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On a rainy night, a tree fell across Oak Hill Drive near the Seneca area’s E. Reedy Fork Road. A driver negotiating a curve on Oak Hill Drive could not avoid the striking tree, but initial reports there were no injuries.
Read morePart of I-85 northbound in Anderson County is blocked to traffic this morning as the result of an accident which state patrol is investigating at or near mile markers 5 and 6. Oconee’s Fair Play Volunteer Fire Department is assisting authorities there in handling the situation.
Read more101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that the coroner, the city police, and the state police are at the scene this morning of a home fire on the outskirts of Seneca. The home fire was reported at 1:40 this morning on Pleasant Drive near Overbook Drive.
Read moreWalhalla, SC – Dana Charles Partin, 60, husband of Allison Wilbanks Partin, of 955 White Cut Road, Walhalla, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Middlesboro, KY, Mr. Partin was the son of the late Ralph and Nadine Owens Partin. He obtained his general contractors license and was the owner and […]
Read moreThe number of first-time claims from South Carolinians for unemployment insurance shows an uptick for the week ended August 15, but the state’s top eye for jobless numbers says from available information to his employees, there’s no significant single event that accounts for the increase (an increase of 1,334). Dan Ellzey included his comment in the report that became available […]
Read moreThe superintendent of Stephens County, Georgia public schools has entered quarantine for 14 days after exposure to COVID-19. Toccoa’s WNEG reported that Dr. Daniel Oldham made the announcement this morning in an email. Oldham explained that one of his family members has tested positive for the virus. As for his decision to go public, Oldham said, “During this time, it […]
Read moreA car stolen in Oconee County Tuesday afternoon was found in Anderson County, and the man accused of stealing the Dodge Charger is in jail. Anderson County Sheriff’s Office notified Oconee County that they placed in custody Columbia resident Karriem Lushon Agner Jr. Twenty-two year old Agner is now in Oconee jail, facing multiple charges. According to the Oconee Sheriff’s […]
Read moreWestminster, SC – Donnie Joe Smith, 80, husband of Paula June Deal Smith, of 503 Cooke Drive, Westminster, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Smith was the son of the late Fred David and Mary Helen Winkler Smith. He retired as a contractor and attended Old Country Church. […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Karen Lee Diehl, 77, wife of John Richard Diehl, of 191 Burkett Road, Seneca, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Topeka, KS, Mrs. Diehl was the daughter of the late Charles Boyd and Olive Ice Hoffmeister. She retired from Carolina Real Estate as an agent and office manager. She […]
Read moreAn approximate $35 million dollar project to afford Oconee’s young the manual skills to use with brainpower to succeed as adults is now ready for students, in time for the start next week of a new school year. A ribbon was cut this morning to officially open the Hamilton Career and Technology Center on s. highway 11. And doing the […]
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