Sewer Authority takes to the road

How Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority can make things right with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control was a focus in the first of two meetings last night at Walhalla.  The JRSA has been under a DHEC consent order since May 2021, and the authority has been strategizing improvement projects to satisfy the state agency.  This was one […]

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Seneca and Walhalla accidents

A car on East Main Street, Walhalla went out of control late yesterday afternoon and crashed through the front of an insurance office, narrowly missing the agent.  According to Police Chief Rice, Nationwide agent Stanley Nix avoided injury or worse just earlier by moving into an adjoining office.  Rice said a medical condition on the part of the Honda driver […]

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Lynda Sue Henry

Walhalla, SC — Lynda Sue Henry, 79, of Walhalla, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Seneca Health and Rehab.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Henry was the daughter of the late Charles Theo and Mildred Elizabeth Kerr Singleton. She was the owner of Doves Nest Antiques and was a member of Rocky Knoll Baptist Church. […]

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Harry “J.R.” Nelson Longfellow Jr.

Walhalla, SC– Harry “J.R.” Nelson Longfellow, Jr., 80, husband of Dorothy Byrd Longfellow, of Walhalla, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Blockton, IA, Mr. Longfellow was the son of the late Harry and Erma Scott Longfellow. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired as a barber and carpenter. […]

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Greenville County man arrested after shopping center disturbance

A 43-year old man remains in jail today, on a combined $47,382.50 surety bond, after his arrest by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in relation to a Tuesday disturbance investigation at Hartwell Village.   Joseph Allen Tuten, resident of Taylors,, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:05am Wednesday.  Tuten has been charged with three counts of Malicious […]

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Soon we shall hear all about it

Seneca officially turns 150 years old this year — a town that formed on opposite sides of the railroad — which today is a small city but Oconee’s largest of municipalities.  We are hearing that there is going to be a big fuss made about this achievement, including a proclamation that the mayor will sign.  1973 was Seneca’s centennial, a […]

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Ellen Sue Nash

Anderson, SC – Ellen Sue Nash, 69, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.  Ellen was surrounded by her loving husband of 50 years, Marty, as well as their three sons. Ellen was born June 24, 1953, to Clarence and Jeannette (Mills) Harnetty.  She graduated from Bishop Rosecrans High School with the class of 1971, then later graduated from University […]

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