Body Recovered from Chattooga

Officials with the recovery efforts on the Chattooga River have recovered the body of a Tampa Florida man who fell from a raft June 19.  The body of Thomas Hill was recovered late this morning.  Crews have been searching the Chattooga River since Thomas Hill was reported missing. Mr Hill was married and father of 4. The recovery efforts have […]

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Buzz: Bartee trial next month

Buzz in and out of the Oconee Courthouse is that the State will call for trial the case against James Bartee the week of August 26. But a spokeswoman for the Solicitor’s Office would say only today that the Bartee trial will be announced once her office publishes the trial docket. Such dockets are usually published about a week or […]

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Recovery depletes Red Cross budget

The effort to retrieve a body from the Chattooga River has been a costly one to the Oconee Chapter of the American Red Cross. County Councilman Wayne McCall says he spoke Wednesday to Kathy Rogers, Red Cross chapter executive director, who told him that the support her office has given the recovery operation has emptied the office budget. According to […]

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Burglary suspects sought by Sheriff’s Office

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help to find two men wanted on multiple charges from a burglary Wednesday night at a Salem area home. The two suspects have been identified by the Sheriff’s Office as Joshua Estes, 24, and James Mitchel Estes II, 30, both of Hendersonville, North Carolina. The burglary occurred just before 11 p-m Wednesday at […]

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Press conference at 4:30!

Amid talk that the body of the missing kayaker has been located, those involved in the recovery operation plan a 4:30 news conference this afternoon at the Long Creek Fire Department. 96.3/WGOG NEWS will cover the news conference and report as soon as possible.

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Special visitor to arrive at river tonight!

A commercial outfitter at the Chattooga River awaits the arrival today of Charley Boorman, son of John Boorman who directed the movie Deliverance. But the rainy weather is no friend of the British TV adventurer who plans a documentary on the wild and scenic river to tie in with the memories of the major motion picture from the early 70s. […]

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S.C. wheat crop looks good despite, weather, markets

This year’s weather has been especially capricious with South Carolina’s wheat crop. “The cool, wet weather delayed the crop at just about every stage, from planting all the way to harvest,” said Trish DeHond, a Clemson Extension agronomy agent who works in Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, and Marlboro counties. The most recent crop report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service rated […]

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Researcher calls for global food security

Variety is more than the spice of life. It could be the key to sustaining life. A commentary in the science journal “Nature” released yesterday calls for a worldwide plan to “mine” the vast bio-diversity of plants to grow enough food to feed a world population that will reach nine billion by mid-century. A population genetics researcher at Clemson University, […]

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Weather Observer building a boat

Barbara Wilson joked this morning that she’s building a boat. Quite seriously, if it keeps raining, the U-S Official Weather Observer at Walhalla may need some kind of watercraft just to get from her home to her weather gauge outside. That gauge contained 2.28” of rain since 7 o’clock yesterday morning. That makes six inches for the first five days […]

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