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A driver near Walhalla was trapped inside her wrecked Nissan Frontier for 20 minutes, as public safety responders worked to free her and send her to hospital. Last night’s accident scene was SC 183/the Walhalla-Pickens Highway at Fairfield Road. Oconee EMS and Walhalla Fire were alerted at 8:30 last night. The injured driver, identified to 101.7/WGOG NEWS, as a female […]
Read moreSeneca- Sharon Marie Rogers Martin, 50, passed away, December 26, 2019 at Greeneville Memorial Hospital. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. The family will be at their respective homes. Memorials in Sharon’s memory may be made in C/O Sandifer Funeral Home, PO Box 69, Westminster, SC 29693. Condolences may be expressed online by visiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com.
Read moreWestminster- Cora Louise Holley Cummins Myers, 97, wife of Paul Myers, passed away, December 28, 2019 at Prisma Health – Cottingham Hospice House. A Visitation will be held Thursday, January 2, 2020 from 6-8 pm at Sandifer Funeral Home. A Private Graveside Service will be held at Brunsteter Cemetery in Ohio at a later date. Memorials may be made in […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Rebecca Lora Byrd Moore, 53, wife of Steven A. Moore, of 821 Campbelltown Road, Walhalla, passed away Friday, December 27, 2019, at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. The family is at 10007 B Fairview Church Road, Seneca, SC 29672. Davenport Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Read moreWestminster- Michael “Mike” Dwight Holbrooks, 67, husband of Peggy Simpson Holbrooks, passed away, December 28, 2019 at his residence. A Funeral Service will be held, 11:00 am Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home with burial to follow at First Baptist Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm, Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at […]
Read moreThe collapse of a pipe has led to a sewer spill in the Richland Community of Oconee County. The sewer line break was discovered when a property owner notified the Joint Regional Sewer Authority of the pipe collapse and the resulting of severe erosion to the Coneross Creek bank. By Friday afternoon, an estimated 175,000 gallons of wastewater had spilled […]
Read moreA young Oconee County man was arrested during the Christmas week and charged with ill treatment of animals. According to a warrant issued by Magistrate Daniel Pollock, Joshua Daniel Marshall is accused of stabbing a dog two times in the stomach, resulting in the dog’s death. The crime is alleged to have occurred December 16 in the Earles Grove Community. […]
Read moreThe annual Year in Review, a compilation of some of the biggest local stories in Oconee County, is set for three airings next week on 101.7/WGOG. The program will air after the 5 pm news on Monday and Tuesday, December 30 and 31. A third and final airing will be New Year’s Day at 12 noon.
Read moreAccording to a 101.7/WGOG story post and aired version, the Army Corps of Engineers planned to implement an $835 revised administrative fee beginning January 1, 2020. That story was incorrect, and we regret the error. A spokesman for the U-S Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah, Georgia said the plans for the increase, announced last June, are “on hold.”
Read more2019 Oconee County property tax bills mailed months ago are now payable at the office of the county treasurer, Greg Nowell. A late penalty doesn’t apply until the middle of next month. Those who pay their 2019 obligation by New Year’s Eve may claim a deduction on their income tax return. But the first penalty, a three percent late penalty, […]
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