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Westminster- Arthur Phillip Seavey, 80, husband of Marie Lucille Seavey, passed away Friday, February 16th, 2024 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born October 12th, 1943, in Conway, New Hampshire, Arthur was the son of the late Arthur E. and Bernice Eastman Seavey. Arthur was retired from the State of New Hampshire where he worked as a mechanic, and was a […]
Read moreWestminster – India Elaine Loggins Medlin, 64, passed away on Wednesday, February 14th, 2024. Born April 10th, 1959, in Seneca, South Carolina, India was the daughter of the late James Clinton and the late Delores Elaine Smith Loggins. India enjoyed knitting, grocery shopping, loved to read, and watching Days of Our Lives. India is survived by her sons, […]
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Because it is Presidents’ Day, a holiday, there’s no early voting today. By the finish of the sixth day of early voting on Friday, 199 early voters were added to Oconee’s running total — now at 2,694. Early balloting in front of Saturday’s Republican presidential primary vote will conclude on Thursday.
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Oconee Coroner Karl Addis says the car driver found deceased last week in Lake Hartwell drowned, according to the autopsy. Contributing to India Medlin’s death was hypoglycemia due to insulin dependent diabetes. The body of 64-year-old Medlin was discovered Thursday morning at the end of the Dr. John’s Road, along with her deceased pet dog “Taz.” A Georgia fisherman reported […]
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Oconee public schools and the chamber of commerce are drawing attention to a meeting next week at which “NIL” — name, image, and likeness — is to be explained during a 6:30 pm meeting Thursday night, February 22 at the Hamilton Career and Technology Center, with the idea that student athletes receive information to help them qualify for compensation for […]
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More than 200 acres have changed hands in an upper section of Oconee County. The county Register of Deeds confirms it was a $6 million transaction, the largest so far this year, involving two limited liability companies: KDC RE LLC and Falls Park at McKinney’s Creek. The property is described in the vicinity of the Sumter National Forest and bordering […]
Read more“Toni Ruth Gibson Campbell, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at Seneca Health and Rehab. Born on November 05, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Brady Gibson and Hyacinth Black Gibson. Mrs. Campbell enjoyed cooking and fishing in her spare time, but most of all will be remembered for her love of her children, grandchildren, […]
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For the first time, Hartsville, South Carolina’s Livingston Winston Thomas Jr. brings his artistry to the Upstate starting tomorrow and continuing through the end of next month. Twenty-eight of his works will be featured at Seneca’s Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum on South Second Street. The title of the exhibition: “Spectrum Unleashed: Black and White Stories, Colorful Journeys.” Also on […]
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The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority holds a hearing early next month to receive public comment on the proposed sewer rates around Fair Play and the I-85 corridor. The hearing will be 4 o’clock Monday afternoon, March 4 during the commissioners’ meeting at the JRSA administrative offices at 623 Return Church Road, Seneca. The proposed rates can be found at […]
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Bids have been opened to clear land for a pad ready site within Oconee’s empty Golden Corner Commerce Park, and the county administrator says Oconee has learned valuable lessons in today’s climate of luring new economic development that can mean jobs and a stronger tax base. Amanda Brock, the county administrator, confirms the county opened contractor’s bids this week that […]
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