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Is the name Singleton becoming synonymous with Oconee County politics? Just as the names of Hamilton and Cunningham were in years past. Danny Singleton and members of his family gathered last night at county vote tabulating headquarters to watch his vote numbers pop up on the screen. As if there was anything to worry about for Danny Singleton, a son […]
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Further details are to be made known today about a “SWAT” activation late last evening in Fair Play community, where Oconee Sheriff’s officials say a situation was resolved peacefully. One person was in custody in response to an investigation of a motor vehicle accident. The “SWAT” response took place around a small home on the Durham Road. One passerby reported […]
Read moreSeneca’s Bill Sandifer was able last night, on his ride home, the realization that he scored nearly 90% of the votes in his bid for a new, two-year term in Columbia as a senior member of the House who sits in seats of high authority in the law-making process of the state’s low chamber. Republican Sandifer admitted to 101.7/WGOG NEWS […]
Read moreThe unofficial results tonight show Seneca’s veteran state lawmaker, Bill Sandifer, took 88% of the vote — enroute to capturing a new, two-year term in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Sandifer’s count was 10,836; while write-in votes (spurred by write-in candidate Perry Smith, accounted for 1,430. In the two contested school trustee elections: A new, 4-year term is in […]
Read more(key points for Nicole, as reported by the the South Carolina Severe Weather Climate Office: A Tropical Storm Watch and Storm Surge Watch are now in effect for the South Carolina coast south of the South Santee River. The forecast for Nicole has been shifted west and calls for Nicole to move faster since yesterday, changing the timing of impacts […]
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Church workers in Walhalla will open their pantry and give food away. From 4:30 to 5:30 pm, available will be one meat product, various packaged food, along with fruits and vegetables at the St. Luke Methodist Church, E. Main Street.
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Electric power has now been restored to Oconee County’s #2 Metromont Convenience Center on Ustorit Drive in Seneca. An outage shut down the facility earlier today. A spokeswoman for Oconee Solid Waste says the power outage affecting the Metromont facility was restored around 1:30 this afternoon.
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Twenty young Oconee County residents are being recognized this month for their accomplishments, combined with the prospects that these men and women will make for future leaders. And Dari McBride of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce says the 20 are to be feted with a luncheon next week–Friday, November 18. Who are these promising young professionals? McBride announces the names […]
Read moreThe board of Oconee Disabilities and Special Need welcomes Meloney Stokes as the new executive director of the Tribble Center near Seneca. The facility’s newsletter notes that Stokes had been planning retirement, but her love of the Tribble Center motivated her to accept the position.
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West Union resident Carolina Mendoza is not on the ballot today, but she will be in January. Officials say Mendoza was the only ballot candidate at the deadline to run in her town’s special January 10 election to fill an unexpired council term.
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