At closeout, one ballot candidate

Walhalla resident Keith Pace will go into this year’s special election as the one and only ballot candidate to fill a vacancy on the city council.  Qualifying for the March 3 election ended at noon today.  Even though there will be only one ballot candidate, a change in the law requires an election.  According to county election official Ryan Nowland, […]

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Body found near the Georgia-South Carolina border

The sheriff of Stephens County, Georgia says the body found Saturday morning at the Broken Bridges near U-S 123 and the state line between Stephens County, Georgia and Oconee County, South Carolina was that of a Lumpkin County, Georgia woman.  She is now identified as Pamela Bellamy, 65-year old resident of Dahlonega. Stephens Sheriff Randy Shirley made the following statement […]

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Ernest Daniel Alexander

Walhalla, SC — Ernest Daniel Alexander, 93, of 1105 W. South Broad Street, Walhalla, passed away Thursday, January 2, 2020, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Monday, January 6, 2020, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Alexander Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM, Sunday, January 5, 2020, […]

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Leon Edward Baumgarner

Walhalla, SC — Leon Edward Baumgarner, 88, of 100 Torrington Road, Walhalla, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Monday, January 6, 2020, at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Monday, prior to the […]

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Hazel Long Rogers

Salem, SC — Hazel Long Rogers, 93, wife of the late Eugene “Gene” Rogers, of 615 Stamp Creek Road, Salem, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Oconee Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel. The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 AM, Tuesday, prior to the […]

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Lois Lee Roach

Walhalla, SC — Lois Lee Roach, 92, wife of the late Clark L. Roach, of 1738 Pickens Highway, Walhalla, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020, at Seneca Health and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Friday, January 10, 2020 at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive […]

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Top winners of Festival of Trees competition

In a ceremony this morning, checks will be presented to the top three winners of the Festival of Trees competition at Duke Energy’s World of Energy education center at Oconee Nuclear Station. In first place, nonprofit organization Making My Mark, decorated by Century 21 Hometown Realtors, will receive $2,500; in second place, the Pilot Club of Seneca will receive $1,500; […]

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Odor being investigated at Belk store

Friday afternoon shoppers at the Seneca Belk store were out of luck.  The store closed at mid afternoon to allow public safety responders to investigate an odor, perhaps, emanating from the electrical system at the Applewood Center store.  Fire Chief Richie Caudill said there’s no fire, but Belk personnel were to arrive at the story to help identify the odor […]

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