VFW commander arrested

The new commander of a Lavonia, Georgia VFW post has been arrested.  Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR reports an announcement from the state police that Gabrielle Beutler of Bowersville, Georgia was charged with two felony and one misdemeanor charges.  According to Special GBI agent Jesse Maddox, 31-year old Beutler allegedly changed a U-S Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty […]

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104 new jobs to be created at Toccoa, Georgia

A subsidiary of a Korea-based company plans to invest $37 million in a new facility at Toccoa, Georgia and create 104 jobs.  Lithium-ion battery recycler and raw materials provider SungEl Recyling HiTech Company.  The factory is to locate at the Haystone Brady Business Park.  The issue of whether Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority could accommodate an employer in the ion […]

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Boat discovered floating in lake waters

A situation this morning near Clemson.  Public safety responders have gathered at Lake Hartwell in the vicinity of the Hartwell Village shopping center where a boat was floating in the water.  So far, according to what Kevin D. Hollis of 94.1 The Lake has learned, there’s no evidence that anyone has drowned.  DNR’s arrival is expected.  The explanation could be […]

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Offers requested on “rare development property”

The Greenville office of a real estate company is announcing the availability to purchasers of what it calls “a rare development opportunity” near Seneca.  Colliers will accept offers for a 148-acre property that adjoins the highly-traveled retail area between Walmart and the Oconee Country Club.  The acreage was bequeathed to a children’s home based at Greenwood, but the children’s home […]

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Travis Scott Wheeler

Mr. Travis Scott Wheeler Sr., age 58 of Seneca, SC passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, surrounded by his family. Born March 4, 1964, in Seneca, SC he was the son of the late James Lewis and Betty Jean (Hancox) Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler is survived by his children; Travis Wheeler, Jr. (Katie), Adam Wheeler (Krismus), Christina Wheeler-Kemp (James), and […]

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Dockside at fever pitch to accommodate move-in weekend

At Clemson, it’s a rush to the finish line for the Dockside project to be ready for the university’s move-in weekend this Saturday.  Although preparations for the combined residential-commercial structures on 123 just inside the Clemson limits from Oconee County were still in progress today, Brent Little of Fountain Residential Partners is optimistic that all will turn out as it […]

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Robyn Barber to join the Blue Ridge staff

A southwest Florida native who has made Oconee her home for the last four years has been approved as a new assistant principal at the Blue Ridge Elementary School.  The hiring of Robyn Barber was consummated at Monday night’s meeting of the Oconee school trustees.  She is a recent Clemson graduate with a Master’s in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor’s […]

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Oconee secondaries to benefit from increased monies

  South Carolina will send an additional $5.7 million to benefit Oconee County secondaries roads that are crying out for rehabilitations.  The announcement was made by Chairman Sam Dickson of Oconee’s State “C” Fund Committee during today’s committee meeting at the county administrative complex in Walhalla.  Dickson was quick to suggest one million dollars of the increased funding be applied […]

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