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Yelling at your supermarket manager about what you have to pay for items in your food basket is liable not to be the best way to make your point. But are we totally defenseless about what we have to pay just to keep up with the rise in the cost of living? Bailey Parker tells us we are not totally […]
Read moreTwo women inside a small truck that the Walhalla police stopped this morning are facing drug charges today, according to Chief Tim Rice. At 5:30 am, two city police cars and one from the county were spotted at an E. Main Street traffic stop near the S. Luke Methodist Church. The police report they found two bags of methamphetamine in […]
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West Union has lost one of its service stations — but only temporarily. All that remains at the Spinx highway 11 location this morning is rubble. But Mayor Linda Oliver says that’s just temporary. Spinx plans to rebuild at the location.
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The fight by Clemson University against online disinformation gets a boost, courtesy of a $3.8 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support the university’s Media Forensics Hub at the Watt Family Innovation Center. Researchers with the Hub study disinformation and inauthenticity online and create tools to educate people and stop the spread of disinformation. […]
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Traffic snarled late in the afternoon yesterday when three vehicles collided on the 123 Seneca ByPass. The wreck occurred in front of the former Dienner’s restaurant. Police Chief Casey Bowling said one of the two injured was taken to a Greenville hospital; the other to the Prisma Oconee Memorial. Traffic eastbound backed up, in sections where it came to a […]
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The magic theme helped bring out throngs of Christmas parade watchers last night at Seneca. And the thousands who turned out saw a long procession of units that made their way along the parade route. West Union’s parade was held Sunday.
Read moreWestminster – Dorothy “Dot” Ables Macijewski, 90, wife of the late James Herman Macijewski, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, November 27, 2022 at her residence. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Dot was the daughter of the late Olen G. Ables and Keiffer Whitfield Ables. Dot retired from the Singer Company and […]
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A 30-year old Walhalla man received a 65-year prison sentence this morning, on his plea of guilty in a sex crime dating back nearly two years. The defendant, Michael Kenneth Cox, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a minor under 11 years old. Subtracted from the 65-year sentence will be a total of 718 days spent in jail awaiting […]
Read moreA Sunday morning power outage affected 458 customers of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative in parts of eastern Oconee County. Terry Ballenger, Blue Ridge spokesman, said dispatch for the retail electric supplier was notified of the outage just before 9:45 am and crews were able to have the power back in fewer than two hours. The apparent culprit in the […]
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The financial crime investigators for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office have detected an alarming trend — especially as it relates to a scam by Bank of America imposters. Jimmy Watt, the master deputy and spokesman for the sheriff’s office, says emails have been sent to individuals involving accounts being opened in their names, using their social security numbers. In some cases, […]
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