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Margaret Harper of Oconee County is a former Red Cross volunteer who laments that the county is no longer home to a Red Cross office. She recently told the county council that if the longtime local Red Cross director, Kathy Rogers, were still alive local suffering such as that which came with last year’s EF3 tornado and the continuing world […]
Read moreWalhalla- Heather Elaine Calhoun, 34, of Stand Point Vista Drive, Apt. 5, Walhalla, SC, passed away September 27, 2021, at her residence. Born in Middlesboro, KY, Heather was the daughter of William Earl Calhoun, Jr. of Tennessee and Brett Elaine Slife Calhoun of Virginia. Heather’s greatest joy and love was her son Gage. Heather was a huge Clemson Football […]
Read moreHere this afternoon’s statement: “Federal District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday on the state’s one-year budget provision aimed at preventing school districts from mandating masks for students and staff. In the order, Judge Lewis ruled that SC Budget Proviso 1.108 discriminates against students with disabilities and violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and additional […]
Read moreNew cases: 1,144 (22 in Oconee) New, confirmed deaths in the state: 85 (one in Oconee) Of 14,824 test results received, positivity: 18.8%. (These data are effective end of the day Monday)
Read moreThe state superintendent of education says a federal court ruling yesterday has the effect of giving school districts “discretionary authority” to require masks. Superintendent Spearman sent a memorandum today to district superintendents which, in part, read: “In its order, the Court used strong language to share grave concerns about barriers to meaningful access to in-person education, programs, services, and activities […]
Read moreWest Union, SC– Hubert Rudolph McAlister, 67, of 4050 Safety Harbor Road, West Union, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. McAlister was the son of the late Clarence and Alfia Bell Smith McAlister. He retired from WestPoint-Stevens and was of the Methodist faith. Mr. McAlister is […]
Read moreClinton, SC– Larry Timothy Hawkins, 62, of Clinton, SC, passed away Monday, September 27, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House. Funeral services will be private.
Read moreWestminster- George Michael Rooney, sailed away September 17th, 2021 at Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson, South Carolina, after a very long and courage fight with dementia. He was born January 28th,1947 to Carl and Maggie Rooney in Middlebury, Vermont. George lived at Fort Peak, Montana as a young boy, growing up at Boysen Lake, Wyoming Government Camp […]
Read moreOne month after Ida made landfill in New Orleans, blood donations in southern Louisiana are still severely hindered. That’s why Upstate South Carolina’s provider of blood for local and regional hospitals is supplementing the supply in Louisiana by sending products to the Blood Center of southern Louisiana. Throughout the upstate and the rest of the country, blood donations remained down […]
Read moreThe police in Seneca have arrested a man on charges in the investigation of crimes Sunday at a home on Livingston Circle. Among the charges announced yesterday against Layfette Ronyell Hoover: burglary first degree and domestic violence high and aggravated. Arrest warrants signed by Officer Grate and issued by Judge Singleton allege that Hoover broke into the Livingston Circle home […]
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