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Former Sealed Air Corporation employee Chris Rothell became the seventh employee hired to work at Horton, Oconee’s newest manufacturing plant. And he went to work as Horton’s maintenance group leader. Rothell previously had spent his working career at Sealed Air after graduating from Tri-County Technical College with a degree in industrial electronics technology. His new employer makes fans and fan […]
Read moreAfter 13 years of faithful and dedicated service to the Seneca Police Department, Lieutenant Brian Sheriff will retire today. He served as the department’s events coordinator, accident re-constructionist and was over vehicle services. Before coming to the police department he served many years with South Carolina Highway Patrol. “Brian wore many hats and worked closely with other city departments as […]
Read moreCOVID-19 cases in South Carolina, including Oconee County, dropped today. The total of new cases statewide amounted to 197 and there are 21 new confirmed cases of death including a second elderly Oconeean who died on Monday. The total number of test results reported yesterday to DHEC 1,252 and positivity was 15.7%.
Read moreA young man killed in a Sunday night incident on I-26 in Spartanburg County had ties to Oconee County and is being remembered today by a business associate. State troopers say the victim was Chris Campbell, 33 years old, husband of Emily Alysse Porter of Tamassee. They say an eastbound white SUV hit Campbell and then left the scene. Campbell […]
Read moreOconee’s main library at Walhalla will remain open tomorrow afternoon and not close as previously planned. The library announces that Duke Energy and its contractor are being delayed and the repair project will take place at a later date.
Read moreWalhalla, SC – Johnnie Davis “Pete” Watkins, 77, wife of Linda Ilene “Lynn” Wilbanks Watkins, of 1008 Stribling Shoals Road, Walhalla, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at his residence. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Watkins was the son of the late Luther Daniel and Alice Carroll Watkins. He was retired from Duke Energy and was of […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – It is with great sadness that the family of Jerry Carl Lee announces his unexpected passing after a brief battle with cancer. At the age 73, Jerry left this earth for his Heavenly home on September 28th, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. Jerry will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Donna Lee, and his […]
Read moreStarting tomorrow (October 1) Duke Energy customers in South Carolina will see a drop in their electric power rates. The company says it’s part of an annual adjustment of the actual cost of fuel used to generate electricity at the power plants. A typical residential customer in South Carolina using 1,000 kilowatt-hours each month should notice a decrease of $6.81 […]
Read moreFour new student cases of COVID-19 among students were added today to the Oconee School District virus tracking site. The positive cases: one student at Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary and three students at the Walhalla Middle School.
Read moreReports attributed to The Wall Street Journal indicate Boeing is expected to announce this week plans to consolidate 787 Dreamliner assembly in South Carolina. That would mean the airplane maker would end the production of the jetliner in Washington state. U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina’s 3rd District calls Boeing an already integral part of South Carolina’s economy and […]
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