Linda Broome

Fair Play – Linda Broome, 72, wife of James “Jimmy” Welborn Broome, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Linda was retired from Rosa Clark where she was a receptionist.    Linda is survived by her daughters, April Mathis (Brian), Angel Morehead (Cam); and grandchildren, Jonah Mathis (Dori Kimbrell) and […]

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Two Clemson players sued civilly

Published reports this morning show two Clemson football players—defensive backs Malcolm Greene and Fred Davis II—are the defendants in a civil lawsuit filed yesterday in the Pickens County Common Pleas Court.  The plaintiff is identified as U-S postal worker Karen Alvarez, injured when her mail truck was allegedly hit by Davis’s car on U-S 123, just to the Greenville side […]

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“Every corner you turn” — a visitor’s compliment to Walhalla

Because Walhallans see the place every day, it’s only natural to overlook the good for the not so good.  A pair of Walhalla visitors last evening was effusive in their praise for the Oconee municipality which resulted from the settlement established by a group of German settlers mid-19th century.   Jenny Boulware of Main Street South Carolina said, “Every corner you […]

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Jeanne G. Geiman

Mountain Rest, SC — Jeanne G. Geiman, 71, wife of the late Sydnor Fairfax Geiman, of Mountain Rest, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Philadelphia, PA, Mrs. Geiman was the daughter of the late Stephen and Bette Roswell Gavula. She worked as a Chief of Office for Senator Poddles for the State […]

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State police evaluating school threats

“SLED”–the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division–is aware of school threats across South Carolina.  “SLED” says it’s evaluating the credibility of the threats although, at this time, they are believed to be a hoax.  Nevertheless, the state police urge each jurisdiction to take any and all threats seriously.  Oconee public schools have issued the following statement:  “Early this afternoon, one of […]

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A new Leadership Oconee class of grads

Eleven graduates are making up the first class of Leadership Oconee since the program was temporarily suspended by COVID-19 in 2020.  And those 11, whose names are to be announced, represent a variety of industries and organizations in Oconee County.  They’ll be graduated next week in a ceremony at a Seneca venue, according to the Oconee Chamber of Commerce.

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Barbara “Jeannie” Jean Martin Barker

  Salem, SC — Barbara “Jeannie” Jean Martin Barker, 65, wife of James “Jimmy” William Barker, of Salem, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Beaufort, SC, Mrs. Barker was the daughter of the late Edgar and Dorothy Mae Sherbert Martin. She retired from Koyo and was a member of Seneca Church […]

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“Runaway sprawl” decimates farmland

A representative of a national agriculture organization warned of the consequences of lost farmland in a presentation last night to the Oconee County Council.  The council’s visiting speaker, Billy Van Pelt of the American Farmland Trust, says his organization has the data on the country’s best soils—the soils the country is most likely to keep the country fed.

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