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The 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 […]
Read moreA pool of jurors, from which to choose this year’s Oconee Grand Jury, is being summoned April 26 to report to the county courthouse. On that Monday from that pool of jurors, Clerk of Court Lisa Burton, says the 2021 Oconee Grand Jury will be selected. A primary duty of a grand jury is to evaluate the validity of charges […]
Read moreAt this hour, the state patrol reports an accident on I-85 in Oconee County has left one of the lanes of travel blocked to passing traffic. The accident is reported on 85 near exit 2. First reports indicate no injuries.
Read moreThis afternoon’s DHEC COVID-19 report (data by 11:59 pm Wednesday) contains 632 new cases of the virus in South Carolina, including 26 in Oconee County. Statewide, eight additional deaths are confirmed. Of 22,238 test results, the positivity was 4.5%.
Read moreThe property on which sits a building that once housed a Walhalla doctors’ practice saw a zoning change this week, but its future use is still an unknown, according to a city official. The city board of appeals approved changing 207 Booker Drive from general residential to office commercial.
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