Westminster Council to meet in special session

The mayor and council in Westminster are being called into a special meeting next week at City Hall.  According to an agenda announced yesterday afternoon, the meeting is to take place at 6 Tuesday night at City Hall and involve two matters.  Chris Carter, the administrator, is to report on a completed investigation of “possible misuse or conversion of city […]

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Has Oconee lost its hospital board representative?

Questions arise as to whether Oconee has lost its representative on the policy-making board of the Greenville Health System.  According to a Greenville News report yesterday, the Greenville County Legislative Delegation voted to remove Oconee businessman Rick Phillips from the GHS Board of Trustees.  No reason given, and a 101.7/WGOG NEWS attempt to reach Phillips yesterday was unsuccessful.  Hunter Kome, […]

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Pinnacle Mountain fire grows

The Pinnacle Mountain fire in Pickens has grown to more than six thousand acres.  In this 13-day wildfire, the containment efforts are at 37%.  We spoke this morning to one Oconee fire fighter who has been part of the effort to stop North Carolina fires.  He is expecting to be deployed today to Pinnacle Mountain.  According to the South Carolina […]

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Lost two-year old found unharmed

A two-year old child was found unharmed and returned to his family after fire and rescue personnel searched an area near Westminster.  The scene yesterday afternoon was the Jack Pelfrey Road near U-S 76–about three and a half miles from Westminster.  The search crew deployed a K-9 as part of the effort to find the boy.  He was found about […]

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Deer-vehicle accidents

At least three accidents involving deers and motor vehicles have occurred since 8 o’clock last night in Oconee County.  The first one was in front of the Long Creek Fire Department. Two other deer-vehicle accidents occurred around the 6 o’clock hour this morning on highway 11.

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Robber was in one minute, out the next

The police are looking for the male who held up a highway 11 store this morning at West Union.  Chief Charles Sanders says video surveillance shows the suspect walking inside the BP station/convenience store before he left, returned, and committed the criminal deed. Sanders says the robber showed a handgun and demanded the clerk fill a bag with money. No […]

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