A quick verdict

An Oconee jury needed only 11 minutes yesterday to decide the fate of Steven Lee Duncan.  The jury’s verdict:  guilty of failing to stop and trafficking in methamphetamine between 10 and 28 grams.  Defendant Duncan did not appear for the two-day trial.  A court officer explained that under the rules of a guilty verdict in the case of an individual […]

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Essie Elberta Burrell

Walhalla, SC — Essie Elberta Burrell, 91, wife of the late Floyd Burrell, of Walhalla, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Burrell was the daughter of the late Dee Phidel and Addie Clementine Swafford Roach. She was a member of Cherry Hill Church of God where she […]

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Westminster approves garbage truck buy

Westminster has chosen Truist Bank to finance a $295 thousand dollar purchase.  That money will pay for a new garbage truck which will be financed at a 4% interest rate for eight years — equating to an annual payment of $33 to $44 and a half thousand dollars.  Kevin Bronson, city administrator, is optimistic that the city’s garbage collectors will […]

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Seneca civic group is first in tree festival

The Pilot Club of Seneca will receive $3,500 dollar for its non-profit program, as the first-place winner in the World of Energy’s 10th Festival of Trees display and the public voting contest.  This year’s festival highlighted 25 trees decorated for the holidays.  About two thousand votes were collected during the display.  In all, Duke Energy donated $10 thousand to non-profits, […]

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The defense offered no witnesses

By late morning all testimony had been completed in SC vs. Duncan.  The five witnesses, including Officer Hellams of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, all testified for the prosecution.  The defense lawyer was alone as defendant Steven Lee Duncan, for a second day, was not present.  However, trial proceeded in his absence.  The state went to trial against Duncan on the […]

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Walhalla’s property maintenance rules to be enforced

The following is announcement today from the city of Walhalla: “The City of Walhalla’s Community Development Department will restart enforcement the City’s Property Maintenance Code (IPMC 2018), beginning mid-February 2023. Enforcement of other City ordinances and regulations, related to property usage remains on-going. The next thirty (30) days will serve as a grace period, in order to give property owners […]

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Outside call center couldn’t handle the calls

Next time an extreme weather event interrupts Westminster utility services the city will establish its own call center at city hall.  That’s what Kevin Bronson, the administrator, announced during council’s first meeting following the big freeze of Christmas weekend.  Because the five-degree weather came during a holiday period, the city’s contracted call service did not have enough staff manning the […]

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Attending to the fix from the big freeze

Tabor Road and E. North Avenue.  They have in common a crying need for attention as the result of Christmas weekend when temperatures fell as low as five degrees.  Kevin Harbin, interim utilities director for Westminster, announced last night city workers are to coordinate today with the County of Oconee to protect an exposed water line on Tabor Road as […]

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