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Walhalla– Alton Milford Murphy, 89, passed away Monday, January 23, 2023 at his residence. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Alton was the son of the late Deed Murphy and Victoria Dodgens Roach. Alton was retired from Duke Power, of the Baptist Faith, and he was and an avid hunter and fisherman. Alton is survived by his daughters, […]
Read moreWestminster– Lawrence Richard “Larry” Wales, 76, passed away on, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at his residence. Born in Traverse City, Michigan, Larry was the son of the late Donald Ray Wales and Mary Lou Krogstad Wales. Larry was a retired Computer Coding Technician, attended Foothills Church, and was a United States Air Force Veteran having served during the […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Gearline Mildred Nichols Quarles, age 83, wife of Neville J. Quarles, died January 23, 2023 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Quarles was born in Seneca to the late Correll and Lila Nichols. She was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church as was retired from BiLo. Mrs. Quarles is survived by her sisters: […]
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Debbie Slisher rattled off a number of figures used to calculate the damages she claims to her Westminster area home and acreage by the taking of a power company that crossed her property for a transmission line near the Dr. John’s Road. Called to the stand by her attorney, Slisher gave a figure of nearly $400 thousand loss to the […]
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In a traffic accident this afternoon, a car overturned on Seneca’s WN First Street in front of Oconee Square Shopping Center. No one reported hurt, but Police Chief Bowling says any time an accident occurs around 2:30 on a weekday afternoon at or near Miracle Circle, traffic congestion results.
Read moreHere are excerpts from this afternoon’s advisory issued from Columbia by the state’s severe weather official, Frank Strait: “Signs continue to point toward an active weather day tomorrow with the risk of dangerous thunderstorms. A storm now centered over West Texas will be the culprit. If you pick a hazard, this storm is causing it somewhere today. Areas from the […]
Read moreJust days ahead of Donald Trump’s first public 2024 presidential campaign event in the critical early primary state of South Carolina, a new poll from the South Carolina Policy Council (SCPC) shows Palmetto State voters are no longer sold on the former president. And in a head-to-head matchup with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump is behind by a whopping 19%. […]
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The right-of-way property manager for the plaintiff opened the civil trial testimony this morning at the Oconee Courthouse. Columbia-based Central Electric Power has brought a Doctor John’s Road, Westminster couple into the court for a jury determination of just compensation for the taking of a strip of the couple’s property. The taking was made necessary to allow a transmission line […]
Read moreA proactive measure move by Duke Energy satisfied an emergency protocol, in the estimation of “FERC”–the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. After the Greenville-Spartanburg National Weather Service office predicted 3-4 inches of rain in the Lake Keowee watershed, Duke lowered the lake level. The Maintenance and Emergency Protocol attached to the Keowee-Toxaway license allows Duke to reduce reservoir levels for high-inflow […]
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A bridge over a southern Oconee creek is in line to be replaced, and South Carolina DOT has opened a public comment period. Thru February 15, DOT will accept comment on plans to replace the secondary 99/Rogers Road bridge over Mud Creek.
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