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A state lawmaker with a penchant for history, Rep, Bill Whitmire, will be the featured speaker Monday when Oconee’s Memorial Day ceremony returns after an absence of two years due to COVID. This year’s ceremony, at 12 noon, will take place indoors at the Center for the Performing Arts in Walhalla. Oconee’s Veterans Council and audience members will pay tribute […]
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A shot fired last weekend at the Broken Bridges in Stephens County, Georgia near the Oconee line turns out to have been an accidental discharge–the conclusion by Randy Shirley, the Stephens County Sheriff. WNEG Toccoa quotes Shirley as saying the victim was going fishing when, by accident, discharged his semi-automatic handgun. The gun was in his waist band. When he […]
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The following announcement was made yesterday by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office: “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested seven subjects, six males and one female, (Sunday) in a burglary and larceny investigation in southern Oconee County. 24 year old Wilian Ismael Martinez-Vargas, 30 year old Denis Orlando Cruz-Grijalva, 41 year old Jose Manuel Marales-Martinez, 51 year old Mecario DeLuna Lopez, […]
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A plea today in the shooting death of an elderly man, shot thru the eye nearly one and a half years ago in rural Oconee. The guilty plea of Brian James Schwenk to the charge of involuntary manslaughter of James Richard Carlson, 65, was followed this morning by a sentence of five years in prison, suspended to five years’ probation. […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Anthony “Tony” Wayne Black, 57, husband of Lynn Galbreath Black, of Walhalla, passed away on May 21, 2022 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Black was the son of the late Bunyan “June” Black, Jr. and Evelyn Haulbrook Black. He was a member of Golden Corner Church. In addition to his […]
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A deputy spoke with the victim of a scam involving a text message from someone claiming to be that individual’s boss. The impostor sought Apple Gift cards. He claimed he needed the money because he was in a conference and unavailable to speak over the phone. Unfortunately, $600 dollars in Apple Card credits was sent. Here’s the advice from Master […]
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The following statement was issued by Oconee public schools not long after an 8 o’clock bus accident this morning in Westminster, on Windsor Street near the railroad underpass: “An SDOC bus that serves West-Oak High School was involved in a minor accident this morning. There were no injuries to the driver or any of the five students who were on […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular meeting ever-other-month on Tuesday, May 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the County Administration building at 415 South Pine St., Walhalla. The meeting is open to the public.
Read moreA school bus accident in Westminster. It apparently involved a second vehicle, a car. The accident scene is Windsor Street near the railroad underpass and the traffic lights at 183/the Westminster-Walhalla Highway. Traffic is blocked. Public safety responders are at the scene.
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A former Seneca Councilman Stuart Pohl died last night, according to word relayed to 94.1/The Lake WSNW, by a city official. Pohl owned and operated the Spot, a bar-restaurant on Ramcat Alley.
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