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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State police arrest three in Pickens jail investigation

“SLED” agents have arrested three people in Pickens County in an investigation of a scheme in which methamphetamine was provided to jail inmates. One of the arrested is a former detention center officer, Zachary Keith Blanton. The two others were identified as inmates—Susan Lynn Maready of Easley and Dustin Allen Wilson of Pickens. Twenty-three year old Blanton was charged with […]

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Candidates qualify up to the last minutes

The field of candidates has been set for November’s municipal elections in four of Oconee’s five towns and cities.  And last minute qualifiers round out an especially large field of ballot candidates in two of the cities.  The final qualifiers were Danny Duncan for Westminster City Council and Charles Morgan for Walhalla City Council.  In Walhalla, there will be four […]

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Hearing tomorrow focuses on Seneca Kellett property

The specific focus of a hearing tomorrow at the Seneca City Hall will be what the city eventually does with the former Kellett school building and property south of the railroad tracks. The city is conducting a hearing to gather public opinion. “We’re conducting a needs assessment public hearing,” says Scott Moulder, administrator. “This is a procedural requirement for applications […]

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Underwood changes mind, will run

A Walhalla councilman who had previously announced he’s leaving city government has changed his mind.  And, on this last day of candidate qualifying, David Underwood says he’s back in politics and will ask the voters to grant him a third, four-year term in November.  Last month Underwood had said he had pretty much seen accomplished what he had set out […]

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The next Miss Oktoberfest will be crowned October 6

Organizers of this year’s pageant to crown the next Miss Oktoberfest have opened applications for contestants.  This year’s Miss Oktoberfest will be crowned during the 4 o’clock pageant Sunday afternoon, October 6 at the Walhalla Middle School.  Miss Oktoberfest 2019 is open to any young lady who attends high school in Oconee County.  The overall winner receives a $500 dollar […]

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Former councilman throws his hat into the political ring

A former member of the Westminster City Council made a return to the political arena on Friday when he qualified to seek one of three available council seats in his city’s November election.  He’s Rusty Cater who, during his previous service on council, championed recreation for kids.  There are indications that a former councilman who accompanied Cater to the sign-up […]

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