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The body of an un-identified Caucasian female was discovered this morning in a wooded area near Westminster. The coroner and the sheriff’s office are investigating. A 9-1-1 call from hunters alerted authorities shortly before 8:30 this morning that a decomposed body was found in the woods at the end of the Rufus Land Road, not far from the Jenkins Bridge […]
Read moreSouth Carolina achieved a percentage positive on COVID tests below 10%–in Saturday’s DHEC report. According to the state health agency, the total number of test results statewide was 33,670 and the percent positive was 7.8%. For the latest 24-hour period, there were 1,925 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases across South Carolina, including 26 in Oconee County. Statewide there were 52 new […]
Read moreWestminster – Utah McCoy Eller, 71, husband of Helen May Eller, passed away Thursday, February 04, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Clayton, Georgia, and was the son of the late Willie and Mary Ramey Eller. Utah retired after 23 years from Sherman Construction as a carpenter. He is survived by his […]
Read moreWestminster – Kathryn Elaine Hix, 57, of 110 Hix Drive, passed away Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at her residence. She was a native of Oconee County and was the daughter of the late Billy Harold Hix and Brenda Gail Honea Wilson and adoptive parents, the late Eugene and Annie Sue Hix Ramsey. Kathryn worked at the original Lucky Strike […]
Read moreWestminster – Sally Jane Krauss Steward, 73, wife of the late Richard Lavern “Rick” Steward, passed away Thursday, February 4th, 2021 at her residence. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Elmer C. and Dorothy L. Niethardt Krauss. She was a retired accountant, special education teacher for the Coastal Center and a College professor at […]
Read moreSalem – Thomas Babbitt, 61, of 211 Vineyard Lane, passed away Monday, February 1st, 2021 at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Great Falls, Montana and was the son of the late Thomas Babbitt Jr. and Ellen Babbitt. Thomas was a carpenter by trade. He is survived by daughters, Mary May Grace Langston of Walhalla […]
Read more101.7/WGOG NEWS has received information to indicate that Oconee County will no longer pursue the sale of the Golden Corner Commerce Park to a solar farm company. However, Annie Caggiano, executive director of the Oconee Economic Alliance, declined this afternoon to neither confirm nor deny that “Project Aztec” (Blue Ridge Solar LLC) will no longer be considered. This week the […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC – Alan Dean Boggs, 90, husband of the late Betty Wiggins Boggs, passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021, at North Greenville Hospital. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Boggs was the son of the late Homer R. Boggs and Betty Kelly Boggs. He was a 1953 graduate of Clemson University and later worked as a county […]
Read moreA second man has been arrested in the Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation of a January 11 assault at the county jail, in which two inmates are accused of assaulting four correctional guards. According to the incident report, one of the correctional officers lost consciousness and required a trip to the hospital. Authorities say the second arrest is that of Tyler […]
Read moreClemson voters may start the process this month to ask for absentee ballots, ahead of their special city council election in March. On the 23rd of March, Clemson city voters are requested to choose among three candidates to fill an unexpired term on the city council. There are three candidates in this non-partisan election: Jim Borick, John Fulmer, and Greg […]
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