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Mayor Danny Edwards has proclaimed this week Fire Prevention Week in Walhalla. Fire prevention is a subject that the city fire department feels strongly about. In 2019 alone, according to the National Fire Protection Association, more than 27-hundred people in the U-S were killed because of house fires. Fire prevention, proper planning and working smoke detectors can help save lives. […]
Read moreAn examination of the way the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority handles money has produced the exact opinion which the agency’s outside auditor says it should have. That, in the wording of certified public accountant Jason White is an unmodified opinion. White’s firm conducted the examination of the millions of dollars in revenue and expenses associated with operating Oconee’s system […]
Read moreSeneca– JoNelle Burdette Smith, 87, wife of Bobby Smith, passed away on Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. JoNelle was born in Anderson County, and was the daughter of the late F.B. Burdette and Cora Duncan Burdette. Jo was a housewife and worked for many years in the textile industries. JoNelle is […]
Read moreMountain Rest, SC– Lonnie Gene Stephens, 80, husband of the late Mary Anne Stephens, of Mountain Rest, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at AnMed Health Medical Center. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Stephens was the son of the late John Loy Stephens and Francis Blondine Stephens. He retired from Duke Energy as a Fabricator. […]
Read moreThe Westminster police have confirmed a new arrest in the shooting death of a 20-year old woman last month in Westminster. Previously, Charles Stephon Trapp Jr., was charged with murder in the death of Annalyssa Marie Biondolilo-Rodriguez. Now a second woman, Maletha Carleta Crista Baker has been arrested on charges of obstructing justice and accessory after the fact to a […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Jerome Scott “Jerry” Nunn, husband of Elizabeth Ann Gohlke Nunn, of 114 Lakeside Dr., Walhalla passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021 at Seneca Health and Rehab. A native of Charlotte, NC, Mr. Nunn was the son of the late Joseph Guinn Nunn and Alethia Kennedy Nunn. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served […]
Read moreFor the latest three days of counts available, the state health agency has recorded COVID-19 test positivity at below 10%. On Thursday, it was 7.7%; on Friday, 7.7%; and on Saturday, 6.7%. However, three days of deaths statewide amounted to 106, including three Oconeeans who were recorded on Friday as dead from the virus.
Read moreOconee School District counts 80 cases of COVID-19 in the public schools over a period of seven days. In total, there have been 903 cases since the schools opened in August—750 of them students. Here are the monthly numbers so far: for August, 508; September, 379; and in October so far, 16. All 50 closures so far this year were […]
Read moreThe new kidney transplant program at Greenville Memorial Hospital has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing to perform transplants. Prisma Health Transplant Center expects to see its first patients early this month. It promises leading-edge care to kidney-disease patients who previously had to travel more than 100 miles for transplant-related procedures. According to the organ sharing network, […]
Read moreA spokesman for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says there has been a verbal confirmation that a missing Salem woman has been located and is safe. Over the weekend, Jennifer Nicole McLane was the subject of a missing person’s report, after having not been seen for a week. Master Deputy Jimmy Watt says to remove McLane as missing from the database […]
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