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A final vote on an inducement agreement with an apartment builder was taken off last night’s agenda of the Oconee County Council, at the county attorney’s request. The attorney, David Root, gave no explanation why. Nevertheless, this did not curtail one member of the audience from questioning the appropriateness of allowing any new, major development from being built in the […]
Read moreBetween Lake Keowee and the Ebenezer Road a singlewide mobile home went up into flames yesterday afternoon. A home, fully engulfed, is the situation that West Union fire fighters encountered on Rose Drive. No injuries reported. Chris Smith, county fire chief, said last night a cause had yet to be determined.
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The pantry at Walhalla’s St. Luke Methodist will open for a one-hour giveaway this afternoon. From 4:30 to 5:30 food commodities will be given away at the E. Main Street church.
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Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Patrick Cowan Henry, Jr., 46, of Anderson, SC, on March 6, 2023, with Ill Treatment of Animals – 1st Offense. Henry was booked at Anderson County Detention Center. Henry was a deputy with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) at the time of the investigation. ACSO Animal Control deputies observed […]
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The bag that a fisherman’s hook snared last week in Lake Hartwell turned into a case for law enforcement. The angler pulled in a bag of firearms from beneath a bridge on Hartwell. Master Deputy Jimmy Watt, P-I-O, said, “The person who discovered the guns brought them to the Sheriff’s Office. At this time, the firearms have been checked and […]
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The New Year (2023) ushered in this week the first drug round-up conducted by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. By 11 this morning, 19 people had been arrested, based on controlled buys by undercover operatives working at the direction of the sheriff’s office. Among the narcotics purchased during the buys: cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and prescription meds. In […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Patsy Earline McCrackin, 84, wife of Horace Clifton McCrackin, of Walhalla, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2023, at her home. A native of Greenville County, SC, Mrs. McCrackin was the daughter of the late Lake and Stella Moss Wilbanks. She retired from textiles and attended Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. McCrackin loved her […]
Read moreSeneca – Travis Earl Stone, 61, entered into God’s Kingdom on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Prisma Health – Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Seneca South Carolina, Travis was the son of the late Sidney Duane Stone and Blanche Marie Martin. Travis was a stock puller with Perry Ellis and a member of Rocky Fork Baptist Church. Travis lived […]
Read moreWestminster – Walter Bryan Jenkins, Jr., 78, husband of Brenda Crenshaw Jenkins, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 6, 2023 at Prisma Health – Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Stecoah, North Carolina, Bryan was the son of the late Rev. Walter B. & Blanche Higdon Jenkins. After receiving Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from […]
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Walhalla announces that this evening’s scheduled meeting of city council committees has been called off. Not enough members available the reason.
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