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Westminster – Carmen Rosa Rivera, 80, wife of the late Alfredo Del Toro, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022 at her residence. Born in Puerto Rico, Carmen was the daughter of the late Bienvenido Rivera and Ana Perez. Carmen was a nursing home aide and of the catholic faith. Carmen enjoyed cooking, was a “coach” for every kid […]
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Judging by the agenda, Oconee County Council may be in executive session tomorrow as long as it is in open session. There are five items on tomorrow night’s council executive session agenda. Among them: an economic development project code-named Project Polo; and receipt of legal advice and discuss litigation matter related to the sheriff’s office.
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An Oconee Common Pleas judge issued pre-trial rulings last week in the case of a nurse practitioner who filed a complaint against three state agencies. The civil case is Nataly Shadwick v. SC Attorney’s General Office, Tenth Circuit Solicitor’s Office, and SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. Judge Lawton McIntosh directed a DHEC attorney to provide Shadwick’s lawyer copies […]
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A legal matter related to a nagging sewer problem–inflow and infiltration–is a reason given for the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority board of commissioners to reserve part of its April meeting today for an executive session. According to the agenda, that legal I-and-I matter was presented by JRSA municipal member Seneca.
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The Oconee Economic Alliance, the public-private group which serves as the county’s office of economic development, held its annual membership meeting last week, after an absence of one-year due to the pandemic. Amanda Brock says it was a nice evening at Keowee Key and featured remarks by a representative of the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Brock, the Oconee County […]
Read moreA dumpster behind the Walhalla Steak House on Main Street, Walhalla caught fire yesterday afternoon. No injuries reported and the fire was confined to that receptacle. That was one of several fire-related and medical calls responded to yesterday by the cross-trained Walhalla fire Department.
Read moreThe Anderson coroner reports two people dead–the result of two separate Sunday afternoon traffic accidents. In one, an Anderson sheriff’s officer was hurt and taken to a hospital. He was identified by the state patrol as Jonathan Michael Westbrook, 30 years old. Coroner Greg Shore identified the fatality of that accident as 80-year old Sarah Parson of Anderson, driver of […]
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The Oconee County coroner says a death on the railroad Friday was a self-destructive act on the part of the victim. Coroner Addis said the victim of the 3:30 am Friday incident was a 26-year old Seneca resident, whose name was not publicly disclosed. He died of blunt force trauma when hit an a northbound Amtrak train.
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man yesterday on a charge of Disseminating Obscene Material to a person who he believed was a teenager. 21 year old Freddavion Antonio Ahmadd Cleveland of Seneca was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 7:34am. Cleveland was also charged with one count of Criminal Solicitation of a Minor. […]
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Employees of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) spent Wednesday, March 30, 2022 picking up litter in every county of the state as part of the agency’s “Spring Spruce Up” campaign and to support Lt. Governor Pamela Evette’s Grab-A-Bag SC effort. The one day clean up event resulted in more than 97 tons of litter being removed from South […]
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