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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 […]
Read moreFor the latest recorded week, South Carolina notched a 12% increase in new cases of COVID-19. And today the state health director, Dr. Traxler, returned to a statewide media briefing to discuss the virus, new vaccines, and the precautions that can protect people from the resurgence. Oconee remains a high transmission county for the virus, and Traxler urges mask wearing […]
Read moreNearly 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 […]
Read moreThe 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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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.
Read moreA former WGOG announcer is having a summer he’ll likely remember for the rest of his life. Cade Crenshaw continues his sports broadcasting career as the voice of the Wareham, Massachusetts Gatemen, one of ten teams in this summer’s Cape Cod Baseball League. The players are some of the cream of the crop from collegiate baseball teams who get to […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreSeneca – Rev. Tommy Eugene Gibson, 77, husband of Linda Marie Aiken Gibson, passed away Tuesday, July 26th, 2022 at his residence. Born in Canton, North Carolina, Tommy was the son of the late Frances Tom Gibson and Geneva Reynolds Stamey Gibson. Tommy was a self-employed painter and the pastor at New Covenant Church of Walhalla. Tommy enjoyed […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Joshua Alexander Richmond, 22, of Walhalla, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Oconee County, SC, Joshua was the son of Trisha Ann Gallo Shreve and the late Joseph Lee Richmond, Sr. He loved to fish, was passionate about art and was a 2018 Graduate of Walhalla High School. Joshua […]
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A multiple-vehicle accident three years ago evolved to a criminal court proceeding in this week’s Oconee General Sessions Court. One of the drivers must pay for that accident by serving a two-year prison sentence. Court officers say the case was resolved Monday when Bradford Craig Bearden pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence great bodily injury at the […]
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