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Plans are in the works for a new Bigfoot festival in Westminster. Music, contests, and crafts will be part of the 2024 festival Friday and Saturday, October 11 and 12. Everyone is invited, even those who don’t believe the Big Fella exists.
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A zoning appeal to be heard tonight in Walhalla. The county Board of Zoning Appeals convenes a 6 o’clock hearing at Pine Street to consider Louise McKirgan’s application for a 10-foot variance to the front setback for an existing garage near the Tabor Road, at 308 Knox Cove Road, Westminster.
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A $500 dollar grant will be used by the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation toward the care of newborns. In appreciation of the grant Thursday from the Seneca Rotary Club, Cortni Nations of the foundation expressed her gratitude, and explained to the Rotarians it means that at the local level greater care is now available to newborns in the […]
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South Carolina’s chief executive is in Germany. Governor McMaster takes part in an economic development mission trip to the European nation and will take time to visit and tour the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. He’ll also visit German companies with South Carolina operations.
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A Sunday morning accident in Pickens County took the life of a motorcyclist. The state patrol is deferring to the coroner’s office for the identity of the deceased. Trooper Brandon Bolt said the accident was logged at 11:20 yesterday morning on SC 11, eight miles north of Pickens. Involved: a motorcycle and an SUV. According to Bolt, the accident occurred […]
Read moreWestminster – John Edwin McGuffin,43, husband of Jackie Butts McGuffin, passed away on June 22nd, 2024 at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Born October 18th, 1980, in Toccoa, Georgia, John was the son of Charles Ernest and Diane Edwards McGuffin of Westminster, South Carolina. John was a graduate of West-Oak High School, was retired from […]
Read moreWestminster – John Palmer Lemmons, 68, husband of Marsha Simpson Lemmons, passed away Wednesday, June 19th, 2024 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born December 27th, 1955 in Westminster, South Carolina, John was the son of the late Walter and Sabra Carroll Lemmons. John attended Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, was an avid hunter and fisherman, and enjoyed the […]
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Non-profits who make life easier for others are sharing in grants announced today by the Seneca Rotary Club. The Rotarians accumulated $5,250 in fundraisers. Sharing in those monies are the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Foundation, Seneca High School, Foothills Care, Fostering Faithfully, Grace’s Closet, Collins Home Family Ministry, and “BRIEF”– Blue Ridge Innovation and Entrepreneurship Foundation.
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A plea of guilty produced a prison term this week in the Oconee General Sessions Court. The judge directed Derawin Joseph Fretwell to serve a maximum 10-year sentence for criminal sexual conduct third degree, according to Deputy Solicitor Jason Alderman. Once Fretwell completes the sentence, he will be placed on the registry of sex offenders. Alderman said the victim in […]
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Asphalt companies are getting bigger and, unfortunately for Oconee County, larger companies are looking for larger contracts than those that a county of Oconee’s size offers. And it’s creating problems for cities such as Seneca and Westminster to get streets repaved. Sam Dickson and Richard Cottingham of the Oconee State “C” Fund Committee brought their concerns to their committee meeting, […]
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