Simulated emergency training this week

If you spot low-flying military-style choppers this week in the skies above Oconee, Pickens and Greenville, it’s likely to be special training benefitting both local and state public safety responders.  Oconee First Responders will be training this week with SC-HART–the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team.  The training scenarios will include low-flying National Guard Black Hawk and Lakota helicopters, with […]

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Saturday accident injured motorcycle passenger

An early Saturday night motorcycle accident on SC 28/the Highlands Highway, injured a passenger on a motorcycle.  The6:30 pm accident occurred at the entrance to Stumphouse Tunnel Park and created a traffic backup in that section of the windy mountain, two-lane highway.  Walhalla Fire Department arranged a medi-helicopter transport flight for the injured female, with the chopper landing at Rocky […]

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Drew Cox

Seneca – Charles Andrew “Drew” Cox, 60, passed away on Friday, August 18th, 2023 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Drew was the son of the RC and Jenny Capps Cox of Seneca.  Drew worked in construction as a iron worker and welder, and enjoyed wood working.   Drew is survived by his brothers, […]

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Martha Miller

Fair Play – Martha Edna Miller, 81, loving wife of Ora L Miller, passed away, Friday, August 18, 2023 at her residence.   Born in Yoder, Kansas, Martha was the daughter of the late John and Polly Borntrager.  Martha was a homemaker and was a member of Fair Play Community Chapel.   Martha is survived by her loving husband, Ora […]

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Harold Foster

  Westminster – Harold David Foster, 85, died August 20, 2023, after a long-term illness. Born in 1938, he was the son of the late Joe and Octie Foster. He grew up on the Utica mill village. He graduated from Seneca High School and married his junior/senior high school sweetheart Carolyn Barker. He delivered milk for Oconee Dairy, was employed at JP Stevens, […]

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Austin Turner

Walhalla – Austin Lee Turner, 25, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2023.   Austin was the son of Latosha “Tosha” Dyer Eades and the late Bobby Payton.    Austin is survived by his mother; brothers, Dillon Payton, Chris Payton, Daniel Payton, Kevin Payton, Thomas Payton; sister, Kayla McCall; and grandparents, James and Annette Dyer.   In addition to his father, […]

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Fair Play man dies after Townville accident

A 33-year old Fair Play man hurt in a Friday afternoon accident on the Anderson County side of Townville died later in hospital.  The Anderson County Coroner’s Office said the victim from a mid-afternoon accident on the Dobbins Bridge Road near Ledford Road was Shawn David Cater.  The state patrol said Cater was driving a Chevy SUV that apparently went […]

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Ollie Jean Crenshaw Talley

    Salem, SC — Ollie Jean Crenshaw Talley, 82, wife of the late Jerry Ralph Talley of Salem, SC, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2023, at Cottingham Hospice House of Seneca, SC.   A native of Salem, SC, Ollie Jean was the daughter of the late Ralph William Crenshaw and Dorothy Mathis Crenshaw. She retired from Clemson University. Ollie […]

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