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In meetings last night and again tonight, Westminster City Council is interviewing potential candidates for city administrator. The job opened four months ago at the resignation of Chris Carter. Previously, city leaders thought they had a replacement, but the preferred candidate dropped out. Long time City Hall worker Rebecca Overton is serving as interim administrator.
Read moreThe Oconee Sheriff’s Office has reached out to the area’s college presidents to learn how their institutions handle and address issues of equity and cultural diversity. And this morning Dr. Todd Voss, president of Southern Wesleyan University, will address a meeting of sheriff’s personnel, to be followed in succeeding months by the presidents of Anderson University and Tri-County Technical College. […]
Read moreAn Oconee County regulatory board voted 4-1 tonight to grant a special exception and allow a major communications company to build a 250 foot tower in a rural area of the county where residents take pride in the natural beauty. The tower is to be built on Mountain Rest private property in the vicinity of the highway 107 tie-in with […]
Read moreOconee Joint Regional Sewer officials have begun talks with a financial consultant to help frame the projects the JRSA will need and what they are going to cost. And the key could be whether the member cities can be sold on the projects and whether they would be willing to pay more to treat their customers’ wastewater. The JRSA’s […]
Read moreAfter the latest court ruling on Friday, witness signatures are now NOT required on ballot return envelopes, according to an announcement today from the South Carolina Election Commission. The full United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling of the court’s three judge panel issued a day earlier. In effect, the most recent ruling reinstates the United States […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 542 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, along with 10 additional confirmed deaths. There were seven Oconee County cases reported. This brings the total number of South Carolina confirmed cases to 142,449, probable cases to 4,006, confirmed deaths to 3,154, and 183 probable deaths. After further review […]
Read moreWestminster- Nellie Faye Doyle Miller, 84, wife of Paul Raymond Miller for 65 years, passed away September 28th, 2020, at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Nellie was the daughter of the late C.J. and Ethel McCoin Doyle. Nellie was a high school graduate, a homemaker and a member of Westminster First Baptist Church. […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Robin Long Washington, 59, wife of Ernest Jones Washington III, of 118 Jamlette Drive, Walhalla, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Atlanta, GA, Mrs. Washington was the daughter of the late Starling Bruce and Lucy Blackwell Long. She retired from Fatz Café as an associate manager. Mrs. […]
Read moreWestminster – Eugene Baskin Ramsay III, 86, husband of the late Annie Sue Hix Ramsay, passed away, September 26th, 2020 at his residence. Born in Pickens County, he was the son of the late Eugene Baskin Ramsay Jr. and Annie Lucy Henderson Ramsay and step mother, Virginia Dickson Ramsay. Eugene was a retired truck driver for AmCan […]
Read moreMountain Rest, SC – Coleman Calup Justice, 88, husband of the late Vera James Justice, of Mountain Rest, passed away Monday, September 28, 2020, at Lakeview Assisted Living. A native of Mountain Rest, SC, Mr. Justice was the son of the late Calup and Inez Wilson Justus. He worked as a Brick Mason and enjoyed playing Bluegrass and Gospel […]
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