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Vivian Nichols Owens, 73, wife of the late John Elgin Owens, of Seneca, SC, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022, at The Residences at Park Place. A native of Tamassee, SC, Mrs. Owens was the daughter of the late James Arthur Nichols and Ruby White Nichols. She was an influential English teacher for thirty-one years: five years […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Cheryl Lynch Mercado, 61, wife of Herbert Mercado, of Seneca, SC, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 19, 2022. A native of Chelsea, MA, Mrs. Mercado was the daughter of the late John Francis Lynch and Virginia Shelton Lynch. She loved spending time with her family and grandchildren. Mrs. Mercado was of the Catholic […]
Read moreThe price of oil suffered losses last week and that, according to AAA, enabled the pump charge for gasoline to back away from record highs. The lower global price of crude oil is now more than $20 cheaper. By yesterday, South Carolina’s gas price average was $3.96, a 10-cent drop from the week previous. After hitting a record $4.11 March […]
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A new public school at Seneca, in the next couple of years, will join the nearby Borg Warner complex as landmarks along a stretch of the Wells Highway. Drawing attention to that yesterday was the break of ground for the school district’s new Seneca middle school. For the middle age school populations of the Seneca area, they can count on […]
Read moreThe failure of the Oconee Municipal Association to meet over the last four years was described last night as unfortunate and a hindrance to progress the county’s municipal leaders could make toward better government within the county’s five towns and cities. Seneca Councilman Joel Ward, chosen to lead the municipal association in 2018, took the blame for not calling meetings. […]
Read moreThe Walhalla, West Union, and Westminster mayors grabbed key offices last night within the county’s organized group of municipalities. It was a rare meeting of the Oconee Municipal Association, and the first since the strife created within the county’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority. There might now be more municipal association meetings, as the association is now led by West Union’s […]
Read moreFire broke out in a storage building in rural Oconee. No injuries reported in the late night fire on Chevy Lane near the Oconee Creek Road, inside the service territory of the volunteer Picket Post/Camp Oak Fire Department. A large number of fire fighting agencies and their equipment were mobilized shortly after 9:45 and many remained on the scene for […]
Read moreA docket published for a week of Oconee General Sessions Court next month places a four-year old death case in Seneca as number one for trial. Listened atop the docket for the April 18 term is the state’s case against Mack Adam Gaines, charged with neglect of vulnerable adult and abuse of neglect resulting in the death of a vulnerable […]
Read moreThe court of General Sessions at Walhalla is selecting a jury to hear the state’s evidence in a case alleging violation of sex laws involving a child of minor age. The case is titled, South Carolina v. Scott Norman Christner. As he qualified the pool of jurors, Judge Maddox asked questions of prospective jurors whether they had ever reported a […]
Read moreWestminster- Shelby Jean Wilson Wittrock, 84, wife of Charles Edward Wittrock, passed away Sunday, March 20th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Shelby was the daughter of the late Bewley Wilson and Glena Smith Wilson. Shelby retired from Kendall where she was a machine operator and was of the Baptist Faith. […]
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