Judge amends Osborne sentence

The order has been months in the making, and today it arrived at the Anderson County Courthouse.  That county’s presiding circuit judge, Lawton McIntosh, has changed the sentence being served by Jessie Osborne, the confessed shooter in Townville, incidents in which his father was killed at home and an elementary pupil was shot dead, and a teacher wounded.  Today McIntosh […]

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“We are still gathering information” — McCormick

Oconee’s five school trustees for a second month have heard pleas to resist combining the Tamassee-Salem and Keowee elementary schools into one new school, at a new location.  101.7/WGOG NEWS asked board chairwoman Denise McCormick if either she or her colleagues have been impressed enough to accede to the wishes as expressed by Tamassee-Salem supporters.  McCormick yesterday said, “We are […]

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That masked man is not Jeff Duncan

The “Freedom to Breathe Act” is an anti-mask bill supported by Jeff Duncan, the 3rd District U-S representative, along with the lawmaker’s House colleague, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.  In a statement from Washington today, Duncan said, “Americans refuse to be forced to wear a mask again.”  Health authorities, such as South Carolina’s chief of epidemiology, say wearing a mask […]

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Three current code-named projects

On next week’s executive session agenda of the county fathers are three code-named economic development projects:  “Wash”, “Duel”, and “Parallel”. And they appear on the county council agenda at a time when some officials believe Jamie Gilbert, the Oconee Economic Alliance recruiter, is hot on the trail for new economic development projects, including a large one for the empty Golden […]

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Will County Council say yes?

Among the inter-government agreements to be acted on next week by the Oconee County Council is one that’ll continue to send cross-trained personnel from the Westminster Fire Department into unincorporated areas around the city to provide the following services:  fire, medical, hazmat, and rescue.  Westminster City Council signed off this week on a new arrangement that, if the county agrees, […]

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New asphalt covering section of s. SC 11

Parts of SC 11 between S. Union and the interchange at West-Oak High School were reduced to one-lane yesterday afternoon, as workers from King Asphalt were applying a new asphalt cover to a busy two-lane highway marked by surface fractures.  King Asphalt’s Marty McKee says it is a re-surfacing job that’ll require between two and four more weeks.  McKee is […]

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A “big dig” in little Fair Play

Large green PVC pipe aligned SC 59 at Fair Play, and crews were running front end loaders yesterday afternoon as part of a new phase of “Sewer South”.  Chris Eleazer, executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, says the pipe, believed to be 10 to 12-inch size, will be part of the force main from the Broomway Lane pump […]

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The police name “persons of interest”

The Westminster police have named two persons under investigation for breach of trust. The police announcement reads:  “Jeremy and Christina Stroud are currently under investigation for Breach of Trust with a value of more than $10,000.  Christina is currently wanted on two warrants for Breach of Trust more than $10,000 and those warrants have been entered into NCIC.  If you […]

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Van found submerged in lake

A Lake Keowee fisherman launching his boat this morning saw a vehicle beneath the water.  Public safety responders found a Dodge van under eight feet of water, but no one inside or around the vehicle.  It’s a case for investigation by South Carolina DNR, and there’s speculation the Dodge van, early 200s, might have been stolen and deliberately placed there.

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