Abandoned house burns near Seneca

Fire consumed an empty house yesterday morning south of Seneca.  When the Seneca fire fighters reached the Mormon Church Road fire, they found no one there.  However, Chief Caudill believes some people lived there and the fire likely started by someone cooking or for the purpose of keeping warm.  The structure had no serviceable electric power.

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Rhonda Sanders

Westminster- Rhonda Renee “Tiny” Gibson Sanders, 58, passed away Thursday, December 1st, 2022, at Greer Memorial Hospital.   Born in Black Mountain, North Carolina was the daughter of the late Francis Gibson and Geneva Stamey Gibson.  Rhonda was an ordained minister, who loved her Jesus and her family, and was a member of New Covenant Church.   Rhonda is survived […]

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Nursing care to cost more locally

Lila Doyle, formerly operated by Prisma Health Oconee Memorial, will charge its residents more in 2023 for semi-private and private room accommodations.  A notice on the visitor’s door to the 120-bed facility, above the name of Brent Thatcher, executive director, reads:  “Lila Doyle Post-Acute Care’s private pay nursing home rate will change to $300.00 a day for a semi-private room […]

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Sherriff’s Office will not solicit donations on the phone

You can rest assured, says the sheriff of Oconee County, the office will never solicit donations over the telephone.  “A citizen reported to our office….that someone called their phone number in regard to the purchase of some essential materials,” says Sheriff Mike Crenshaw.  “This is a scam. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will not solicit donations over the phone.  The […]

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Developing a new source of clean energy

Green energy is taking a new step forward at Clemson University.  New research could help hasten the development of turbines fueled by hydrogen — the most abundant element of the universe.  Researchers seek to create a new type of coating that would armor turbine blades against intense heat and high-velocity steam, an environment so extreme it is not yet well […]

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Early voting ends today in Georgia

If you are a Georgia voter, today is your last chance to vote early in-person in that state’s U-S Senate run-off.  Neither incumbent Rapheal Warnock, the Democrat, nor the Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, received the required 50% plus 1 vote to win the seat in the November General Election.  Advance voting turnout this week has been heavy across Georgia, including […]

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Environmental calamity at Westminster

An estimated one million gallons of sewage overflowed at 404 Doyle Street, Westminster.  On Wednesday, the result of a heavy rain, an underground vault overflowed onto the ground surface.  Westminster blames what happened on a root blockage in the underground vault, coupled with excessive rain which officially measured about two and a quarter inches at nearby Walhalla.  Westminster has notified […]

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