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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.
Read moreSalem, 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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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.
Read moreWalhalla’s loss is Benedict College’s gain. You could say that the former Walhalla Razorback star Zaire Scotland had a coming-out game last week for Benedict, as the Tigers demolished their opponent Fort Valley State, 45-13. Redshirt freshman Scotland scored 4 times—one pass reception and three TD rushes. So far, the Benedict Tigers, a historic black college at Columbia, are 5-0 […]
Read moreTim Rice, the chief of Walhalla police, acquainted his employers last night with parts of a bill that revises certain South Carolina law enforcement standards, in the wake of the George Floyd murder by a policeman in Minneapolis. It’s South Carolina House Bill 3050, and Rice is willing to sit down with any council member interested in learning more about […]
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Libby Imbody, the Walhalla Main Street director, pointed out some feathers in the cap of the County Seat which has been trying to re-birth parts of its dormant downtown and keep cash registers ringing at the city’s other places of commerce. Imbody says the image Walhalla is getting from visitors from the outside is encouraging and the crowds that the […]
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The loss of at least two Walhalla restaurants has created wonder as to downtown’s future. But Libby Imbody, the Main Street director, had a smile on her face last night as she told the city council that there are going to be replacement restaurants at both the Mountain Mocha and Hungry Hiker locations. 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned the new Mountain […]
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Representatives involved in what’s seen as Seneca’s big effort to create Harper’s Plaza downtown met for three hours Monday. Among those meeting was Scott Moulder, the city administrator. Moulder said also taking part were the contractor, the architect, a structural engineer, and project managers. He predicts that the next work to look for will be the stabilization of the wall—probably […]
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An Oconee County lawsuit filed for a man who, it is claimed, fell out of a golf cart and was injured and required treatment expenses at more than $400 thousand. The lawsuit was entered this week in the Common Pleas Court by a Charleston lawyer on behalf of Anderson resident John Stiles Jr. According to the allegations made against the […]
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Scott Krein, director of Oconee Emergency Management, confirms this afternoon that a car has rolled backward into Lake Jocassee at the Devils Fork State Park. For responders, this creates a situation for divers to get into the water and make the proper attachments so that they can pull the vehicle out.
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