Margaret Neal

  Seneca, SC—Margaret Lee Clark Neal, 89, of 607 High Falls Road, Seneca SC, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.   A native of Pickens County, SC, Ms. Neal was the daughter of the late Ernest Austin Clark and Lessie Bowen Clark.  She worked for many years as a seamstress, and was a member of Gap […]

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An add-on to South Carolina’s trespassing law

Oconee Sheriff’s Office is spreading the word about a change in the state’s law on trespassing.  According to Sheriff Crenshaw, purple paint is now considered legal notice for trespassing.  Property owners may still place no trespassing signs clearly posted in four conspicuous places on the border of their land forbidding entry.  The new provision allows an owner or a tenant […]

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Durwood Carroll

Westminster– Durwood Carroll, 71, husband of Janie Johnson Marcus Carroll, passed away Sunday, August 21st, 2022 at his residence.   Born in Florida, Durwood was the son of the late Woodrow and Jewell Howard Carroll. Durwood was the co-owner and operator of C and W Stucco, had a great passion for masonry and stucco work, rock and stone collecting, fishing, […]

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Yousef Mefleh

Westminster- Yousef Abdulhamid Mefleh, 67, husband of Susan Kelley Mefleh, passed away, Saturday, August 20, 2022, at his residence.   Born in Jerusalem, he was the son of the late Abdulhamid Yousef Mefleh and Mariam Yousef Yasin.  Yousef came to Oconee County, in 1975, where he began working at the Walhalla Steak House, the Westminster Hotel Restaurant, and also at […]

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Water line replacement in Westminster

    Beginning August 22, 2022 construction crews for the City of Westminster will replace the water line located on Gaston Circle, Jenkins Street and Hall Street.  The construction period is planned to last until the end of October 2022.   Westminster water customers located along these roads may experience construction crews along the streets and in front of residences. […]

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Mefleh’s death announcement

Susan Mefleh made the following post today: My husband of 41 years passed on this morning….He loved his business, his family and his customers (family). He had the biggest family anybody could have.  He was so proud to be an American. He loved with every fiber of his being.  I was proud to have shared him with all of the […]

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Yousef Mefleh has died

The coroner of Oconee, Karl Addis, among those today whose thoughts are on the death of Westminster Councilman and popular restaurateur Yousef Mefleh”.  Addis’s statement: “Councilman Mefleh died at his home Saturday morning at approximately 1:00 am; his death is due to an apparent cardiac related event.   His manner of death is classified Natural.   “Councilman Mefleh was a […]

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Federal money for battery electric buses

Federal funds of $3.9 million have been authorized for “CAT”–the Clemson Area Transit–to buy as many as five zero emission battery electric buses to replace old diesel buses that have exceeded their useful life.  The U-S Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration made the announcement.  The new buses will be designed to improve service for Clemson students and residents of […]

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