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A motorcyclist from Toccoa, Georgia was charged by the state patrol with driving under the influence, attempting to elude officers, among other offenses, after a one-quarter of a mile chase ended Sunday afternoon on highway 76 in Rabun County. WNEG Radio quotes a Georgia Patrol report as saying the motorcyclist, 40-year old Jason Hoyt Massey, was injured and taken to […]
Read morePrisma Health partners with Habitat for Humanity this week to help build eight homes in six counties, including one near Seneca’s Shiloh Road. The project is considered the largest one-day, multi-location project in the housing organization’s South Carolina history. The eight housing properties are in varying stages of construction, ranging from framing to homes ready for paint inside and out. […]
Read moreDaniel student Ian Baracskay is in his senior high school year, but already is primed to be a published researcher. Ian’s work on music streaming services began as a project for an advanced placement course and later evolved into a paper that has been accepted by the annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery. Ian and his paper have […]
Read moreAlfred Kennemur Greene, age 69, of Seneca, SC passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2022. Born October 17, 1953, in Six Mile, SC. He was the son of the late Alfred Roscoe Greene, and Mildred Mae (Entrekin). Ken was a residential contractor by trade and was an avid outdoorsman with a particular interest in hunting. He is survived by his […]
Read moreDennis M. Wald, 81, of 526 Shiloh Road, Seneca, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Wald was the son of the late Eddie and Effie Addis Wald. He was a cutter for JP Stephens and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Wald is survived by his daughter: […]
Read moreFair Play– Thomas Clair Lewis, 89, husband of the late Virginia Bruce Lewis, passed away on Sunday, February 20th, 2022 at his residence. Born in Hart County, Ga and raised in Bowersville, Georgia, Thomas was the son of the late Lester Marshall Lewis and Lucy White Lewis. Thomas was a United States Air Force Veteran and was of […]
Read moreWalhalla– Linda Annette Smith, 61, wife of the late Thomas Darrill Smith, Jr., passed away Thursday, February 17th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Georgia, Linda was the daughter of Ann Bowen Baker and the late Hoyt H. Baker. Linda is survived by her mother; grandson, Victor Patterson; and close friend, Tammy Collins. […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC- Wilma Katherine Kelley, 87, of Walhalla, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Pickens, SC, Mrs. Kelley was the daughter of the late William “Willie” and Cannie Sentell Thomas. Mrs. Kelley is survived by her children: Doug Tench (Sandra), Kathy Smith (Ronald), Billy Ray Kelley, Karen Kelley […]
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The following is a statement released this morning from the Oconee School District for Dr. Thorsland, superintendent: “Last week I attended a follow-up faculty meeting at one of our elementary schools. A very short, specifically chosen, portion of a larger conversation from that meeting was recently shared on social media. As presented, I understand how those comments appeared very […]
Read moreTo understand why politicians are beginning to stir in the last days of February, one needs only to take a look at the 2022 Election Calendar, as published by the South Carolina Election Commission. Starting at noon on Wednesday, March 16 will be a two-week period in which candidates for governor, a slew of other state offices, for certain federal […]
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