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Attorneys for Oconee County have made a seven-page answer to the legal challenge to a bond issue which focuses on sewer capital projects. The county has mounted one-half dozen defenses to the plaintiffs’ attempts for an injunction and restraining order, including a failure to state a claim for which it believes the Common Pleas Court is capable of providing relief. […]
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“Defendant Oconee County’s motion for summary judgment is denied” is the decision of a 10th circuit judge. And it means that, after seven years and several pre-trial motions, the wrongful termination claim of a former county department head is still alive. Judge McIntosh’s ruling, filed Friday in the Common Pleas Court, follows an April 4 motion by an attorney for […]
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An investigation is being required to get to the bottom of why uninhabited mobile home burned early Saturday near West Union. Walhalla Fire Department assisted West Union volunteers at the scene of the single-wide mobile home. Heavy fire damage occurred at the Rose Drive location near the Burns Mill Road. Fire fighters were alerted at 4:30 am.
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A reunion in southern Oconee next month will bring out anyone who attended former public schools in both Oakway and Fair Play — specifically those who were students at the high schools in both communities. Not only those who went to Oakway and Fair Play high schools, but members of the later generations who would have been enrolled in those […]
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Walhalla’s first-year mayor is talking economic development. A vision is a must, says Tim Hall, and he believes decisions made in the next few months are going to resonate into the future. Hall wishes to make it clear. His vision to expand the local economy covers the downtown along with businesses throughout the city and the growth corridors. And the […]
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The 67-year-old Westminster woman killed in a Saturday morning traffic accident in rural Oconee County was Deborah Parker. Coroner Karl Addis says Parker died of multiple traumatic injuries and her death is accidental. The state patrol reported Parker was involved in a head-on, two-car accident on highway 24 at Nalley Valley Lane near Townville. 9-1-1 received a call around 7:15 […]
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A police-involved shooting turns fatal last night at the Wal-Mart in Easley. Deputy Coroner Tommy Page says the victim was 33-year-old Easley resident Shawn Elrod. Elrod’s death at 7:13 last night is described as an active investigation by the coroner’s office, the Easley police, and the state Law Enforcement Division.
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The Oconee coroner will release the name of a traffic fatality that occurred this morning near Townville. So far, she has bee3n identified as a 67-year-old Westminster woman involved in what the state patrol called a head-on crash on SC 24 near Nally Valley Lane. That accident was reported around 7:15 this morning to Oconee 9-1-1. The name of the […]
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South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Harry Lightsey will keynote a Clemson event next week in Greenville. Lightsey is featured speaker for the university-sponsored Global Tire Industry Conference Tuesday through Thursday, April 23-25 at the Clemson Greenville One Center on Greenville’s N. Main Street. In the business part of the meeting, current tire and vehicle topics will be addressed by expert […]
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A “lifesaving” blood event takes place next week in Seneca. At the Ripple of One resale thrift store, the Blood Connection will team with the Oconee Humane Society 9 to 11 am Tuesday, April 23. The first 25 donors that morning will receive a voucher for a free pet adoption.
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