“Stay off the gas pedal and put the phone down when you are in a work zone”

The message in the above story headline probably can’t be stressed enough.  It was a message that Brian Turmail brought from Washington to Columbia yesterday, on behalf of the Associated General Contractors of America, (Arlington, Va.) Crashes inside highway work zones are occurring too frequently.  For example, 24% of South Carolina contractors experienced a crash that injured workers.  101.7/WGOG NEWS […]

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Summer meals for Oconee kids

School buildings are off-limits to students in summer.  But in Oconee, the public schools have an interest in ensuring that children receive proper nutrition.  The district announces that “Summer Meals for Oconee Kids” will start Wednesday, June 1 and continue through Friday,  July 29 at five locations.  Regardless of whether children are students or not, the meals will be served […]

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Westminster to seek $7.5M in federal money

Westminster City Council gave its approval last night to applying to the federal government for as much as $7.5 million in the form of a loan/grant to pay for various improvements across the city’s water service territory.  The improvements are to stretch as far as Long Creek to upsize to 250,000 gallons the Unity Tank.  A notice posted at city […]

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To avoid conflict, Westminster subs outside attorneys

The outside attorney representing Westminster has joined the firm representing the potential plaintiff and yesterday, in special meeting, Westminster City Council hired a replacement.  This, as Westminster and other possible defendants, prepare for tomorrow’s mediation proceeding.  At issue during tomorrow’s proceeding is Seneca’s threat to sue Westminster and other parties over their refusal to grant Seneca more voting clout on […]

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Linda Lafaille

Westminster – Linda Jean Suttles Lafaille, 83, wife of the late Francis Joseph Lafaille, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at the Cottingham Hospice House.   Born in Oconee County, Linda was the daughter of the late Luther Gaston Suttles and Alice Rochester Suttles.  Linda was a 1956 graduate of Westminster High School and Drones Business School. She was a […]

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No confirmed South Carolina cases of monkeypox

The South Carolina Department of Health of Environmental Control (DHEC) has ended its monitoring of two close contacts who were on a flight with an individual from the United Kingdom who tested positive for monkeypox. The close contacts were being observed in the Midlands region of the state and remained asymptomatic through the 21-day monitoring period, which began May 5 […]

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