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101/7/WGOG has received reports of a serious accident on a rural stretch of highway between Westminster and the crossing to Stephens County, Georgia. A passerby spotted multiple vehicles involved and called for help. The South Carolina state patrol reports two-lane, 123 at the Tabor Road is blocked to thru traffic at this hour. The accident time was logged at 9:06 […]
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Smoke from a U-S Forest Service controlled burn is liable to be seen from Oconee’s three largest municipalities: Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster, as it drifts in the direction of Highlands, North Carolina. The zone fire management officer of the USFS, Wes Bentley, says the objectives for today’s one-day burn off Rich Mountain Road on Poor Mountain and Buzzards Roost Mountain […]
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A one-item agenda is in front of the Westminster city planners. And that’s discussion of the future land use map. Westminster Planning Commission meets at 5 o’clock this afternoon in the city hall conference room.
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Investigators in the Oconee Sheriff’s Office say Christopher Lamar Tribble was located Friday, only hours after a missing person’s alert was issued. The sheriff’s spokesman said Tribble was located and is safe.
Read moreA car driver apparently pressed the accelerator when she meant to apply brakes, and the car crashed through the Hair Loft on the Stamp Creek Road across from Keowee Key. Chief Shirley of the Keowee Fire Department reports that fortunately neither the driver, nor anyone inside the hair salon was hurt. At the time, (this morning) there were no customers […]
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On lad adjoining Maranatha Baptist Church, a new Oconee fire substation will be built. Ribbon was cut this morning to signify that, after years of planning, there will be a Bountyland substation responsible for fire protection for more than 10 thousand homes (several are lake homes) within a five-mile radius. Oconee officials are pleased with the location and grateful to […]
Read moreThere’s reaction today from state senator Alexander to the push by Matthew Durham, the county councilman, for the state to suspend the 26-cent a gallon gas tax, as a relief measure for motorists who are having to dig deep to pay the rising gas pump prices. And Alexander’s explanation as to the bad ramifications that would be felt by the […]
Read moreThe state climate office is warning of a dynamic weather situation for potential severe thunderstorms, followed by a hard freeze tomorrow night. Severe weather outbreaks that happen when most people sleep are especially dangerous. Make sure you have ways to be alerted when severe weather threatens and have a plan to react if you get a tornado warning. As for […]
Read moreIn what could be interpreted as further evidence of an improving COVID-19 picture, South Carolina DHEC will move from Monday through Friday case data reports to once a week, on Tuesdays. Starting March 15, the data switches to weekly for cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations. “Tracking daily case numbers is less useful, especially with the rise of non-reportable at-home tests,” […]
Read moreA motion approved last night by the Oconee Arts and Historical Commission allows for a marker for Allen Green, a county prisoner shot dead in 1930 after a mob overpowered the sheriff and removed him from the jail. The location for the marker will be the vicinity of the Oconee Courthouse, and the Arts and Historical commissioners were told last […]
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