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Here’s law enforcement’s announcement: “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man late last week, on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine – 2nd Offense, as the result of a traffic stop. 37 year old Bocephus Bentley of Heather Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:57pm last Thursday. Bentley was also served with two […]
Read moreJohnny St. Clair, 76, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022, at Prisma Health – Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born on February 08, 1946, in Pineville, Kentucky he was the son of the late John and Edna (Howard) St. Clair. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary Ann (Squires) St. Clair of Seneca, South Carolina. Two sons, Johnny St. Clair […]
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A 60 year-old Fletcher, NC man, Scott T. Johnson, died Sunday afternoon at 5:08 pm in the emergency department at Prisma – Oconee Memorial Hospital. At 3:32 pm, Oconee 911 Communications received a call reporting a person had been struck by the propeller of a boat near Fall Creek Landing. He was extricated from the lake into the boat and […]
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It’ll be time tomorrow for a final vote on a new Oconee County government budget. Time also to open the floor to public comments and questions about county government’s plan for spending and revenue the next 12 months. One of the four sitting councilmen is away, but Glenn Hart has told 101.7/WGOG NEWS he’ll remotely cast a no vote. The […]
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As a Republican, Mike Crenshaw had interest in being in the crowd Saturday for the GOP candidates’ forum near Westminster. The Oconee Sheriff is in the midst of a four-year term, and he told us that a big reason he came to the county’s Chau Ram Park was to provide security for a crowd estimated around 200 people. It’s a […]
Read moreTownville – Judy Lane Honea Porter, 72, passed away peacefully the morning of Saturday, June 4, 2022, with the love of her family surrounding her. A native of Oconee County, South Carolina, Mrs. Porter was the daughter of the late Lane Lycester Honea and Julia Mae Price Honea. After meeting the love of her life and best friend, Melvin Donald Porter, […]
Read moreWestminster– Brenda Louise Stephens Black, 74, wife the late Harry Keith Black, passed away on Friday, June 3rd, 2022 at her residence. Born in Oconee County, Brenda was the daughter of the late John Sherman Stephens and Annie Mae Sanders Stephens. Brenda was a retired custodian with the School District of Oconee County and a member of Earles Grove […]
Read morePamela Evette and Harrison Musselwhite were the first candidates to speak to GOP event Saturday at Chau Ram Park. Evette and Musselwhite occupy positions on opposite Republic tickets for governor. Evette is the state’s lieutenant governor. She, along with Governor Henry McMaster, is running for re-election and was the first to speak on Saturday. We spoke to Evette just […]
Read moreOn Saturday, the day of a large Republican rally near Westminster, roadside campaign signs popped up in various parts of Oconee in support of a Lexington woman for state superintendent of education. Kathy Maness is a former teacher, now the head of the Palmetto State Teachers Association. Today Maness is to receive the endorsement of the woman she aspires […]
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The Oconee coroner reports a boating incident death at midafternoon yesterday at an upper section of Lake Keowee. Coroner Karl Addis says a western North Carolina man died in the hospital emergency department after being extricated from the lake in the boat and taken to Fall Creek Landing access. The victim sustained cardiac arrest. He’s a 60-year old resident of […]
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