Bear season to expand to private lands

SC DNR announces that, for the first time, private land in the southern portions of Oconee, Pickens and Greenville counties (south of Game Zone 1) and all of Spartanburg County (Game Zone 2) will have a bear season. This portion of Game Zone 2 will open for still hunting only (no dogs) on Oct. 17, and the season will potentially […]

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376′ sewer line extension to accommodate employer

Walhalla utility crews are likely to soon take to the task of extending a sewer line that’ll facilitate a Midwest company’s plans to open an operation in the county’s Information and Technology Park on s. highway 11. At a meeting this week, utilities superintendent Scott Parris told his mayor and council that a manufacturer of vehicle cooling systems is anxious […]

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Candidate endorses $15 hourly pay

A Democratic hopeful for President will lend her support this weekend for a strike by South Carolina McDonald’s workers in their quest for a union and a $15 dollar an hour pay scale. According to Kamala Harris’ campaign, the senator will meet with striking McDonald’s workers in Charleston County. The campaign quotes the candidate as saying: “It’s time to ‘bust […]

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Jimmy M. Donald

Westminster – Jimmy Monroe Donald, 78, loving husband of 59 years to Louise Rochester Donald, passed away on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at An Med Hospital in Anderson, SC surrounded by his family. A Funeral Service will be held 3 pm, Friday, October 4, 2019 from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home with burial to follow at Oconee Memorial Park. […]

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Social Security number alert scam

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a nationwide scam that has affected thousands and resulted in the loss of over $10 million in the last year. The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory due to numerous consumer complaints that there are imposters who are impersonating the Social Security Administration (SSA) in an attempt to get […]

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Abnormal number of Lake Keowee home fires

This summer and early fall have seen a larger than normal number of houses fires along Lake Keowee in Oconee County. The latest destructive fire was Monday night in a peninsula development. As to the abnormal fires, county Fire Chief Charlie King says, “While there continues to be investigations from multiple agencies continuing into the cause of the fires in […]

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Reservoirs enter Drought Level 1

The Army Corps of Engineers declared their three Savannah River reservoirs this week at the first drought level, after the pool elevation of J-Strom Thurmond Lake dipped below 326′ above mean sea level.  Trigger Level 1 activates the corps’ drought management plan that conserves water by reducing the outflows from the Thurmond Dam.  The pool elevations Tuesday were 656.31 ft-msl […]

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Child’s death being investigated

The Oconee coroner has announced an autopsy was performed yesterday to assist with the investigation into the death of a one-year old boy near Westminster. But Coroner Addis says further pathology and toxicology studies are underway as part of the investigation of the death of Rhyder Peay. The Sheriff’s Office responded Tuesday afternoon to a home on Bright Eyes Drive […]

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Fleta Gaye Owens Fowler

Mountain Rest, SC — Fleta Gaye Owens Fowler, 83, wife of Charles Max Fowler, of Mountain Rest, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, after a sudden hospitalization. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Friday, October 4, 2019, at Monte Vista Baptist Church with burial to follow at the church cemetery. The […]

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