Tech fall commencement tonight

The fall commencement for Tri-County Technical College is on tap at 6 o’clock tonight at Clemson University’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.  Speaking to the graduates will be Rita Rao, a retired toy industry executive.  In her career, Rao started at entry-level and finished as executive vice president of Mattel Inc.

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Solution recommended to a Walhalla sewer problem

Walhalla’s utilities committee threw its support behind a preferred solution this morning to a new homeowner’s problem of sewer overflow and backup on S. Pine Street.   The committee agreed with utilities director Scott Parris’s idea to fix.  The committee will recommend at tomorrow night’s full city council meeting that for reasons, including cost, the preferred solution there would be a […]

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Intricate interplay in southern Oconee

Matthew Durham, chairman of Oconee County Council, senses an intricate interplay in progress in the southern end of the county.  In his latest newsletter, Durham says it’s a dynamic involving individual property rights, economic development, and the interests of Oconeeans in general.  The start of a project to sewer the I-85 corridor has, among some farmers, raised concerns about potential […]

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Scarlette Crenshaw

Westminster – Scarlette A. Crenshaw, 61, wife of Donald “Don” Crenshaw, passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023 at her residence.   Born in Easley, South Carolina, Scarlette is the daughter of the late Edward and Betty Greene Powers. Scarlette was a homemaker and a loving mother and wife. She enjoyed traveling, spending time at the beach, the lake, and […]

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Ray Johnson

Seneca – Ray Edward Johnson, 90, husband of the late Joan Lucille Dorsey Johnson passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at his residence.    Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Ray was the son of the late Charles Eugene and Minnie Orr Johnson. He was a retired US Airforce Veteran having served during the Korean War, he retired from […]

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Successful heart procedure

From the state capital: “Governor Henry McMaster is recovering well from the minor outpatient heart procedure performed this morning and will be heading home shortly, according to Dr. Amy Rawl Epps, the governor’s cardiologist. “The governor underwent a procedure for atrial fibrillation performed by my partner, Dr. William Brabham.” said Dr. Epps. “The procedure lasted one hour and fifty minutes […]

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Rachel Dickson

  Westminster – Rachel Pauline Blackwell Dickson, 95, wife of the late William “Bud” Eldridge Dickson, passed away on Thursday, December 14, 2023 at Seneca Health and Rehab.   Born May 5th, 1928, in Westminster, South Carolina, Rachel was the daughter of the late Furman and Annie Cobb Blackwell.  Rachel worked for many years as a waitress and was a […]

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