Lawsuit alleges discrimination against employee

A lawsuit filed today in Oconee County alleges employment discrimination against the Oconee Disabilities and Special Needs Board, doing business as the Tribble Center.  Filed by a Greenville attorney, the suit identifies Megan Lowery as the plaintiff.  It alleges breach of contract, pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation for pregnancy.  According to the pleadings, Lowery was hired in January 2020 as a […]

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Mack J. Miller

Mack J. Miller passed Monday, July 18. A lifelong BG resident recently living in South Carolina near family. He was proceeded in death by his parents, Mack R. & Helen A. Miller, Sister Helen A. Lambert, his daughter Candace and his loving wife of 43 years, C. Maxine Miller. He is survived by eight children including Cathy Stoner Northwood; Brian […]

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Chemical spill at Clemson apartment complex

On July 19, the City of Clemson discovered an illicit discharge of chemicals into the stormwater system at the Campus View Apartments Parking Deck located at 100 Daniel Drive.  There is no threat to the public at this time. City staff and the Clemson University Fire Department will continue to monitor the incident. SCDHEC has responded to the scene and […]

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Fact-finding trip led by Graham

  U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) recently led a fact-finding mission to the Al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria that holds the wives and children of dead or captured Islamic State fighters. American military leaders have expressed concern it could become a breeding ground for “ISIS 2.0.”   Graham also visited a detention facility in Hasaka where some of […]

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Riderless horse wanders toward Walhalla

You almost had to do a double take to believe what you were seeing.  Around the noon hour, a horse with no rider was wandering east on SC 28/the Highlands Highway toward the Walhalla city limit.  Master Deputy Jimmy Watt provides the following statement:  “Animal Control arrived on scene and the primary disposition was settled by the Animal Control officer.  […]

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JoAnn Stancil

Seneca – JoAnn McLane Stancil, 87, wife of Jimmy Jean Stancil, passed away Monday, July 18, 2022 at her residence.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, JoAnn was the daughter of the late Rev. Evoid Thomas McLane and Lodemia Treadway McLane.  JoAnn was a homemaker, a member of Hepsibah Baptist Church, WMU and the Ladies Class 2 Sunday School […]

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Webster Bruce

Walhalla, SC– Webster Bruce, 73, of 208 North John Street, Walhalla, SC.   To everything there is a season, a time to every purpose under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1)   Webster was born in Anderson County, SC on June 30, 1949, to the late Roscoe Bruce, Sr. and the late Victoria Whitner Bruce departed from his earthly home, Saturday, July 16, […]

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Bomb threat near Seneca, arrest made

A 32-year old Oconee County man has been arrested and charged with attempting to blow up a large propane tank at the Tractor Supply off the Sandifer Boulevard.  The sheriff’s office placed Novie Michael Phillips of the N. Jenkins Bridge Road, Westminster in custody late Sunday night after they were alerted to a suspicious person reported near the tank.  Gas […]

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Trustees prepare for a new school year

Physical safety and enhanced mental health services are at the top of a new set of goals of the five-member Oconee School Board of Trustees for the 2022-23 year–a school year that will start next month in Oconee County.  Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent, says the objectives were voted on during last night’s trustees’ meeting.  The school district is getting a […]

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