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The man found dead lying on a Utica street is a case of homicide, according to the Oconee County coroner. Karl Addis says the victim late last night was a Pendleton resident, Richard Dennis Keese. After a 9-1-1 call reporting shots fired, 62- year old Keese was found in front of 14 Padgett Street. He had been staying at the […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Julie Ann Anglea, 59, wife of Tim Anglea, of Seneca, SC, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, August 29, 2021, at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. A native of Charlotte, NC, Julie was the daughter of the late Robert Thomas and Ruth Tucker Garrison. She attended Clemson University where she received her BA in […]
Read moreSeneca – Judy Federlin Becker Taylor, 76, loving wife of Johnny Stephen Taylor for 56 years, passed away Monday, August 30th, 2021 St. Francis Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Judy was born in Six Mile, South Carolina, and was the daughter of the late Joseph Becker and Frances Arnold Hendricks. She was a homemaker, a faithful servant of […]
Read more101.7/WGOG NEWS learned that a circuit judge granted partial summary judgment today in a lawsuit that pitted the city of Seneca and a couple who’ve sought to be allowed to rent their lake development home on a short-term basis. The lawsuit for Leonard and Julie Chace was filed in the common pleas court in 2017 and was temporarily withdrawn before […]
Read moreA city councilwoman in Seneca has an idea for adding some natural color to the concrete throughout the downtown. Denise Rozman is introducing the idea of planters filled with flowers, 36 of them. It’s a project involving city government, Redmond Boys, and the organization Modern Woodmen of America. To match a grant obtained by Rozman, the city intends to sell […]
Read moreNew cases: 3,631 (78 were in Oconee) Deaths: 29 (including one Pickens County resident) Of 30,203 test results received, the new state positivity: 15.8% (These numbers reported today reflect the count at the end of the day Sunday)
Read moreA 22-year old man has been arrested after two investigations conducted by county sheriff’s officers near Westminster. Law enforcement authority reports spell out charges of stolen vehicle and methamphetamine against Jonathan Nolan Lee Ivester. An arrest warrant accuses Ivester in an investigation of a Toyota automobile that, according to the sheriff’s office, was reported stolen in Georgia. According to a […]
Read moreDuke Energy workers from across the utility’s service area have been leaving for Louisiana to help restore the electric grid in the state hard hit by Hurricane Ida. A Duke spokesman, Ryan Mosier, says his company in the past has been the recipient of mutual assistance many times from hurricanes to ice storms, and Duke is happy to return the […]
Read moreA group called “Local Advocates in Support of Mask Mandate in Oconee County, South Carolina Schools” plans a one-half hour demonstration this afternoon to support a trustees’ vote to impose the mandate for the purpose of keeping students, teachers and the community safe. The demonstration is planned at 4:30 today in front of the district offices. At 5 the trustees […]
Read moreA flash flood watch is in effect until 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The National Weather Service issues flash flood watches when conditions are favorable for flash-flooding in flood-prone areas, usually when grounds are already saturated from recent rains, or when upcoming rains will have the potential to cause a flash flood.
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