A buttress of support for the West Union police

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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Smiley occasion for West Union

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, […]

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Duncan opens energy subcommittee hearing

The 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, […]

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Loretta Doraine Cannon

    West 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 […]

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Bobbie McCall

Mountain 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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Why Gantt’s impact is a Clemson legacy

January marks the 60th anniversary of integration at Clemson University.  The School of Architecture announces “Legacy:  Celebrating the Impact of Harvey Gantt”.  His enrollment into the architecture program in 1963 was historic, as he became the first African American student to attend Clemson after the 4th Court of Appeals ordered the university to admit him.  On Gantt’s enrollment day one […]

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