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Seneca– Collier James Oxford, 5, passed away Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 at his residence. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Collier was the son of James “Jimmy” Roger and Bobbi Joelle Walker Oxford. Collier enjoyed watching soccer, playing with legos, race cars, listening to music and his baby, “Gracie”, his cat. Collier was full of life and was a loving, […]
Read moreSenator Lindsey Graham introduced a resolution last week to set July 20 as Glioblastoma Awareness Day. “Glioblastoma is a devastating brain disease that has taken the lives of two my very close friends and colleagues, Ted Kennedy and my dearest friend John McCain.” The resolution urges collaboration between brain tumor researchers so that this form of cancer may be eradicated. […]
Read moreWalhalla offices, including city hall, will be closed tomorrow to allow the employees to observe Good Friday. The offices will re-open at 8:30 Monday morning. Commercial trash carts will not be picked up tomorrow. Both commercial and residential cart service is to be caught by Tuesday next week.
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If approved, the contract will be in the neighborhood of $4 million. Next week Oconee County County Council will be asked to approve the award to Hubbard Paving and Grading of a contract to work on as much as 18 miles of county roadway. Kyle Reid of the county Public Works Department estimates the actual work would cost between $3.6 […]
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The Columbia FBI office warns parents and caregivers about a rise in national incidents involving the sextortion of children over the internet. Sextortion is a crime. It is illegal for an adult to ask for, pay for, or demand graphic images, also known as child sex abuse material, from a minor. If convicted, offenders face penalties up to life in […]
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A bank robbery went down early afternoon yesterday at Lavonia, Georgia. Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR quotes a police officer as saying that at 1:16 yesterday afternoon a black male entered the Truist Bank on Jones Street and demanded money. It was unknown if the intruder left on foot or in a vehicle. Assistant Police Chief Daniel Carson said a K-9 […]
Read moreA jury recently awarded $5.3 million to a wrongfully accused Clemson student on defamation and civil conspiracy claims, according to “SAVE”, a group that advocates for due process. The decision is believed to represent the largest amount awarded to a student falsely accused of sexual misconduct. The events centered on a Clemson student, her boyfriend, and a romantic interest. A […]
Read moreA Seneca businesswoman judged a Clemson University academic exercise that encouraged students to develop ideas, explore solutions, and compete for prizes. The competition was Cultivate.CAFLS. A co-owner of Keowee Brewing in Seneca, Allison Butterbaugh spent 13 years in the dairy industry before moving to own and operate a brewery, with her husband. She was glad to judge competition that let […]
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An ordinance several years old in Clemson spells in detail the conditions by which city residents may keep chickens, a city official tells us. In fact, according to Todd Steadman, a Clemson resident may keep as many as five chickens in a single-family, detached dwelling. Steadman, planning and codes director, referred 101.7/WGOG NEWS to the ordinance “Keeping of Chickens.” Among […]
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At last night’s city hall meeting, the Seneca mayor gave each member of the city council the chance to give a personal reflection on the EF3 tornado that ravaged parts of the city and surrounding area two years ago. Among the impacts: a major landscape change, especially where trees fell in the vicinity of Wells Highway. What’s less remembered is […]
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