How hunters can win free lifetime license

The Department of Natural Resources released an additional 16 tagged coyotes statewide recently as part of a Coyote Harvest Incentive Program.  Any hunter who successfully takes and reports one of the tagged coyotes will be rewarded with a free lifetime license.  Each year DNR traps, tags and releases four coyotes in each of the state’s game zones.  The person reporting […]

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By-law change to be talked by sewer policymakers

In their meeting on Monday afternoon next week, the policymakers for the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority are to consider changing their by-laws to allow a city administrator or a utilities director who is employed full-time by a city to serve as a commissioner if he or she lives outside Oconee County.  The by-laws as they are now written cost […]

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Deborah Oliver

Walhalla – Deborah Elaine Smith Oliver, 68, wife of Stan Oliver, passed away Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022, at Stephens County Hospital.   Born in Anderson, South Carolina, Deborah was the daughter of Bobby Smith and the late JoNelle Burdette Smith. Deborah formerly worked at Borg Warner. She was a devoted wife and loving mother. She was a prayer warrior, and […]

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Test positivity drops, but death numbers jump

The percentage of COVID-19 test data on Tuesday in South Carolina fell to 24.4%, from nearly 34% the previous day.  However, the number of South Carolinians confirmed to have died from the virus during the 24-hour count for Tuesday was placed by DHEC at 107, with another 30 probable deaths.  Several of the 107 number were residents of Oconee, Anderson, […]

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A vicious terrorist has been killed, says Sen. Graham

Sen. Lindsey Graham applauds the killing by a U-S military operation of an ISIS leader in Syria.  “I really appreciate the counterterrorism operation authorized by President Biden and conducted in northwest Syria to kill Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi,” Graham said in a statement from Washington.  The senator said, “It is imperative we hit them before they hit us.” While Republican […]

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Nature dealing a soaker through tomorrow night

A flood watch is in effect from 6 o’clock this evening through 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.  Periods of heavy rain are possible across western Upstate South Carolina, especially from this evening through tomorrow morning.  The rain is liable to create areas for excessive runoff including poor drainage areas, greenways, parks, farmland, boat access areas, campgrounds, and low water crossings.

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Phillip Thomas Addington Sr.

Seneca, SC– Phillip Thomas Addington, Sr., 73, husband of Linda Lou Tew Addington, of Seneca, passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Spartanburg and raised in Cowpens, SC, Mr. Addington was the son of the late Julian Furman and Virginia Mae Thomas Addington. He was in the U.S. Army and served in Korea. […]

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Drug and gun charges issued in Seneca

According to Seneca Police Department, a pickup truck in motion late at night Tuesday without displayed headlights or tail lights caught a patrol officer’s attention on WS 1st Street.  The police say that after stopping the pickup on ES 3rd Street the following charges were placed against driver Jerry Bernard Lawrence Jr:  possession of a weapon during a violent crime […]

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Electronic sign could make Walhalla more transparent

In general, one of Walhalla’s newest councilmen believes the city can become more transparent with its business by posting important messages on a sign placed strategically where most people could see it.  Grant Keehn made his feelings known during this week’s city hall meeting, and supplemented those feelings with his hope that a more transparent city government can have the […]

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