New technology aims to protect Oconee motorists

  An advancement in Pursuit Alert technology means new features designed to help keep safe motorists in Oconee County when there’s an in-progress pursuit by law enforcement.  Those new features include a new name:  Digital Siren.  “Citizens and visitors who have downloaded the Pursuit App need to delete that app and download the new Digital Siren app to be able […]

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Head-on crash in residential area near Seneca

One of two cars involved in a head-on crash during the noon hour near Seneca left the road and went down an embankment.  The highway patrol says the 17-year old driver of a Nissan sedan, the car that wound up down an embankment, was sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  Patrol spokesman Joe Hovis said the accident was […]

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Walhalla zoning issues to be addressed October 18

Zoning matters are on the agenda for a meeting next week at the Walhalla City Hall.  The planning commission will consider extending the downtown design overlay from Maple to Johnson streets.  And it will sit in judgment on an application to re-zone 201 N. College Street from office commercial to core commercial.  That property, containing a former school building, is […]

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Haley joins the Clemson Board of Trustees

Nikki Haley has been named to the board of trustees at Clemson University.  She’s a former South Carolina governor who, during the early part of Donald Trump’s presidency, represented the country at the United Nations.  The Bamberg native and Kiawah Island resident has also been speculated as a possible candidate some time on a presidential ticket.  On the Clemson board, […]

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Pre-trial settlement in suit versus nursing home

Tenth Circuit Judge Scott Sprouse signed an order settling the case of an estate against a nursing home near Seneca.  It’s a pre-trial settlement in the 2019 case of Ruby Taylor, personal representative of the estate of Victor A. Taylor, versus SSC Seneca Operating Company, doing business as Seneca Health and Rehabilitation Center.  Sprouse’s order notes that the defendant agreed […]

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Girl Scout in Anderson shows an environmental way

A Girl Scout in Anderson is showing her teachers and others there are ways to recover large amounts of waste of various kinds–recyclable, reusable, and compostable.  For her efforts, Zoe Willis was awarded a scholarship of $2,060 from the Arconic Foundation and Kappa Delta Foundation.  When Zoe entered high school, she focused on a project to address the root cause […]

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Taft Anthony “Tony” Rankin

Westminster – Taft Anthony “Tony” Rankin, 57, husband of Betty Jo Carol Spurlock Rankin, passed away on Sunday, October 10th, 2021 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Tony was born in Oconee County, South Carolina, and was the son of the late William Taft “Pete” Rankin, Jr. and Lela Doris Smith of Westminster.  Tony was a Master Mechanic […]

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William “Bill” J. Mason

Seneca -William “Bill” J.  Mason, 74, loving husband of Diane Southall Mason, passed away Tuesday, September 28th, 2021 surrounded by his loving family.   Bill was born in Seneca, SC, and was the son of the late Carl Eugene Langley and Wilma Janice Meredith. Bill was retired from Sandvik and he was a veteran having served with the United States […]

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