Plea for Social Security to be top election issue

A public official closely tied to the aging populations of Oconee and Anderson says once the latest warnings about Social Security and Medicare are absorbed, there’ll be a shudder that permeates many senior citizens of a certain age.  The board of trustees for Social Security warned that trust funds are projected to deplete one year earlier than previously predicted, and […]

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Report card disappointment — Spearman

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) released school, district, and state report cards reflective of the 2020-2021 school year. The 2021 report cards include results from state assessments administered in Spring 2021, the first administration of state assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The state assessment results reflected on the 2021 report cards confirm the alarming trends we have observed […]

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Local GOP leaders want Graham censured

Leaders of the Oconee GOP are calling for their hometown U-S senator to be censured.  David McMahan, county chairman, has released a resolution from the party executive committee that seeks disapproval in a formal statement for what it says was Senator Lindsey Graham’s vote with Democrats on the bill known as Invest in America, in part, because it contains no […]

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Clamourous night at the school board, but no vote

The choice of whether to mask up in Oconee public schools will remain with the children or their parents, at least for now, after last night’s highly-emotional meeting of the county trustees.  Thirty-minutes of public comment, much of it anti-facial coverings, was followed by the trustees’ decision to put off any vote, pending the outcome of a ruling by the […]

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Late night homicide near Seneca

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 […]

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Julie Ann Anglea

Seneca, 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 […]

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Judy Taylor

Seneca – 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 […]

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Flower planter project in Seneca

A 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 […]

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