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Ira Bradford Lee, Jr. “I.B.”, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family, on June 18, 2022, at the age of 91. Ira was the beloved husband of the late Ola Belle Lee of Toccoa, GA, and the son of the late Ira B. Lee, Sr., and the late Carrie B. Lee, both natives of Westminster, SC. Ira […]
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Seneca officials gather early tomorrow morning to transact new business of the city’s commercial building improvement program in the city. Members of the Seneca Improvements Corporation at 8:15 tomorrow morning at city hall to review applications for economic development incentives from Elements by Eastern Design and MarketSouth Boutique. The purpose of the program: strengthen and revitalize the downtown by encouraging […]
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Quite a number of people who enjoy outdoor activities are likely to fondly remember the 4th of July in Oconee County–especially those who took to the lakes. Lake Keowee saw its fair share of bathers, boaters, and the like. But all was not well. Near Stamp Creek Landing tragedy struck around 5 o’clock last evening. Bystanders pulled the near lifeless […]
Read moreIndividually or done professionally, fireworks dotted the sky over Oconee, as independence from the mother country was observed last night in the county. Apparently, none of the incendiaries led to fires, but the county’s dispatchers received their usual number of complaints from citizens. In some locales, the blasting of fireworks emitted a sound comparable to the sound made by dynamite, […]
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Detectives in Pickens County say they are getting the cooperation of witnesses in the early stages of their investigation into the shooting death of a 49-year old man at Easley. A 9-1-1 caller sounded the alert just before 5 o’clock Saturday afternoon to the wounding of Bishardd Gray, who was discovered on the road of Green Meadow Lane with an […]
Read moreWest Union, SC — Judith Marie Rhone, 78, wife of the late Floyd Rhone, of West Union, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Lowville, NY, Mrs. Rhone was the daughter of the late William Herbert Greene, Sr. and Dorotha Jeanne Stoddard Greene. She retired from Civil Service Security with the U.S. Government […]
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Oconee government offices are closed on Monday for the 4th of July. Everything shut down, except the essential public services, such as police protection. The Oconee recycle centers and transfer station are closed Monday. They will be back at work the following day on Tuesday.
Read moreTwo New Englanders were hurt this morning in a one-car accident on I-85 in Oconee County. State trooper Mitchell Ridgeway said it was a 9:20 accident this morning on 85 at the three-mile marker southbound and involved a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Ridgeway identified the occupants of the car as driver Dale Saunders and passenger Tenesha Scott, both of Waterbury, […]
Read moreThe grandson of a former Seneca police chief has signed a minor league baseball contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. He’s A-J Graffanino, son of former Major Leaguer Tony Graffanino. Tony is the son of former Seneca Police Chief Doug Graffagnino; A-J, the grandson. (There is a spelling difference in their last names). A-J was once in the Baltimore Orioles’ system; […]
Read moreAt this hour, the state patrol reports injuries and debris on I-85 in Oconee County southbound at the three mile marker.
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