Roger Dale Hendrix

  Westminster– Roger Dale Hendrix, 71, husband of Anita Louise George Hendrix, passed away Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 at his residence.   Roger was the son of the late J.W. Hendrix Sr. and Eva Head Hendrix.  Roger retired from the construction industry, enjoyed fishing and watching his fish at his home. Roger was a member of New Life Praise & […]

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Elsie Lee

  Westminster- Elsie Lola Lee, 87, wife of the late W.S. “Dub” Lee, passed away Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Elsie was the daughter of the late Simon Fidel Smith and Addie Justice Smith.  Elsie retired from Beacon Manufacturing where she worked in the cloth room and also […]

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Unanswered legal question clouds end of criminal proceeding

The manslaughter case against Hunter Lee Hunnicutt was concluded in the Oconee courtroom yesterday, but there’s one unresolved companion case remaining.  And it was a head scratcher for the presiding jurist.  The defense yesterday submitted itself to the judge’s sentence for voluntary manslaughter, but motioned to allow Hunnicutt to withdraw his 2019 plea to burglary first degree.  Judge Lawton McIntosh […]

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Walhalla accident leads to W. Union man’s death

A 67-year old West Union man died yesterday afternoon in the Oconee Memorial emergency department after a one-vehicle accident a block from Walhalla’s Main Street.  Coroner Addis identified the deceased as Stephen Charles Addis, of whom the coroner suspects, may have sustained a medical event preceding the accident.  Shortly after 11 am, public safety responders rushed to the accident scene […]

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Young man to atone for part in elderly woman’s murder

A young man was sentenced this afternoon for his part in the murder of an elderly woman in Seneca nearly three years ago.  This was sentencing day for Hunter Lee Hunnicutt, who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter a few months after co-defendant Dakota Brown shot and killed Geraldine Castle, Brown’s grandmother.  Judge McIntosh’s sentence:  15 years suspended to seven years […]

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