Facade grant request

Members of the Westminster Local Development Corporation convene a meeting this afternoon to consider a $1,050 grant request to pay part of Keller Williams’ plans to re-paint the vinyl at its new storefront, 214 E. Main Street.  The paint is to be gray, to match the KW logo.  The meeting to consider the facade grant application will be 4 o’clock […]

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Parents should refrain from boarding their student’s bus

State law forbids parents of public school students from boarding their student’s bus to address the driver or another student.  Because of what happened three times in the last week, Oconee School District issued the following statement, coupled with an excerpt from state law: “At no times were any students in danger.  However, these actions are unacceptable and are actually […]

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Oconee coroner next term

An apparent, open-ended political question across Oconee County is who will serve as the next county coroner, for the term that starts in 2025 and finishes in 2028.  The current Oconee coroner Karl Addis, in office since the mid-1990s, publicly announced that his current term will be his last, although sources close to Addis say he is having second thoughts […]

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The quality of South Carolina drinking water

South Carolina’s health and sanitation watchdog, SC DHEC, says its newest account of how well the state’s drinking water meets safety standards produced the figure of “more than 99%” compliance by drinking water systems across the state with health-based standards.  According to DHEC, it means more than 99% of the state’s population served by public water systems received water that […]

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Something extra at today’s pantry

Walhalla Methodists will include something extra in their commodity giveaway today.  Along with various packaged and frozen foods, apples will be part of the food distribution 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main Street.  Church worker Bo Wilhite says the most recent food giveaway was the largest ever for his church.

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Vulnerable adult was the crime victim

A woman admitted her guilt today in a case in which an elderly adult was the crime victim in an Oconee General Sessions Court case.  In the case prosecuted by the office of the state Attorney’s General, defendant Chanda Sargent was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended to five years’ probation, with the requirement that she be placed under […]

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