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Westminster – Ollie Vera Long Turner, 82, passed away Saturday, November 7th, 2020 at Manna Rehabilitation Center in Pickens. Ollie was born in Westminster, she was the daughter of the late Theodore Roosevelt and Rose Carter Long. Ollie worked many years in the Clerical and Managerial Fields, she enjoyed spending time with her family and had a caring […]
Read moreA CPA firm has given the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority an unmodified opinion on its finances for the government year 2019-20. Chris Eleazer, JRSA executive director, delivered the annual audit last week to a meeting of the JRSA board of commissioners. According to Eleazer, the unmodified opinion is what government entities hope for when CPAs examine what is spent […]
Read moreMunicipal governing authorities in both Seneca and West Union hold their regular November meetings tomorrow night at their regular meeting locations. Business before the Seneca City Council includes free Thanksgiving meals at the Shaver Recreation Complex. Scott Moulder, city administrator, will also bring up mobile COVID-19 testing at the Shaver center. Seneca and West Union council meetings will start at […]
Read moreA new courtesy dock is in the works for Devil’s State Park on Lake Jocassee. The addition of a 140-foot floating dock at the public boat ramp is seen by officials as a way to lessen congestion created between commercial vendors and the general public. According to “FERC”—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the dock will be secured to a bulkhead […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – Alvin “Maggie” Barnett Clark, 87, husband of 64 years to Bernice Ellen Lyle, of 123 Henry Avenue, Seneca, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Rock Hill, SC, Mr. Clark was the son of the late Jesse Alvin and Mary Barnett Clark. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army […]
Read moreWestminster – Mary Ann Smith Sweat, 73, wife of the late James Edward Sweat, passed away Friday, November 6th, 2020, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Mary was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Piercy May Ellenburg Smith. Mary retired from J.P. Stevens where she was a machine […]
Read moreA student at West-Oak High School, Samantha Sherman, has been named a winner in the Heisman High School Scholarship competition, awarded by the Heisman Trophy Trust and Acceptance Insurance. Samantha is part of a pool of thousands of high school scholar-athletes graduating in 2021. In its first year as a presenting sponsor, Acceptance Insurance pledged an additional $25 thousand […]
Read moreSenator Lindsey Graham quotes a Pennsylvania postal worker as saying an Erie postal supervisor hatched a plan to backdate ballots mailed after the election. And the South Carolina Republican from Oconee says he has received an affidavit to that effect from postal worker Richard Hopkins. Graham issued the statement in his capacity as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He […]
Read moreOver the weekend, according to the state health agency, new and confirmed cases of COVID-19 amounted to 2,592. They were amassed in DHEC’s reports on Saturday and yesterday: 1,639 Saturday; 825 yesterday. In those two days, new Oconee cases totaled 35. There were nine deaths in Saturday’s report; 20 in yesterday’s. None were listed in Oconee County, but the […]
Read moreGunfire in a Seneca residential area has left two young men dead and police investigators working to determine why the fatal shots were fired. However, interim police chief Casey Bowling believes the Tribble Street shootings were an isolated incident and there’s no danger to the public. Coroner Karl Addis, so far, has identified the dead as a 20-year old Pickens […]
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