Clemson hosts youth baseball tourney

Youth baseball at a state level continues this week in Clemson.  The city parks and recreation department hosts the 10 and under State Dixie Youth tourney at Nettles Park.  Through Wednesday, you can expect higher than normal traffic and congestion at the entrance to the park.  Spectators are welcome.  Admittance is $8 dollars adults, $5 dollars children; 6 and under […]

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Sara Whitfield

Seneca – Sara Janie Jordan Whitfield, 73, wife of the late Jerry Glenn Whitfield, passed away on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Fair Play, South Carolina, Sara was the daughter of the late Joe Jordan and Janie Brake Jordan.  Sara was a retired seamstress and of the Baptist Faith.  Sara enjoyed […]

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Roberta “Bertie” Smith Gibson

 Salem, SC — Roberta “Bertie” Smith Gibson, 91, wife of Joseph Gibson, of Salem, SC, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2023, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.   A native of Haywood County, NC, Mrs. Gibson was the daughter of the late Lucius B. and Eullah Medford Smith. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Salem, SC.   In […]

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What’ll be on the agenda for next GOP meeting

Resolutions that have been passed by at least two Oconee County Republican precincts are going to be added to the agenda for a meeting next week of the county party, according to an announcement today by Jim Mann, the county chairman.  One resolution would censure the Statehouse Republicans on what is described as an impasse between the state Freedom Caucus […]

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Valerie Poole is missing, the police say

The Westminster Police Department is seeking the public’s help today in locating a missing Oconee County woman. 37-year-old Valerie Elizabeth Poole was reported missing during the late evening hours of Wednesday, July 12th.  Valerie was last seen at an address on S. Bibb Street, in the city limits of Westminster, around 11:30 pm Wednesday. Valerie is 5’4″ tall and weighs […]

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Long time sheriff’s officer arrested

Warrants disclosed by “SLED” — the state police — show Charles Jeffrey Underwood, 48, a former Oconee sheriff’s officer, charged with misconduct in office and petty larceny. The following statement yesterday from Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw: “At approximately 12 Noon today, Captain Jeff Underwood’s employment was terminated at the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. Captain Underwood began his employment with the […]

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Ongoing litigation involving Oconee County

At their meeting next week, Oconee County councilmen are scheduled to receive legal advice and discuss the following ongoing litigation titled, King v. Oconee, etal.  It’s a matter reserved for council’s executive session, to follow the agenda for the regular 3rd Tuesday meeting to start at 6 Tuesday night.  In 2021, an attorney for Sandra King filed a civil suit […]

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Donnie Ray Ellenburg

Seneca, SC– Donnie Ray Ellenburg, 74, husband of the late Linda Gail Elliott Ellenburg, of Seneca, passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at his home.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Ellenburg was the son of the late William Oscar “Buck”  Ellenburg and Clara S. Ellenburg. He retired from Duke Power and was a member of Hopewell […]

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