Arrests in tax crime investigation

South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents yesterday arrested a North Carolina couple and charged them with two counts of tax evasion and two counts of failure to file a state tax return or pay a tax. Natalia Sokil, 46, was of Tryon, NC, was the owner and operator of ESF Management, doing business as European Market LLC, within Spartanburg […]

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Fatalities identified

Oconee Coroner Karl Addis makes these identifications: Traffic Death: The 22-year-old Walhalla man who died at 2:13 pm in the emergency department at Greenville Memorial Hospital is identified as Joshua Richmond. Mr. Richmond died from blunt force traumatic injuries.  His manner of death is classified Accidental.     Water Related Death: The 72-year-old Greer man who died at 11:25 pm […]

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Meaningful Clemson traffic relief 10 years off

According to a regional planner, ten years or more are liable to pass before there’s substantial relief to city of Clemson traffic congestion—including the much-complained about 123 between the Seneca River Bridge and the College Street intersection.  Keith Brockington of “G-PATS”–Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation, says Clemson is starting a study of what can be done to improve 123, SC 93, and […]

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Defendant’s motions re-scheduled

Matthew Durham’s court date postponed and re-scheduled.  The motions on behalf of the suspended Oconee County councilman no longer are part of the docket for proceedings this Thursday at the county courthouse.  And 101.7/WGOG NEWS has been told they’ve been re-scheduled for Thursday, September 1.  Durham’s attorney had secured a place on this week’s dockets, in the defense attempt for […]

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Gladys Payne

Westminster – Gladys Reed Payne, 92, wife of the late John Howard Payne, Jr., passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Bronx, New York, Gladys was the daughter of the late Edwin Reed and Margaret Bruce Reed.  Gladys was a former secretary, a member of Rock Springs United Methodist Church, and […]

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