South Carolina weekend COVID numbers

The South Carolina toll from COVID-19 yesterday dropped to three persons dead.  It appears, from the count kept here, that three dead is the lowest number in any one 24-hour period since September 8.  Here are numbers gleaned from the Saturday and Sunday reports from South Carolina DHEC.  On Saturday, there were 639 new cases statewide and 27 additional deaths.  […]

Read more

Rosa Winnilee Jones Loudermilk

Walhalla, SC — Rosa Winnilee Jones Loudermilk, 75, wife of Leonard Eugene Loudermilk, of 344 Springbrook Rd., Walhalla, passed away Friday, September 25, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Loudermilk was the daughter of the late John David “J.D.” and Eva Orr Jones. She was a graduate of the Tamassee DAR School. Mrs. Loudermilk […]

Read more

Cases down, deaths up

South Carolina’s latest COVID numbers seem to be mirroring what’s being reported nationally.  That is, cases are down, deaths are up.  Today’s DHEC report shows 647 new cases of the virus and 20 deaths.  That’s 17 fewer cases than yesterday, but four additional deaths since yesterday.  A DHEC physician hopes all people who are headed to high school and college […]

Read more

Noah Hicks

    Fair Play – Noah Curtis Hicks, 96, husband to the late, Gladys Frances Glenn Hicks, passed away, September 24th, 2020 at his residence.   Born in Hartwell, Georgia, he was the son of the late Charlie and Mandy Phillips Hicks. Noah was a United States Army Veteran having served during World War II, and was a Purple Heart […]

Read more

DSS workers helped locate unaccounted for students

  After South Carolina schools were ordered closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of students lost contact with their teachers.  The state DSS helped school districts locate those students.  Oconee school officials say the social service agency helped them determine that eight students had moved out of the district.  Another 54 Oconee students were found by school […]

Read more

“Breonna Taylor’s life must mean more….” says U-S senator

South Carolina’s junior U-S senator, Tim Scott, has expressed his disappointment that only one charge was brought in the investigation of Breonna Taylor’s death at Louisville, Kentucky especially–and these are Republican Scott’s words–“when we know the initial police reports were falsified.”  Scott also announced that he will continue to seek reforms to no knock warrants, but says it’s important to […]

Read more
1 952 953 954 955 956 3,009