Carole Ann Moss

Walhalla, SC — Carole Ann Moss, 73, wife of Dewey Larence Moss, Jr., of 315 Ranger Road, Walhalla, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Friday, February 28, 2020, at Davenport Funeral Home. Flowers are accepted. The family is at their respective homes.

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Jane Yvonne Oakley

Westminster, SC — Jane Yvonne Oakley, 74, wife of Charles Hayne Oakley, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Sunday, February 23, 2020, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 2:00 PM, prior to the service, […]

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Electrical death at workplace

A nine-plus year worker at West Union’s Itron plant died yesterday from what the coroner calls an electrical injury while on the job. According to Coroner Karl Addis, Ronald “Ron” Eugene Vandiver sustained an electrical injury to both hands and he collapsed in a hallway in cardiac arrest. The 52-year old Clarkesville, Georgia resident worked as a senior lab technician […]

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Delays this morning

The School District of Oconee County will operate on a 2-hour delay for Friday, February 21, 2020. District staff will evaluate road conditions in the morning. A final decision on whether to remain on a 2 -hour delay or to close will be made between 6:30-7:00am. The announcement will be made through the district website, social media accounts and local […]

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Kerry cancels, Biden’s sister main speaker

Although he had been billed, John Kerry did not make it for the Joe Biden event in Walhalla.  But Biden’s sister, Valeri, was the main speaker.  Perhaps the most passionate remarks, however, came from a Biden campaign adviser, former CNN commentator Simone Sanders.  The Biden campaign large bus pulled up to Walhalla’s S. College Street where a large crowd squeezed […]

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Missing Clemson student

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a 21 year old missing Clemson University student that was last seen at a residence in the Clemson area at approximately 11:00 pm on Sunday, February 16th. John Andrew Martin, Jr. is described as a W/M, 5’9”, 145 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a […]

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Three Oconee roads added to state’s work list

What are described as “extra funds” ($877 thousand) will be used to improve three state roads in Oconee County. The decision was reached this morning during a meeting of the county’s state “C” committee. That three-member group handles, at times, millions of state “C” fund monies that are designated for South Carolina counties under what used to be referred to […]

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The chiefs request more personnel

The chiefs of both the police and fire departments in Westminster made their case last night for more personnel in 2020-21. Both departments incurred job losses when the city council chopped city budgets in 2016 to avoid revenue shortfalls. But, as the mayor and council heard last night, the Westminster police and fire departments are having trouble staffing their shifts. […]

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Chamber director and Westminster get acquainted

The new leader of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, Joann Johnson, got acquainted last night with the leaders of the city of Westminster. Johnson is hoping Westminster will allocate $5 thousand worth of A-TAX funds to the operations of the chamber, which is now a voice for commerce in the county’s tri-cities of Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster. The city council […]

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Clemson U. reviving the Palmetto Poll

Clemson University will revive and modernize its Palmetto Poll by combining social media analytics with traditional polling methods in the statewide public opinion survey. Clemson faculty involved in the Palmetto Poll are gathering data from political conversation using the university’s Social Media Listening Center to inform polling activities around the 2020 Democratic primary and the 2020 Presidential election. The poll […]

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