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Deputy Solicitor Alderman says David McMahan, who was an investigator for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, will be called to testify during day two of SC. v. Mack Gaines. A Seneca resident, Gaines is charged with abuse or neglect resulting in death — vulnerable adult. He’s the son of the victim, Alma Louise Gaines, who died in early 2018. Yesterday the […]
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The board governing South Carolina DHEC will be asked tomorrow to sign off on a pair of enforcement actions impacting two entities in Pickens County. The largest penalty, $4,500, was to have been paid last month by Clemson University to settle violations of the Hazardous Waste Management Act. A DHEC inspection in June last year turned up a failure to […]
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An Oconee deputy dialed an 864 number and heard a man answer “Sheriff’s Department.” The deputy told that man he could be charged with impersonating an officer. The man uttered profanity and hung up. The deputy was suspicious when she got a cell call from someone claiming he was a “Sergeant Johnson from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.” The deputy […]
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Back from this week’s legislative session at the state capital, Oconee Rep. Bill Whitmire says the House is determined to raise teacher pay and other benefits, mainly because the state is facing a large teacher shortage. Whitmire says teachers are, in some cases, retiring and some have decided to leave the profession. The increased pay benefits Whitmire, in his words, […]
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The manslaughter case against Hunter Lee Hunnicutt was concluded in the Oconee courtroom yesterday, but there’s one unresolved companion case remaining. And it was a head scratcher for the presiding jurist. The defense yesterday submitted itself to the judge’s sentence for voluntary manslaughter, but motioned to allow Hunnicutt to withdraw his 2019 plea to burglary first degree. Judge Lawton McIntosh […]
Read moreOconee’s newest death toll from COVID-19 increased to 130 with the announcement today of the deaths of two county residents on Tuesday. One was elderly; the other, middle-age. They were among 10 new deaths on today’s South Carolina report. The DHEC report revealed 756 new cases across the state, including 14 from Oconee. Of 23,531 total test results, the state […]
Read moreSeneca – Carolyn Miller Kendrick, 76, wife of Albert Kendrick, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017 at the Cottingham Hospice House. A funeral service will be held 3:30 pm, Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Utica Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 1:30-3:00 pm prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens. The […]
Read moreWestminster – Emma Rogers Honea, 94, widow of the late Guy M. Honea, of 597 South Retreat Road, passed away Friday, August 25, 2017 at Lila Doyle Nursing Care. A funeral service will be held 3 pm, Sunday, August 27, 2017 at Retreat Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 2-3 pm, prior to the service at the church. […]
Read moreEditor’s Note: This article is the first in a two-part series that discusses the importance of water supply and water quality as congressional purposes for the Savannah River Basin dams and reservoirs. When was the last time you poured a glass of water from the faucet? Do you know where that water came from? If you live near lakes Hartwell, […]
Read moreAn important meeting pertaining to the future of Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Plant take place next week, but you’ll have to go to Atlanta to be present for it. And we have asked the question why. Especially considering that one of the items on the agenda goes to what Duke is doing to prevent or mitigate the potential effects that […]
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