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COVID-19 has taken the life of an elderly Oconeean. South Carolina DHEC recorded the death on Thursday, October 15. Here are weekend case and death numbers for the state. On Saturday the state recorded 810 new cases and 22 additional deaths. Yesterday there were 722 additional cases and 12 more deaths. Of the new cases, there were 20 Saturday in […]
Read moreA midnight hour disturbance at a nightspot remained a police investigation yesterday in Seneca. The police call what happened a parking lot fight at Mullen’s Irish Pub that caused minor injuries to five people. They believe the injuries started with a parking lot car accident. Other details yesterday remained unclear.
Read moreWest Columbia – Charles Dewey Stone, 85, formerly of Mountain Rest, passed away Friday, October 16th, 2020 in Lexington, South Carolina Born in Mountain Rest, he was the son of the late Robert and Rachel “Bessie” Cobb Stone. Mr. Stone was a farmer and a member of Mt. Grove Baptist Church. Dewey enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, attending church and […]
Read moreWestminster- Kathy Walters Duncan, 66, wife of Keith Lewis Duncan, passed away October 17, 2020 at her residence, surrounded by her loving and caring family. Born in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Louie Burton and Katherine Hembree Walters. Kathy worked as a medical assistant and lab technician at Seneca Medical Associates, and was the former […]
Read moreSeneca – William “Billy” O’Dell King, 73, husband of Judy Ann Holbrooks King, passed away Friday, October 16th, 2020 at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Julian O’Dell “Dude” and Sue Ellen Gilstrap King. Mr. King was the retired co-owner of Superior Mechanical Associates where he worked as […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Della Mae Matheson Reid, 94, wife of the late Luther Dan “Luke” Reid of Walhalla passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Long Creek, Mrs. Reid was the daughter of the late Charlie and Evia Lowery Matheson and was a homemaker. She was a member of Chauga Baptist Church […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Friday announced 897 new confirmed cases and 5 additional confirmed deaths from COVID-19. Of the 897 new cases, five are from Oconee. Of the five deaths, one was an elderly Oconeean who died October 15. These numbers bring total number of confirmed cases to 155,799 and confirmed deaths to 3,405 The […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Friday submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) the state’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan. The overarching goal of this vaccination plan is the equitable distribution of the vaccine across the state, based on the most current federal guidance and recommendations. DHEC; the South Carolina Emergency Management Division; South Carolina […]
Read moreKen Washington, 27 years in law enforcement, captains special operations in the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. He’s in a supervisory role these days and is able to pass to younger officers what he learned starting so many years ago when the country entered the crack cocaine pandemic in the 1990s. In his earliest career days, Washington worked undercover not only in […]
Read moreMayor Brian Ramey of Westminster says a request by his city for a legal opinion to help settle a controversy over nepotism policy has been sent to the state Attorney’s General Office in Columbia. There is no timetable as to when the office of A-G Alan Wilson will weigh in on on whether his office finds conflict of interest involving […]
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