Heroin activity alleged near Oconee Point

The following is Friday afternoon announcement from the Oconee Sheriff’s Office: “The execution of a search warrant, by Narcotics Agents of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, led to the arrest of a Seneca man on a charge of Trafficking in Heroin.   46 year old Stephen Maxwell Bruce of Peachtree Lane was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around […]

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Findings pending in Clemson student death

A Clemson student found dead Monday on the premises of a convenience store has been identified as a freshman from the Atlanta area.  The Pickens County deputy coroner, Heather Harrison, says the death of Joseph McPartland, 18, of Roswell, Georgia is pending investigation by her office and the Clemson city police.  According to the deputy coroner, McPartland was pronounced dead […]

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DOT looks at Oconee intersections for improvement

South Carolina DOT is evaluating “several intersections” in Oconee County, according to word from Senator Thomas Alexander, the State Senate president.  Alexander says the review is in progress and will continue in the weeks to come.  101.7/WGOG NEWS inquired of Alexander about the possibility for safety enhancements at a rural Oconee County intersection, where an accident this week killed a […]

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Bar-grill closes after two shot dead in parking lot

The mayor in Hartwell, Georgia on social media announced the closing for good of a bar and grill where last week two people were shot dead.  WLHR quoted the post of Hartwell Mayor Brandon Johnson as follows:  “The City of Hartwell received all paperwork confirming the closure….The owner voluntarily forfeited the license following the notification of the hearing.”  The state […]

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Traffic “delineators” have arrived in Walhalla

Orange rubber-style sticks are in position at selected downtown Walhalla intersections—to address safety issues for pedestrians at traffic light crossovers.  Those traffic delineators as explained by Police Chief Tim Rice entice motor vehicle traffic from cutting a corner too closely so as to create a potential problem for a pedestrian getting ready for cross Main Street.  Rice says there remains […]

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The pressures felt on the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative

Jim Lovinggood, president/CEO of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, devotes his current South Carolina Co-Op news column to the financial pressures that the multi-county electric power supplier is experiencing during the pandemic and a time of supply chain delays.  But, BREC spokesman Terry Ballenger, makes clear that the Pickens-based cooperative is not approaching the time where it should consider raising retail […]

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