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Walhalla, SC — Gladys Beck Pepper, 84, wife of the late William Odell Pepper, Sr., of Walhalla, SC passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at Foothills Assisted Living. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church with burial to follow at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30 […]

This year’s president of the South Carolina FFA, Kylie Cathcart, will be in attendance today during the Rotary Apple luncheon as Westminster and upper communities of Oconee celebrate another apple crop.  It’s Apple Festival time, and both today and tomorrow are the featured days of the annual event.  John Parris of the SC Agri-News Service says Kylie was chosen state […]

Tuesday morning’s multiple car accident at a tricky Walhalla intersection is a reminder to motorists to be careful where traffic blends in from a couple of major streets and highways. Chief of Police Sean Brinson concedes, “We do have a quite a bit of accidents at that intersection due to multiple factors.” The intersection is where SC 28/the Blue Ridge […]

A St. Louis based company that designs aquatic centers will be represented at a meeting tonight in Clemson for feedback and information about a feasibility study for a new aquatics facility in the greater Clemson area.  The Foothills YMCA is now building an indoor aquatics facility next to the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Its executive director, Christle Ross, is aware of […]

A regulatory board in Clemson engaged last night with developers and the public about the mixed-use development proposed for the former Holiday Inn property on 123—just inside the city from the Seneca River Bridge. Much of the attention during last night’s hearing focused on parking spaces and the location of a parking deck on the property. In fast-developing Clemson, the […]

When the Oconee hospital opened a dental clinic for those unable to pay for care by private dentists, a dental clinic in a hospital was un-precedented in South Carolina. That was five years ago. The anniversary was marked last week when Cortni Nations of the Foundation Board spoke to the Oconee Memorial Holdings Board. She said, “They (the dental clinic” […]

An early morning accident on I-85 in Anderson County has taken the life of a car driver.  The highway patrol is deferring to the coroner for the identification of the deceased.  Trooper Joe Hovis says the accident occurred shortly before 2 o’clock this morning when a 2013 Dodge went off the interstate into the median and hit a culvert.  The […]

A Townville man has been arrested in the Sheriff’s Office investigation of an attempt to steal a bicycle. The Sheriff’s Office released a warrant which charges Tristan Michael Young with assault and battery second degree. A warrant, signed by officer Clay Sheriff, alleges 21-year old Young pulled a folding pocket knife yesterday afternoon and approached the victim in a menacing […]

City of Clemson announces the elevator at the Keith Street parking deck has been repaired and is now properly working.

An Oconee church and a local organization that works to lift people up are coming together this month for an event that will stress fun and fellowship.  Megan Luzzi, member of the Harvest Church on the Critter Road, says  September 29 will also serve as a day to further introduce her one-year old church to the community.  From 11 to […]