In a hit-run, boat strikes lake swimmer

Game wardens in Georgia are appealing for the public’s help to solve a hit-run incident last week on Rabun County’s Lake Burton.  A 29-year old swimmer sustained arm and head injuries when hit by a boat passing her family’s boathouse.  The accident occurred between 4 and 6 pm Thursday, August 22. Her cries for help resulted in a 9-1-1 call […]

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Developer approved for 235 new Seneca homes

A developer’s plan won out last night over neighbors’ concerns that 235 new homes in Seneca will likely add to traffic congestion. After hearing their administrator highlight a pair of traffic impact studies, the city council approved a planned development residential zoning classification for Jon Boyd’s plans to build homes between the former Covidien building and the South Cove Road. […]

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Draft horse procession thru Clemson

These days Clemson sees just about everything, and tomorrow there is a going to be a parade thru the city of the famous Budweiser Clydesdales.  The horses are world renowned.  The schedule calls for the Clydesdales to parade thru Clemson at 6 pm to hitch up at Tiger Park and make their way through the downtown starting at the Catherine […]

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Federal money aimed at growing local nurse workforce

The Clemson University School of Nursing has received a $2.7 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help increase the nurse practitioner workforce in Oconee County and five other Upstate counties. Over the next four years, the grant will fund education for nurse practitioners who apply for this […]

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J-Davis gets the job at the Oconee airport

A contractor in Oconee and Anderson, J-Davis Construction, gets the job for a $2.1 million project at the Oconee Regional Airport near Clemson. According to a notice posted at the county’s administrative complex on Pine Street, J-Davis will be responsible to expand the airport apron and re-locate part of the Mount Nebo Church Road. Airport officials see this work as […]

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Contract awarded for Oconee Memorial building project

A Greenville contractor has been awarded the contract this fall to expand the Oconee Memorial emergency department by 13,500 square feet. The announcement was made last night by Hunter Kome, chief operating officer for the campus of Prisma Oconee Memorial. Kome told the hospital Holdings Board that Triangle is no stranger to the local hospital. The company built the existing […]

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Hospital part of Seneca corporate limits?

The board that controls the Oconee Memorial Hospital properties is broaching the subject of annexation to Seneca. 101.7/WGOG NEWS learned last night that the annexation idea was to have been part of discussions last night by the hospital’s Holdings Board in an executive session that followed a regular meeting of the board. It’s believed no action was to have been […]

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Benny Carroll “Mickey” Sosebee

Benny Carroll “Mickey” Sosebee, 75, husband of Patricia “Penny” Butts Sosebee, of 104 Brentwood Drive, Seneca, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019, at his home. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM, Wednesday, August 28, 2019, at The Church at the Well, Seneca, SC. Flowers are accepted. The family is at their respective homes. Davenport Funeral Home […]

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