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Seneca- Isaiah Troy King, infant son of Isaiah Dacota King and Rachel Grace Roach, passed away September 30th, 2022, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. In addition to his parents, Troy is survived by grandparents, Bryian and Michelle King of Seneca; Diane and Wayne Roach of Walhalla; great grandparents; Judy King, Randall and Ethel Cobb, and Hazel Roach; aunts, […]
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If you missed one or both Oconee school board forums in the last two weekends, don’t fret. There’s still time to eyeball all of the county trustee candidates at one time in one place and hear what they have to say. That’s 7 to 8:30 tonight at Seneca’s Gignilliat Center on N. Townville Street. The League of Women Voters of […]
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Early today linemen and trucks from the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative were scheduled to be on the road to Moncks Corner to help Berkeley Electric Co-Op with its Ian storm-related repairs. The Berkeley co-op provides electric service to around 115 thousand customers Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties. There, the Blue Ridge crews are to join counterparts from other cooperatives from […]
Read moreSeneca- Marlene McDonald Flagg, 72, wife of the late Stephen David Flagg, passed away Saturday, October 1st, 2022 at The Oaks at Chanticleer in Greenville, South Carolina. A native of Union Point, Georgia, Marlene was the daughter of the late William Harvey McDonald and Marian Stewart McDonald. Marlene was a University of Georgia graduate, who had a great passion for […]
Read moreWestminster– Lawrence Deward “Pee Wee” Durham, 82, husband of Cora Lee Dean Durham, passed away on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at his residence. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Lawrence was the son of the late William Murphy Durham and Lilian Marie Kelly Durham. Lawrence was retired from the construction industry, where he worked at MB Kahn of Columbia. […]
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The American Farmland Trust is sending a representative next week to a meeting of the Oconee County Council. AFT is concerned that the U-S is losing farmland at an alarming rate. Topsoil acreage in places such as Oconee is being lost to development. The organization seeks to protect farmland through agricultural conservation easements, smart growth, and what it calls “smart […]
Read moreUnless you are using a city-owned facility for a purpose for which it is intended, use of the Walhalla City Pool/Park is forbidden at night. The police this week filed charges against a 42-year old man of littering and violating the city ordinance. The police are under a special order to conduct extra patrol of the city property, on which […]
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Deputies tried to capture a motorcycle operator who fled last August in the Townville area. In the middle of that month, they could not apprehend him. He drove a chopper that matched the body style of a motorcycle reported stolen that same week in that area. But, according to an Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement today, deputies recovered evidence which they […]
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Dr. Campbell of Westminster admits the prospect of being the next Oconee County coroner would be interesting to him, but he is separating himself from talk that he might make the race to succeed the retiring Karl Addis, effective January 1, 2025. Last weekend Jody Gaulin, chair of Oconee Democrats, expressed hope that Dr. Billy Campbell could be talked into […]
Read moreA young man made a return visit yesterday to WGOG Radio, having not stepped into the building since he was a child. Here at the station, Jonathan Gettys back in the day used to grab a nap in the back while his granddad, Wayne Morton, pulled an announcer’s shift on the station. The changes Gettys has undergone are remarkable. He’s […]
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