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The secretary for U-S Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, labels $810 million in grant awards for 510 projects historic. The breakdown of the monies to address high-crash sites will reflect money for the city of Clemson, where motorists often complain about highway 123 backups, some of which are caused by car accidents. The Biden-Harris administration says the infrastructure funding results from bi-partisan […]
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As a small town, West Union employs a small police force. However, should there be an incident that would stretch the department’s workforce, there is support nearby from the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, headquartered in the adjoining municipality of Walhalla. Sheriff Crenshaw was present last night for the official introduction of West Union’s three-month chief of police, Jeff Richardson. The two […]
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All smiles during an occasion last night in West Union. And someone even baked a cake. Carol Mendoza is now officially a voting member of the four-member town council. Having won a special election, Mendoza received the oath of office to start last night’s special meeting. The swearing-in was followed by an official introduction of the town’s new police chief, […]
Read moreNo need to rush to get a Real ID, which eventually will be a requirement, if you want to book an air flight. Fair Play travel agent Gretchen Fuller announces in her Fair Town Times column that the deadline has been pushed back, again—this time to 2025. And the culprit this time is not COVID. It’s a backlog at Homeland […]
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Charles Mulwee, an Oconee sheriff’s officer, has been named speaker for Thursday’s Seneca Rotary Club meeting. He’s expected to talk about his non-profit, Community Tree, which he uses to help people in need.
Read moreThe chairwoman of the 118th Congress’s House and Energy Committee, Rep. Cathy Rodgers, is someone with whom South Carolina’s Jeff Duncan says he looks forward to working with. Rodgers held her first hearing to the committee chair. Duncan, Laurens Republican, praised Washington State Republican Rodgers as a “champion of all forms of American energy.” Duncan chairs the subcommittee on Energy, […]
Read moreWest Union, SC — Loretta Doraine Cannon, 40, wife of Steven Ray Watkins, of West Union, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at her home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Cannon was the daughter of Frances Marlene Eller McNeil and the late L.C. Jesse Cannon. She worked in housekeeping and was of the Pentical […]
Read moreMountain Rest – Bobbie Nell Eades McCall, 88, wife of the late Manuel Kenneth McCall, passed away, on Monday, January 30, 2023 at Prisma Health – Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, Bobbie was the daughter of the late R. B. Eades and Nellie Ridley Eades. Bobbie was a homemaker and a member of Monte Vista Baptist Church. […]
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A 41-year old Clayton, Georgia man, jailed yesterday in Oconee County, faces charges of pointing and presenting firearms at a person and domestic violence high and aggravated nature. Larry Bruce Wall Jr. is accused in warrants in an incident investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office December 28 at Mountain Rest. Deputies say they took photographs as evidence and seized a […]
Read moreDari McBride, CEO of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, calls attention today to a pair of community-oriented events. Monday, February 6 from 6 to 8 pm, the chamber and others are staging an information session at Walhalla’s Center for the Performing Arts planned to let all who are interested learn more about what’s happening in the city’s downtown business community. […]
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