Motorcycle crashes to end chase from Georgia

Late at night this week the vicinity of two-lane U-S 123 just inside the South Carolina line from Georgia was littered with debris from the crash of a motorcycle.  An Oconee deputy sheriff just before midnight yesterday discovered the motorcycle operator in a pile of leaves and was able to identify him as Toccoa resident Jamey Ron Addison.  The deputy […]

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Pickens man arrested in Walhalla

  The police in Walhalla report the arrest early Wednesday of a 31-year old Pickens man.  Law enforcement records show Quincy Dethrone Jordan charged with firearm possession and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.  Police officers attested in affidavits to the arrest warrants that Jordan on June 29 possessed six bags containing marijuana “prepackaged for distribution”, as well as “knowingly, […]

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A discrimination removed against Black homeowners

A Republican U-S senator from South Carolina, Tim Scott, says he and a Democratic colleague from Georgia were able to direct “FEMA” away from policies that discriminated against Black homeowners which has helped tens of thousands of people get the help they need after natural disasters.  Scott says he and Georgia’s Jon Ossoff last fall successfully lobbied “FEMA” to change […]

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If you fire up the grill, be safe!

As South Carolinians prepare to celebrate Independence Day, many people plan to gather where they might fire up their grills for a cookout or shoot off fireworks. Prisma Health wants to offer tips so that everyone can safely enjoy their Fourth of July weekend. According to the National Fire Protection Association, about two in five fires started in the United […]

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Debbie Elmore

Westminster, SC- Deborah Ann Elmore, age 58, formerly of Clover, SC passed away June 16, 2022 in Toccoa, GA. “Debbie” was the only daughter of the late Charles Thomas Harrell and Lovenia McCorquodale, born on March 25, 1964, in Emporia, VA. Debbie is preceded in death by her biological father, “Tommy” Harrell, her Daddy, Billy McCorquodale, and the true love […]

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Mamie Smith

Salem, SC — Mamie Blanche Smith, 92, wife of the late William Otto Smith, of Salem, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at Lila Doyle.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Smith was the daughter of the late Sam and Josephine Barker Murphree. She was a faithful member of Stamp Creek Baptist Church. Throughout the years she […]

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Camper owner meets wastewater rules–DHEC

The state health agency announced this week that the owner of a camper near S. Highway 11 in Oconee County met all requirements of an order to bring to compliance a camper that violated onsite wastewater regulations.  DHEC this week revealed an investigation that documented that a camper, occupied for more than two hours a day without an approved means […]

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Senecan faces multi charges

An investigation by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office into two separate incidents has led to the arrest of a Seneca man on multiple charges.   66 year old Wade Allan Dickinson was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:57pm Tuesday.  A deputy from the Warrants Bureau transferred Dickinson from the Pendleton Police Department to the Oconee County Detention […]

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