaths. Of 17,802 test results, the positivity: 5.1%. These numbers reflect DHEC data by 11:59 pm Friday. The next report is scheduled this afternoon.
Read moreThe top slate of officers within Oconee Republicans was voted out on Saturday, as the local GOP held its off-election year county convention. The new officers, led by retired sheriff’s officer David McMahan, reflect a deeper conservatism in a county and a state that remain red solid in their political philosophies. McMahan won the chairman’s seat over the incumbent Bill […]
Read moreThe National Weather Service reports an EF-1 tornado hit Bountyland late Saturday afternoon. It lasted about two minutes and there was property damage. It winds, calculated at 90 miles an hour, flipped at least one car and damaged buildings, including one in the vicinity of the railroad track on SC 188/the Keowee School Road. Some of the damage was picked […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – Dean Harry Tollison, 52, husband of Marsha Lewis Tollison, of 108 Cedar Creek Lane, Seneca, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Fair Play, SC, Dean was the son of Harry Addison and Violet “Tennie” Richardson Tollison. He worked as an administrator for Anderson, Oconee and Pickens County Mental […]
Read moreJammie Leigh Miller Litchfield, 40, of Bonneau Beach, SC, a home restorer for Wright Construction, died Monday morning in Berkeley County. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Dial-Murray Funeral Home, 300 W. Main St., Moncks Corner, SC 29461 (843-761-8027) to assist with her funeral expenses. Ms. Litchfield was […]
Read moreWest Union, SC — Harold “Junior” Edward Duncan, 78, husband of the late Gwendolyn McCurry Duncan, of 389 Fowler Road, West Union, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Duncan was the son of the late Olin Van and Coree E. Cox Duncan. He worked in construction and retired from […]
Read moreFriday proved a hazardous time to drive I-85 in Oconee County. The interstate only covers a distance of four miles through Oconee County, but Friday afternoon there were three separate accidents, according to the Fair Play Fire Department. The first accident at exit 2, SC 59 northbound involved a van and a Dodge Charger, and the cause was attributed to […]
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