Two Westminster political forums

Candidates for Westminster City Council in next month’s special election have the chance to speak directly to the public in a pair of forums to be held in their city.  Interested members of the public may attend one or one both.  Westminster Senior Outreach will sponsor a forum on the night of April 4 at the Depot on Main Street. […]

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Trial in the final stages

All testimony has been completed at the Oconee Courthouse in South Carolina versus Scott Norman Christner.  Yesterday both sides rested.  The defense called no witnesses.  The remaining trial stages are summations by the attorneys to the jury, the judge’s legal charge to the jury, and the jury’s actual deliberations.  In a trial the started Monday, the prosecution alleged Christner committed […]

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The “Emerging Women” at Seneca High

A student-led group at Seneca High is coming to the aid of the region’s shelters for victims of domestic violence.  On Saturday, Seneca’s Emerging Women will sponsor a community fair to benefit Safe Harbor.  From 12 to 4 pm at Seneca High School, the community fair will assemble food trucks, vendors, games, bounce houses, music, along with information about the […]

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Drought status for 11 South Carolina counties “incipient”

The S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on March 22, upgraded the drought status to Incipient Drought for 11 South Carolina coastal counties. As designated by the South Carolina Drought Response Act, Incipient is the first level of drought followed by Moderate, Severe, and Extreme. Low streamflow conditions and below-normal top-soil and subsoil moisture were the primary driving […]

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George Price

  Seneca, SC – George Millard Price, 88, husband of the late Jewel Lillian Dodd Price, of Seneca, SC, passed away at his home on Monday, March 21, 2022.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Price was the son of the late Otis and Ruby Ramage Price. He was a member of Hopewell Baptist Church and Woodmen of […]

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Charles “Jim” Ramey

    Mountain Rest – Charles “Jim” William Ramey, 81, husband of Trenna Dale Ivester Ramey, passed away on Monday, March 21st, 2022 at St. Francis Eastside Hospital surrounded by his loving family.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Jim was the son of the late William David Ramey and Irene Hancox Ramey.  Jim was a retired self-employed carpenter […]

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