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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 moreWalhalla, 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 moreSouth 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 moreFair 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 moreThe flags that fly at Seneca’s Miracle intersection have been taken down — but it’s just temporary, says the city administrator. “We took them down to be refurbished,” says Scott Moulder. All three–the American Flag, the South Carolina flag, and the city of Seneca flag–have been battered by recent storms.
Read moreAfter 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 moreAccording to reports, a rural Anderson County accident this morning took the life of an Anderson police officer. The accident occurred shortly after 6 this morning; by the 9 o’clock hour the coroner had yet to identify the fatality. The accident scene was SC 24 in the vicinity of the double bridges over Lake Hartwell.
Read moreRevenue generated by the sale of South Carolina hunting and fishing licenses helps pay for a variety of conservation efforts that protect the state’s woods and waters and wildlife. Since 1937, hunters and anglers pay excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment that’s collected by the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service, then given back to the states for conservation […]
Read moreIn a late afternoon fire, a car was destroyed near Walhalla’s Coffee Road. The destroyed vehicle is believed to have been an Oldsmobile. Fire fighters encountered the fire around 4 o’clock under a carport. No one hurt.
Read moreSouth 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 […]
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