Michael Lee

Westminster– Michael Edward Lee, 39, passed away on Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 at his residence.   Born in Oconee County, Michael was the son of Edward Mann “Ed” Lee and Carol Elaine Crenshaw Lee. Michael was a graduate of West-Oak High School and had attended Tri-County Technical School. Michael was a Corporal with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Department for over […]

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Tim Barron

Westminster – Marvin Timothy “Tim” Barron, 67, passed away on Saturday, July 8th, 2023 at his residence surrounded by his loving family and friends.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Tim was the son of the late Claude Marvin Barron and Margaret Smith Barron. Tim formerly worked in construction and was of the Baptist Faith.  Tim was an avid […]

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Elizabeth Ann “Sally” Craig

    Seneca, SC — Elizabeth Ann “Sally”  Craig, 75, wife of the late Horace Wesley Craig, of Seneca, SC, passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, Mrs. Craig was the daughter of the late George and Mary Cox Lee. She retired out of real estate and was a member […]

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Questions about Walhalla’s July utility bills

The latest set of Walhalla customers’ bills covering monthly water and sewer use contain additional information, but from what 101.7/WGOG NEWS has been told some of the July bills are higher, some lower.  Brandon Burton, city administrator and Walhalla representative to the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority, explains, “The rates on the bills were enacted by OJRSA board on June […]

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Duncan explains vote to avoid a default

Perhaps, prodded by the Oconee Republican chairman, the district U-S representative to congress explained his vote last month to raise the debt limit and avoid a financial default.  Jeff Duncan is a conservative, but to some conservatives the bi-partisan agreement to avoid default amounted to a cave-in the quest to tamp down the country’s rising debt.  But “It was a […]

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Why Duncan was no-show at Trump rally

Made weary by returning flights across the Pacific and the U-S mainland, South Carolina’s 3rd District U-S representative explained why he missed the Donald Trump rally last Saturday in Pickens.  Duncan had gone to Korea and Japan to investigate those countries energy programs, in particular what the Japanese had learned from the disaster years ago at their Fukushima plant. At […]

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Crime probe UPDATE

An arrest made today in Virginia has a connection with an Oconee crime investigation early this morning on the Poplar Springs Road.  According to Sheriff Crenshaw, a female suspect was stopped in the Commonwealth of Virginia and arrested on Oconee warrants.  Crenshaw identifies the female as the suspect in an attack this morning on a second female, using a pushpin […]

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