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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 […]
Read moreSeneca, 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) […]
Read moreBack from this week’s legislative session at the state capital, Oconee Rep. Bill Whitmire says the House is determined to raise teacher pay and other benefits, mainly because the state is facing a large teacher shortage. Whitmire says teachers are, in some cases, retiring and some have decided to leave the profession. The increased pay benefits Whitmire, in his words, […]
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The mayor and the eight-member city council in Seneca are being called together for a special meeting Monday to receive legal advice on the “pending legal matter with OJRSA, the City of Walhalla & the City of Westminster.” Late last year an attorney for Seneca put the Joint Regional Sewer Authority and its fellow members Walhalla and Westminster on notice […]
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A time of reckoning, of sorts, will come before Oconee County fathers next week. At their first March meeting, County Council is to receive the audit covering the year 2020-21, Presenting the comprehensive financial report: the audit firm of Mauldin and Jenkins. The 20-21 year was the first full government year during the pandemic.
Read moreA lot of time a tendency of government, when presented a problem, is to throw a committee at the problem. A member of Oconee Planning Commission, Mike Smith, called yesterday for a sub-committee to work on the idea of requiring a curb cut and auxiliary lane law countywide. Frankie Pearson, planning chairman, said no vote was taken on adopting such […]
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No one named Lt. Johnson works for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. That is one of the lessons learned from a scam that bilked an Oconeean. It’s the hope of the county sheriff’s office that something like this never happens to you. The sheriff’s office became aware that someone claiming to be “Lt. Johnson from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office” tried […]
Read moreA letter from U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan to House Speaker Pelosi demands that she bring to the floor for a vote his bill that would end the President’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federally-funded healthcare employees. Duncan letter co-signer, Pennsylvania Republican Fred Keller, said, “Vaccination is a personal decision and healthcare providers are uniquely qualified to make these determinations for themselves, […]
Read moreWestminster– James Herchiel McAllister, 90, husband of the late Lola Holbrooks McAllister, passed away on Thursday, February 24th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Lila Doyle. Born in Westminster, SC, James Herchiel was the son of the late Swift David McAllister and Maude Meaders McAllister. James Herchiel was retired from Kendall Company and was a United States Air Force […]
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Autopsy results showed that a 67-year old West Union man had a cardio-vascular medical event before his car accident late yesterday morning at Walhalla. Coroner Addis says the victim, Stephen Charles Addis, had no fatal injuries, though his car left N. Catherine and hit an electric power pole. The coroner has ruled natural death.
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