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The pleadings in a new lawsuit place the blame for an accident last summer involving two pontoon boats in Lake Keowee on the operator of one of the craft that allegedly was the sole contributor to what happened. A Greenville attorney filed suit yesterday in the Oconee Common Pleas Court alleging negligence on the part of Frank Elam, a Salem […]
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Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in regards to an investigation into a vehicle break-in and theft that occurred in the southern part of Oconee County in late May of this year. Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Bureau were dispatched to Hartwell State Park on S. Highway 11 near Fair Play during the evening hours […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call June 30, upgraded the drought designation for all counties in South Carolina. Thirteen counties were upgraded from incipient to moderate drought, including Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper, Marlboro, Marion, and Williamsburg. The remaining counties were upgraded to the first level of drought, incipient (see map). […]
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Pioneer Rural Water District at Oakway has been in the water service business since the middle of the 20th century; these days, however, it’s apparently willing to consider its scope of services to the business of piped sewer. Terry Pruitt, general manager, in answer to an inquiry today from 101.7/WGOG NEWS, said, “The Board is willing to discuss its […]
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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 […]
Read moreOfficial numbers released today by the office of Oconee Elections point to a paltry turnout of voters for Tuesday’s primary runoff elections. Of all who could have voted in either of the major political parties’ runoff, only 6.5% did, and most of those stayed true to the county’s red color political designation. A total of 3,582 ballots were cast in […]
Read moreThe 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, […]
Read moreA 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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The last of five years of increasing, incremental South Carolina gas pump prices kick in tomorrow–Friday, July 1. It means a two-cent-a-gallon increase. Across the country, according to the Energy Department, gas prices went down 9 cents a gallon on average last week….to a nationwide average of $4.87 a gallon. That’s about $1.78 more than at this time last year.
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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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