Less paperwork is the goal

Walhalla’s city administrator, Brandon Burton, is hopeful that the city can reduce the amount of paper it generates by loading information onto hand-held, electronic devices.  Burton this week asked the city council if they’d be willing to access their city info on devices, such as an iPad.

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New report outlines hospital patient infections

The state health agency has published the annual report of 2020 Hospital Infections Disclosure Act.  The law aims for transparency and requires data on healthcare-associated infections acquired in health-care setting or the result of medical procedures.  The reporting includes numbers from 58 hospitals statewide, including Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Referred to in the report as the Oconee Medical Center, […]

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Virtues of kids reared by grandparents

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina joined three of his colleagues yesterday to unveil their new bill “Informing Grand Families Act” to support grandparents who raise children.  Scott is an example.  After his parents divorced, Scott was reared by grandparents who instilled in him qualities of capability and character.  The new legislation would require states to directly communicate with grandparents […]

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Gun right ruling

The Supreme Court has enshrined a fundamental right of all Americans to carry a weapon for self-defense, subject to some limits.  President Biden said he was “deeply disappointed”, saying the ruling “contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all.”  South Carolina’s 3rd District representative to the congress, Jeff Duncan, disagreed.  Duncan stated, “Our Founders never […]

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Katherine Smith

  Seneca – Katherine “Kathy” Ann Smith, 49, wife of Timothy Scott Quarles, passed away Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at Prisma Health – Greenville Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Kathy was the daughter of Gary Smith and Ruby Smith of Walhalla and was of the Baptist Faith.  Kathy enjoyed reading, crafting and traveling with her husband. […]

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Three Oconee fire calls

A large swath of the West Union area lost electric power service last night for about 90 minutes after a transformer and, apparently, a couple of power lines fell to the ground at 1421 W. Main Street.  Public safety responders were alerted just after 9:15.  A few minutes later, fire was discovered in a home on Westminster’s Wood Street, requiring […]

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Courtroom happenings in Oconee

  Unusual events this week inside the Oconee County courtroom in Walhalla.  On Wednesday, a defendant who entered the courtroom, wearing a mask, was excused after his attorney told the judge that his client had COVID-19.  Yesterday afternoon, emotions ran high as family members on both side of a criminal case traded accusatory remarks.  After Judge McIntosh ruled on pre-trial […]

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Trial date set, bond reduced

A circuit judge lowered the bond this afternoon of a Seneca man, accused by the state of multiple sex offenses.  Judge McIntosh in the Oconee General Sessions Court lowered to $250 thousand dollars the bond which defendant Trey Jerell Frasier would be required to meet before he can leave jail.  McIntosh acted on motions by Frasier’s defense attorney, Colie Stancil, […]

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