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Westminster – Kathy Lawing Bryson, 59, wife of the late Stanley D. Bryson, of 299 Johnson Street, Apt 131, passed away Thursday, January 7th, 2021 at her residence. Kathy was born in Ellijay, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Robert and Myrtle Bates Lawing. Mrs. Bryson was a homemaker and a member of New Life Praise and […]
Read moreWalhalla – Janet Lucille Grant, 69, of 34 Blue Bird Court, passed away Friday, January 8th, 2021 at An-Med Medical Center. Janet was born Oconee County, South Carolina and was the daughter of the late William Roy and Joyce Lucille Lipton Hair. Janet work as an electrical operator at the Square D plant and was a member of Westminster […]
Read moreSeneca – James Mahaffey Lyles, 83, husband of the late Loretta Jones Lyles, passed away on Saturday, January 9th, 2021 at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Anderson, SC to the late Elizabeth Mahaffey Strickland, he was a United States Air Force Veteran during the Korean Era. James was a retired sales manager, and an avid Clemson Tiger […]
Read moreFor the first time, South Carolina’s one-day total of additional COVID-19 has exceeded 5,000. The exact number announced today by DHEC’s Dr. Traxler is 5,077. There are 34 new deaths statewide, also, on the report. These numbers, says Traxler, are a reminder that, in spite of the start of vaccinations, it’s still highly important for everyone to wear a mask […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today that South Carolina Hospitals should begin to vaccinate their admitted patients, who are aged 65 years and older, as long as they do not currently have COVID-19 and a provider feels it is indicated for them. “It is within our state’s best interest to allow hospitals to begin […]
Read moreAt their first 2021 meeting, the policymakers for Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority are to consider raising its member cities treatment charge by 20%. If made part of the JRSA’s next budget, the 20% increase would make for a total of $3.4 million to be apportioned as the treatment charges for the three municipal members—Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster. The commissioners’ […]
Read moreFourteen new COVID-19 cases were registered by Oconee public schools for yesterday–Thursday, January 7. Of the 14, ten are students, including six students at West-0ak Middle School. Four new cases of the virus are reported among employees at three different schools, including two employees at West-Oak Middle.
Read moreA lawsuit filed this week in Oconee Common Pleas Court alleges that the death of a county resident last year was due to a dumb waiter—which is a small elevator used to transport items from one building floor to another. The lawsuit, for the estate of Mary Susan Crerar, alleges the woman died June 27 “when the dumb waiter […]
Read moreOconee County’s Chau Ram Park near Westminster will remain closed into next week. Weather problems are delaying the work to replace two culverts near the main parking area. Phil Shirley, director of Oconee PRT, says the repairs are a planned project to replace two failing culverts and widen the road leading to the campground. Shirley said, “The park will remain […]
Read moreAt the start of the work week, according to the Department of Employment and Workforce in Columbia, South Carolina paid more than $10 million to the first round of claimants eligible for federal pandemic supplemental benefits. “We are extremely excited to begin paying these important funds without interruption to continuing claimants with eligible weeks,” said DEW Executive Director Dan Ellzey. […]
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