Sewer South contractor bid date draws near

Throughout a four-mile stretch of Interstate-85 in Oconee County, officials are approaching a date shortly for which they hold great anticipation.  Contractors are being invited to submit bids to run the first piped sewer to the Oconee County side of the interstate.  For many years, county leaders have seen utilities as the carrot that’s going to attract the rabbit of […]

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Sheriff’s deputies don new headgear

The deputies for Oconee County have been issued a new style of headwear, and their boss says early feedback is positive.  No longer will the county deputies put on Smokey the Bear-type hats.  Instead, they’ve been issued a western-style hat, similar to those which officers wore 40 years ago during Myron Green’s two terms as sheriff.  As for the old […]

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Maybelle C. Pelfrey

Maybelle C. Pelfrey, age 84, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2022 at Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca, South Carolina. Born June 6, 1938 in Walhalla, South Carolina, she was the beloved daughter of the late Robert and Rosa Cooper. Ms. Pelfrey was an entrepreneur who was known in the local community for her boiled peanuts. Maybelle is survived […]

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Prediction for early fall color

The Clemson authority on autumn foliage predicts conditions are such that you’ll be able to take in leaf changes earlier than normal this year.  Don Hagan of the Clemson Department of Forestry and Environment Conservation made the prediction standing at the edge of North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest and noted that color change has already begun at higher elevatiuons – […]

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A further image-conscious Clemson

City of Clemson seeks to update its image, and public feedback is invited.  Clemson has contracted with Arnett Muldrow of Greenville to craft a new, visual identity and establish a brand for the Pickens County city.  Basically, according to the city announcement, once the brand is established and implemented, you will see it all around Clemson and in all city […]

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Public urged to be part of downtown workshop

Vacant Walhalla storefronts downtown are an opportunity for the city’s Main Street program.  Libby Imbody, the director, invites those interested to take part tomorrow in a walking visioning tour that will leave the Main Street office at 105 W. South Broad at 5:30 pm and proceed as a community engagement exercise for residents to brainstorm what they’d like to see […]

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Salem the victim of a reported scam

A caller using an international accent is said to be trying a scam on the small Oconee town of Salem.  The town clerk, Marti Jennings, says telephone callers are being made to sound like they are coming from Salem’s water department.  Jennings says they are not representing her town’s utilities department.  The public should be cautious.  The calls have been […]

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Eddie Cochran

Seneca – Eddie Perritt Cochran, 77, husband of Glinda Wilson Cochran, passed away Wednesday evening, September 21, 2022 at Richard M. Campbell Veteran’ Nursing Home.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Eddie was the eldest son of the late Archie L. Cochran and Frances McConnell Cochran.  Eddie was a nuclear-contractor, a lifetime member of Richland Presbyterian Church and he […]

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Prediction for early fall color

The Clemson authority on autumn foliage predicts conditions are such that you’ll be able to take in leaf changes earlier than normal this year.  Don Hagan of the Clemson Department of Forestry and Environment Conservation made the prediction standing at the edge of North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest and noted that color change has already begun at higher elevations – […]

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Dorothy K. Holbrooks

Seneca – Dorothy Kathleen Worley Holbrooks, 75, wife of the late Dennis Wayne Holbrooks, passed away, Sunday, October 2, 2022 at Fleetwood Post-Acute.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Dorothy was the daughter of the late Marvin Worley and Mildred Franks Worley.  Dorothy worked for Jantzen and she operated the concessions stand at the Westminster Speedway.    Dorothy is […]

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