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Three Oconee elementary schools are receiving the donation of adaptive bicycles. They make cycling easier, whatever the rider’s individual needs. The first presentation, made possible by the Walhalla Rotary Club, took place this morning at the James Brown Elementary School. Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent and a Rotarian, gave credit to fellow Rotarian (and county school trustee) Meghan Ketterman for […]
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Have you seen the new look in downtown Seneca? As late as last week, crews were finishing the demolition of the former Kimbrell’s Furniture, to help make way for a new Seneca art center.
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The weekly papers that serve Highlands and Cashiers, North Carolina are merging. According to the announcement in the Crossroads Chronicle, the two newspapers become one, effective with their March 7 edition.
Read moreSeneca- Chester Lee Crane, 85, husband of Fredda Perry Crane, passed away Thursday, February 22nd, 2024. Born in Highlands, North Carolina, Chester was the son of the late Frank and Effie Miller Crane. Chester served his country in the United States Army and retired as a Department Manager in Finishing at West Point Stevens in Clemson. He was an […]
Read moreFrances Jane Parrish, age 66, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2024. Born on June 20, 1957, in Saluda, South Carolina, she was the daughter of Janie Ruff Myers and Hudson Kelly Parrish. Mountain View Funerals and Cremation Seneca Chapel is assisting the Parrish family.
Read moreWillie Jo Leslie, 90, of Seneca, South Carolina went to be with Lord on Monday, February 19, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Six Mile, South Carolina is the daughter of the late Charles Herstle and Mary Dillard Bryson and wife of the late William John Leslie. Jo is survived by one sibling Colleen Shipman […]
Read moreLong Creek-Glenn L. Webster, 51, of Long Creek, SC, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Olean, NY, Glenn was the son of the late Brenda Gordon and the late William Francis Webster of New York. Glenn is survived by a daughter Cassidy Webster of Orlando, FL; a son, Ashlin Webster of Hendersonville, […]
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Practically simultaneous when the TV screen began declaring Trump the South Carolina winner Saturday a Seneca woman stood inside the front door of a local restaurant greeting a crowd arriving for the official start of her campaign to be the next chief criminal prosecutor in Oconee and Anderson counties. Beth Blundy, senior assistant solicitor in the Oconee office, a 14-year […]
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Nikki Haley vows to continue on, at least until Super Tuesday. A defeat in South Carolina, the state she once governed, is a blow. Donald Trump barrels into tomorrow’s Michigan primary with a 20-point win in South Carolina. Oconee County voters gave Trump 60% of their votes. A total of 16,969 Oconee voters cast ballots, equating to nearly one-third of […]
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A truck parked on Walhalla’s Main Street caught fire this morning, but fast action by a nearby police officer minimized the damage, and no one was hurt as the result. The vehicle, a truck, caught fire while parked in front of a restaurant just across N. College Street from the police station.
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