Proposed law addresses uniform elections and vote integrity

Under debate at the state capital:  A bill requiring counties to follow same practices, as created by the South Carolina Election Commission.  And Seneca’s state representative, Republican Bill Sandifer, approves.  Said he:  “I am always glad to see legislation focused on safeguarding the democratic process.”  One component of this legislation would forbid any county election board from taking private money.  […]

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Stolen items recovered, arrests made

Private property taken in thefts at a housing complex near Clemson led investigators to a Seneca business last week and the arrests of suspects.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces two of the arrested individuals–Austin Matthew Land and Robert Creed Gibson–were taken into custody at an Oconee Square business where a stolen bank card was used and the victim’s name forged.  […]

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Unoccupied house burns to the ground

What was first reported as a woods fire, in the end, turned out to be a house fire near the Walhalla city limits.  That fire on Campbelltown Road near Botany Lane remained under investigation over the weekend as to the circumstances of why the fire started.  No one reported hurt.  The fire department rolled its equipment and manpower around 1:45 […]

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Bobby Gordon

  Westminster– Bobby Gordon Collins, 88, husband of Edna Louise Westmoreland Collins, passed away Thursday, February 24th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Pickens County, Bobby was the son of the late Otis Oliver Collins and Lula Edna Palmer Collins. Bobby was a Knit Machine Fixer with Kendall, a member of Corinth Baptist Church and […]

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Ernest Smith

  Lavonia, GA – Ernest Matthew Smith, 88, husband of the late Martha Sue McIntire Smith and Ollie M. Chappell Smith, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022 at Rainey Hospice House.   Born in Stephens County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert Jessie Smith and Icie Pearl Rholetter.  Ernest retired from the United States Army after 22 […]

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Homer Burrell “BF” Franks Jr.

Seneca, SC– Homer Burrell Franks, Jr., 70, husband of Florence Floyd Franks, of 300 Shrine Club Road, Seneca, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. Franks was the son of Homer Burrell Franks, Sr. and Margaret Ruth McDonald Franks. He retired from Tiger Sports Shop and was a member […]

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Janice Lorraine Allen

Janice Lorraine Allen, 79, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, at her home in West Union, SC. She was originally from Hudson, Iowa.   She was born Aug. 27, 1942, in Voorhies, Iowa, daughter of Adolph and Margie Vogt. She graduated from Reinbeck Iowa High School in 1960 and went onto Gates business college for 4 weeks.   She […]

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Recognized professional standards is the goal

The police department at Clemson is under review this week to gauge how well it reaches professional standards, and there’s a chance for the public to take part.  The Clemson police are scheduled tomorrow and Wednesday for an on-site assessment in a program to achieve state accreditation by verifying that it meets professional standards.  Administered by the South Carolina Law […]

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Re-figure county spending, McCall declares

Only one year having left Oconee government, Wayne McCall still sounds much like the councilman he was for 12 years.  Although he insists he’s through with politics, he remains outspoken on county spending priorities.  McCall founded off Friday to 101.7/WGOG NEWS after he had a 22-minute phone conversation with Sheriff Mike Crenshaw.  The former District Two councilman is convinced that […]

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Patricia “Pat” Emerson Quarles

Seneca, SC- Patricia (Pat) Emerson Quarles (80), of Seneca, SC, member of Seneca Baptist Church, went to be with the Lord February 25, 2022. She was the wife of Durell L. Quarles, mother of Paige Quarles and grandmother of Van Quarles Robertson. She was the youngest child of Charlie and Ada Griffin Emerson (deceased). She had four sisters (all deceased) […]

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