Chairmanship change

A Seneca representative will now hold the gavel during meetings of the board that sets policy for the Joint Regional Sewer Authority. The JRSA’s long-time chairman, Walhalla’s Scott Parris, took himself out of consideration for a new term during the 2020 re-organization meeting of the sewer commissioners. In Parris’s spot will be Seneca’s Scott Moulder. Westminster’s Brian Ramey nominated Parris […]

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Janice Crooks

Seneca – Janice Capps Crook, 66, passed away January 5, 2020, at Prisma Health-Oconee Memorial Hospital. A Funeral Service will be held 2:00 pm, Wednesday, January 8, 2020, at Sandifer Funeral Home Chapel. Burial to follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:30 – 1:30 pm, prior to the service at Sandifer Funeral Home. The family […]

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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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