Bobby Shedd

  Walhalla, Bobby Earl Shedd, 68, husband of Wanda Ballenger Shedd, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center.   Bobby was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, and was the son of the late Melvin Shedd and Emma Lee Sims Shedd.  Bobby was of the Christian Faith and enjoyed drag racing, camping and horseback riding. […]

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Vernell Hall

    Vernell Bessie Nichols Hall, of 312 Burnt Tanyard Rd., West Union, wife of the late William Harvey Hall, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2021.   Born in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late J.B. and Ada Isabelle Free Nichols. Everyone loved her smile. Vernell was a Homemaker and she loved to keep her […]

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Leoind Kochutin

  Seneca – Leonid Kochutin, 84, husband of Ludmila Kochutina (nee Andriyashina), passed away Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 in Seneca, SC.   A native of Turinsk, Russia, he was the son of the late Vasily Kotchutin and Praskovia Kochutina (nee Podkorytova). Leonid was a graduate of St. Petersburg Academy of Applied Arts, where he received his Master of Arts degree. […]

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Jody Lee Webb

Walhalla – Jody Lee Webb, 33, of Standpoint Vista 1 Managers Ct. Apt. C, Walhalla, SC, passed away on December 29, 2021 at his residence.   Jody was born in Oconee County and was the son of Ernest Don Webb and the late Sherry Annette Elliott Webb and he was of the Baptist faith.   Jody is survived by his […]

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New COVID-19 announcement

“The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is updating its isolation and quarantine guidance to reflect certain aspects of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated federal guidance issued earlier this week. Below are key points of DHEC’s current recommendations: If You Tested Positive (Isolation): If you test positive for COVID-19, you need to isolate […]

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“A justifiable homicide” determination

A review of evidence in the case of a Pickens County shooting death results in a determination by the sheriff’s office and the 13th Greenville-Pickens Solicitor’s Office that the shooting death December 19 of Stephen Wayne Kneece near Liberty was “a justifiable homicide.”  The Pickens Sheriff’s Office made this announcement today:  “Through the course of the investigation, detectives learned that […]

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Face mask consideration in Clemson

An ordinance to require facial coverings in Clemson will go back before the Clemson City Council during the council’s first meeting of the New Year.  It’s an agenda item for the night of Monday, January 3, as well as a report from physician Ted Swan on the local impact of COVID and the presence of variants.

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Why Scott believes Weill should not head agency

Dr. David Weill has supported government crackdowns on workforce models of Uber Technologies and other gig-economy companies, but Sen. Tim Scott says the Brandeis University dean is not the right person to head the Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division.  Scott and a handful of other Republican senators have sent a letter to President Biden outlining why they believe […]

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New Year’s holiday government schedules

Oconee County’s landfill, transfer station, and recycling services will run at regular time tomorrow on New Year’s Eve.  All will be closed on Saturday, New Year’s Day.  Walhalla trash pickups scheduled for Monday, January 3 will take place instead on Tuesday, the 4th.  All other Walhalla sanitation routes should remain on schedule.  There’s possibility the brush pickups will be delayed.  […]

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