Fatal Christmas Eve fire

Support has been pouring in for an elderly couple and their two grandchildren made homeless Christmas Eve when fire destroyed their home in the Gumlog community of Franklin County, Georgia. The blaze broke out Saturday morning at the home of David and Kaye Gearin on Buttercup Lane in the Gumlog Community. According to Clayton Bryant, the Franklin County Coroner on […]

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Mann Luke “ML” McGuffin Jr.

Westminster – Mann Luke “ML” McGuffin, Jr., 92, husband of the late Gwendolyn Leatherwood McGuffin, passed away Saturday, December 24th, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital surrounded by his loving family.      Born August 28th, 1930, in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Mann Luke McGuffin, Sr. and Kate Cox McGuffin. ML was a United […]

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Carolyn Cochran

Seneca, SC — Carolyn Skelton Cochran, age 99, born in Seneca in January 1923, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Christmas Eve.   She lived her entire life in Seneca; graduating from Seneca High School, attending Furman University during the war years, and marrying William Ray Cochran after he returned from the South Pacific. She began teaching elementary school […]

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Dennis Sorrells

Seneca – Dennis Jerome Sorrells, 68, passed away Friday, December 23rd, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.      Born December 12th, 1954, in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Paul Stancil Sorrells and Virginia Maire Jones Sorrells. Dennis was a retired Truck Driver, who enjoyed the lake, spending time with his family and friends and […]

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Continued power use conservation requested

Duke Energy asked customers to conserve energy usage as crews restored power following rotating outages in the Carolinas in response to high-energy demand Saturday morning. Due to extreme cold weather causing increased demand and a shortage of available power in the Southeast region, the company was forced to interrupt service to about 500,000 customers to maintain the energy grid and […]

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