Lake access point to close for construction

A Lake Hartwell access area will be closed shortly after the start of the New Year and remain closed, likely, for most of 2022 to allow for improvements.  Oconee County announces the closing, Tuesday, January 4, of the Seneca Creek Access Area.  Anticipated re-opening will be December 7, 2022.  A Department of the Army permit authorizes a new 3-lane boat […]

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Gauging the surge locally and statewide

State health officials are scheduled this afternoon to release the latest South Carolina COVID-19 numbers, for a three-day period to cover Thursday through Saturday.  On Wednesday last week, the latest day for which DHEC numbers were available, 796 new cases had been confirmed across the state.  There were an additional 15 deaths, including two Pickens County residents.  The latest test […]

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Suspected thief seen on foot near burglary

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has released the description of the suspect in a burglary Wednesday last week near Seneca’s corporate limit.  The office at Upstate Materials, SC 130/the Rochester Highway, was ransacked and items stolen apparently between 7:30 and 8:30 at night.  Evidence points to a tall, white male, wearing tennis shoes, jeans, a plaid button-up short, and a camouflage hat.  […]

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EV charge station to be considered by Walhalla

  A new electric vehicle arrived the other week at a home in Walhalla.  Its new owner says he’s looking forward to “cutting the hose” – a reference that this motorist no longer will be subject to the unpredictability of gas pump prices.  101.7/WGOG NEWS learned Friday that the idea of establishing an electric vehicle charge station will be discussed […]

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Richard Edward Imershein

  Richard Edward Imershein passed away peacefully on Friday, December 17, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. He was 94. A native of New York, he was the son of Louis and Rosetta Imershein, both deceased, as are two of his brothers, William and Benjamin Imershein. In 1948, Mr. Imershein graduated from Clemson College with a bachelor’s of science in […]

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Gregory Clovis Smith

    West Union, SC– Gregory Clovis Smith, 59, husband of Reba Lynn Smith, of 103 Eastpointe Drive, West Union, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Smith was the son of Clovis C. Blackwell and Nancy Jean Pelfrey. He was a mechanic and Lead Waste Water Operator at […]

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Darroll Wayne Eades

  Westminster– Darroll Wayne Eades,73, husband of Kathy Chambers Eades, passed away Friday, December 17th, 2021 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, Darroll was the son of the late Ruby Lee Eades Wood.  Darroll was retired from West Point Stevens after 28 years of service, a former owner of Ralph’s Store and he was […]

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Rev. Alice Day

  Dallas, NC — Rev. Alice Parker Day, daughter of the late Honorable Marshall Joyner Parker and Martha Nimmons Parker, passed away on Dec 16, 2021 in Atlanta, GA.   A native of Seneca, SC, she was a graduate of Columbia College (BA), Clemson University (MA), and Emory University’s Candler School of Theology (M.Div). After a career in academia, she […]

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Jesse Hernandez DeLaRosa

  Mr. Jesse Hernandez DeLaRosa age 79, of 205 W. Diedrich Street Walhalla passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at his home. Born March 18, 1942, in Chicago, IL he was the son of the late Jesse DeLaRosa and Josephina Hernandez. Jesse was employed for 30 years with General Motors, and in his days of retirement enjoyed golfing and […]

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