Defendant’s admissions bring prison term

Crimes to which a defendant admitted his guilt have brought a prison term meted out in the opening day today of the Oconee General Sessions Court.  Prosecutors say John Michael Zaniboni Jr., pleaded guilty to assault and battery first degree, attempted armed robbery, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.  Those pleas were followed by Judge Sprouse’s sentence which […]

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Erin McKinney is the new Seneca Magistrate

Erin McKinney has taken a kind of roundabout way to land a job as an Oconee County magistrate.  This afternoon McKinney took the oath of office and will serve as Seneca’s replacement magistrate, to fill an opening created earlier this year by the Todd Simmons resignation.  McKinney has a judicial background that includes working as a part-time Oconee magistrate.  For […]

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Fire and mountain rescue near Walhalla

Walhalla Fire and Rescue finished the weekend with the rescue of a visitor to Yellow Branch Falls and a fire in an abandoned structure.  According to the fire department, last night’s late hour fire burned a structure on the Hesse Highway which, at the time, was being dismantled.  A visitor late yesterday afternoon to Yellow Branch Falls received a rescue […]

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School candidates sound off on what to do about bullying

“Intimidation, harassment and bullying in schools has been around since the beginning of time.”  The group “Citizens for Childhood Education” used that statement to kick-start a question to District One school board candidates about what’s possible to eliminate harassment incidents in the public schools. Dean Bare, Keri Unsworth, and Amanda Holder don’t hold out great hope the problem can ever […]

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Claude Pelfrey

  Westminster – Claude James Pelfrey, 76, husband of the late Betty Jean James Pelfrey, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at his residence. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Claude was the son of the late Rev. Leander Holland Pelfrey and Essie Mae Ramey Pelfrey.  Claude worked for Daniel Construction and later retired from Duke Power where he […]

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Roy Lee

Westminster- Carl Roy Lee, 68, husband of Judy Dickson Lee, passed away Saturday, September 24th, 2022 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital, after fighting a hard fight to recover from an accident that occurred on August 23rd, 2022.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Roy was son of the W.S. “Dub” Lee and Elsie Smith Lee. Roy was a […]

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Home fire near Walhalla

An over-night home fire in the Walhalla fire protection service area.  Fire fighters were sent to the Hesse Highway near SC 183/the Westminster Highway, just before 11:30 last night and remained at that fire scene until 2 o’clock this morning.  No injuries, according to an initial first report to 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

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