This season ring the bell for the Salvation Army

Starting Monday, the Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign will ring bells at various Oconee County locations to donate to the cause of helping those in need. And tomorrow the campaign officially kicks off with festivities at the Belk of Seneca. Most Salvation Army bell ringers are volunteer members of the community and they take up positions at the front […]

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Oconee company to sink $10 million into expansion

ACI Plastics is making plans for a $10 million expansion to its Oconee County operations, on the Sandifer Boulevard.  The company is a thermoplastics processor and re-cycler and will partner with re-cyclables manager PreZero.  For more than 30 years, ACI Plastics has been known for its separation technologies for paint removal, instrument panels, electrostatic and optical separation.  PreZero builds and […]

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Newborn deaths tracked statewide

New data show South Carolina’s infant mortality rate increased to 7-point-2 deaths for every 1,000 births. In 2017, the rate was 6-point-5 deaths. One is too many, in the opinion of Nick Davidson, the interim director DHEC Public Health. In Oconee County last year, there were eight infant deaths and two neo-natal deaths. The leading causes of infant death overall […]

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Winning mayor hints at sanitation service changes

A day after his victory in a four-way race, Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards communicated that changes are possible in his city’s public works department. At a recent city council meeting, Edwards dropped a hint of what to look for. And yesterday the mayor elaborated, at the request of 101.7/WGOG NEWS. It’s possible Walhalla might limit its foray into trash pickups […]

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Frances Prater

Westminster- Frances Crocker Feltman Prater, 85, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2019 at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 pm, Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Fair Play Presbyterian Church with burial to follow at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8 pm, Friday, November 8, 2019 at the […]

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New vote system termed a success

Thousands of voters in the more than 180 local elections in 40 counties cast their ballots this week on South Carolina’s new paper-based voting system. The state Election Commission calls the first widespread use of the system a success. “Election officials across the state have worked tirelessly over the past four months implementing the new system, attending training and making […]

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Election commissioiners meet tomorrow

Oconee’s board of registrations and elections watched last night as the votes were tallied in the county’s four municipal contests.  Tomorrow morning those election commissioners face the task of certifying the results from unofficial to official.  But there are a couple of matters that’ll possibly require consideration.  One is whether a four-vote difference between the third and fourth council finishers […]

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Misunderstanding kept some voters away

Joy Scharich, director of Oconee elections, says you would not believe how many people called yesterday who were under the impression that they could vote in the municipal elections. These, Scharich says, were Oconee residents who live beyond the municipal corporate limits. But they thought they could vote. By law, however, only those people who live inside a municipality—such as […]

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