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Fair Play – CL Willbanks, 85, husband of Betty Richardson Wilbanks, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. CL was born in Long Creek and was the son of the late Clem and Ellen Blackwell Wilbanks. CL retired from Clemson University where he was […]
Read moreIn the view of electric power supplier Blue Ridge Electric, the main highway connecting Seneca and Westminster is turning into an industrial corridor, and that requires stepped up customer service. Fifty years ago 123, commonly called the Sandifer Boulevard, was a ride in the country with both sides of the highway lined by trees. That continues to change. A […]
Read moreFigures from DHEC show a 91.6% recovery rate for South Carolinians who get COVID-19. Today’s report shows 987 new confirmed cases statewide and an additional 13 deaths. Of those numbers, 11 of the cases are Oconeeans, but no additional deaths from the county. According to a chart compiled by the state health agency, Oconee’s new case count the last two […]
Read moreWest Union, SC — Sara Standridge Underwood, of West Union, wife of the late Henry Underwood for over 55 years, passed away at Prisma Health on November 10, 2020. She was born in Oconee County, SC to the late Otis and Della Brown Standridge. Mrs. Underwood is survived by her four sons: Larry Underwood (Mary) of […]
Read moreLong Creek – Edna Mae Starks Reppert, 76, wife of the late Melvin Reppert, passed away Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Edna was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and was the daughter of the late Fred Lee and Katie Marie Owens Starks. Edna was a retired Hospice and Home Health CNA, she loved to cook, […]
Read morePolice presence was reported this morning at the Days Inn on Radio Station Road, Seneca. A sheriff’s officer has told 94.1 The Lake that officers are investigating what’s believed to be the firing of a shot, though it has not been determined if anyone was hurt. Part of the motel parking lot has been yellow-taped. One officer was seen looking […]
Read moreEyewitnesses have come forward, and the Seneca police chief says he expects a further announcement soon on Sunday’s double homicide. Casey Bowling, the interim police chief, says he agrees with the coroner’s finding that homicide describes what happened to Zema Darnell Fling and Christopher Hunter Todd. They were shot in a common area for a set of apartments Sunday evening […]
Read moreSeneca – Shannon Smith Hamilton, 56, wife of Tracy Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, November 10th, 2020, surrounded by her loving family. Shannon was born in Anderson, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Ronald Lee and Tommie Williams Smith. Shannon was a true servant to the lord and a dedicated pastor’s wife to Tri County Worship Center. She selflessly […]
Read moreThe Hon. Lawton McIntosh of Anderson will hold the gavel for a term of General Sessions Court at the Oconee Courthouse Monday through Friday next week in Walhalla. To prepare for the term, a meeting of the Oconee Grand Jury was conducted November 2. The grand jury is now meeting privately in the large 4th floor courtroom where there […]
Read moreThe popular football coach Dabo Swinney received write-in votes in the November General Election in Oconee County. Ryan Nowland, assistant director of registration and elections, says all votes cast for the Tigers’ head mentor were written on the ballot in the section where Oconeeans were asked to write-in names for soil and water and conservation district offices. But the […]
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