Salem woman missing for two weeks

A 45-year-old woman has been missing from her Salem home for two weeks.  The disappearance of Crystal Wilson Rogers was reported by a family member on Monday to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Rogers was last seen with a man leaving her home on Sunrise Drive Thursday morning, July 14, and has yet to return.  She was driving a silver 2012 […]

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Vickey Gibson

Simpsonville– Vickey Lynn Turner Gibson, 67, wife of John Robert “Hoot” Gibson, passed away, Wednesday, July 27th, 2022.   Born in El Paso, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Norman and Mildred Marcengill Turner.  Vickey was a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her family, sports, spoiling her grandchildren, and was a member of Sunnyside Freedom Baptist Church. […]

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Bonita McAllister Nix

Westminster– Bonita McAllister Nix, 80, wife of the late Alfred Cleveland Nix, Sr. passed away, Monday, July 25, 2022.   Born in Oconee County, Bonita was the daughter of the late Swift David McAllister and Maude Margaret Meadows McAllister.  Bonita worked in accounting with her late husband and was a member of Westminster Baptist Church, the Good News Club, Red […]

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Has the passing lane become less clogged?

Nearly one year into the law, there’s talk today at 101.7/WGOG about the state law designed to unclog the passing lane on some of the state’s heaviest traveled roads.  Call it what you will:  “Lefthand laggers” or “lefthand Lucys” as Oconeean Richard Cottingham has called it.  Driving under the speed limit in the lefthand lane of a four-lane, limited-access highway […]

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Rollover accident on SC 28/the Blue Ridge Blvd.

The Walhalla police say all lanes have re-opened, after cleanup at this morning’s accident scene in front of the Subway restaurant on SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard.  Chief Tim Rice says the accident involved a car and a pickup truck pulling a trailer.  The truck, headed east, overturned, according to Rice. While the police investigated the accident, the eastbound lanes […]

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Bare and Sloan seeking re-election

In the first of two weeks of candidate qualifying, two incumbent Oconee school trustees have filed to seek new, four-year terms.  They are Dean Bare of District One and Dr. Sandra Sloan of District Three.  Residents of those two districts are eligible to file with the office of the district superintendent, provided they meet an August 4 deadline.

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Atlanta area U-S rep. gets a look at Oconee Nuclear

A U-S representative from the western edge of Georgia was among Republican lawmakers who got a look last week at a number of power project facilities in Oconee and Pickens.  Rep. Drew Ferguson was among a handful of congress members on a sight-seeing trip organized by Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s 3rd District representative.  A statement released by Duncan’s office quotes […]

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