The Golden Corner's Radio Station
The start of tomorrow’s December meeting of the Westminster City Council will be preceded by a scheduled one-hour closed-door meeting to address legal matters involving the city’s electric power supplier. The open part of the meeting with invocation and pledge of allegiance is set for 6 o’clock. During the open session, the council is to consider a motion to authorize […]
Read more
In new business tomorrow night, Westminster City Council will be asked to bestow its administrator with authority to hire the city clerk and the police chief. Those appointment duties now rest with the council.
Read more
The need for Oconee students to better grasp matters of finance is part of tonight’s agenda for the county trustees. They will consider making personal finance instruction a one-half credit toward the required 24 credits to be graduated from high school.
Read moreWestminster – Robert Allen Pickens, 73, husband of Barbara Barnes Pickens, passed away Friday, December 8th, 2023 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and friends. Born November 23rd, 1950, in Seneca, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Robert Arnold and Marie Cobb Pickens. Allen was the owner and operator of Pickens Heating and Air […]
Read moreWestminster, SC — Janice Lucille Johns Harris, 80, wife of the late Carzell Harris, of Westminster, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, at her home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Harris was the daughter of the late Grady and Josephine Nixon Johns. She loved to fish, play bingo, throw horseshoes, and was an avid Atlanta […]
Read moreSeneca – Freida Marie Phipps, 95, wife of the late John Brown Lee Phipps, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2023 at Keowee Place in Seneca. Born October 23rd, 1928, in Lafeyette, New Jersey, Freida was the daughter of the late Wilber H. and Flossie Mae Reed Price. Freida worked at the Sparta High School in New Jersey […]
Read more
A problem with a Duke Energy insulator has interrupted its feed to Seneca’s system, which has resulted in an outage affecting about one-half of the city, including lights at traffic intersections. Officials tell us the target time to restore service is around 10:30 this morning.
Read more
Affected rural Westminster water customers may go back to normal use of their service. The city announces a second set of bacteria tests were free of any contamination, and the boil advisory has been lifted.
Read more
City of Walhalla made the following announcement this afternoon: “After reviewing the forecast for Sunday, we have made the decision to cancel this year’s Christmas Parade. While we understand the disappointment this may cause, the safety of our participants and the families coming to view are our priority. We are currently making preparations for a virtual parade. Additional details […]
Read more
For discussion and possible action, long-range building plans are on Monday night’s meeting agenda of the Oconee school trustees. Supporters of the Tamassee-Salem Elementary School worry that the board will choose the plan to close their school and the Keowee Elementary School and consolidate both into a new building. The trustees combined work meeting/regular December meeting takes place at 6 […]
Read more