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Traffic is once again moving southbound on I-85 in northeast Georgia in the aftermath of this morning’s fatal accident. Just after 5:30 this morning, according to the Georgia state patrol, a box truck and a tractor-trailer truck were involved in an accident at mile marker 172 on 85 southbound. A passenger in the box truck was reported to have been […]
Read moreRory Jones, the nine-year chief of police in Westminster, will retire, but maybe not completely. Jones has had a long law enforcement career that included stops in Seneca and Walhalla. Westminster’s first-year city administrator Kevin Bronson said of Jones: “Chief Jones was the first department head I met with on my first day in Westminster, he was forthright, cordial and […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Juanita Robinson King, 80, wife of the late Donald Alfred King, of Seneca, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at The Garden House of Anderson. A native of West Union, SC, Mrs. King was the daughter of the late Claude Edgar and Geneva Hood Robinson. She worked for BellSouth in Seneca, Anderson and Greenville. Mrs. […]
Read moreIf you come across a group of 15 Oconeeans, you can expect that some five of them are fully vaccinated. Now that CDC has declared the COVID-19 Delta variant the pre-dominant COVID virus in the country, the website for the Centers for Disease Control shows 35% of Oconeeans are fully vaccinated and 39% have had at least one dose. As […]
Read moreHelen Westmoreland of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office has set plans for the county’s annual National Night Out against crime, to take place next week. It’s an annual effort to promote police and community partnerships and neighborly camaraderie–all of this to make neighborhoods and communities safer and more caring places to live. The public is invited for Oconee’s event to be […]
Read moreWord has been received on at least three traffic accidents this morning in Pickens County and on I-85 Georgia, just across the South Carolina line. Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR reports a fatal accident southbound at exit 170 involving a box truck and a tractor trailer truck. There’s a second non-fatal southbound accident on 85 between Georgia exits 171 and 172. […]
Read moreThe Central Electric Power Cooperative of South Carolina, citing its lawful right to eminent domain, has opened condemnation proceedings in the Common Pleas Court against an Oconee County property owner over a right-of-way and easement. For what is being sought, an attorney for Central Electric Power says it is willing to pay property owner James F. Smith $48,250 for […]
Read moreDue to the rise in COVID-19 cases and the increasing threat of the Delta variant, the CDC on Tuesday is recommending public indoor masking for everyone, regardless of vaccination status. This includes masking for teachers, students, parents and visitors in K-12 schools. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is adopting the federal agency’s updated guidance and […]
Read moreWestminster – Rodney Harold Smith, 65, of 601 New Horizon Drive, passed away Saturday, July 24th, 2021 at his residence. Born in Toccoa, Georgia, he was the son of the late E.D. and Winnie Dean Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired logger, who enjoyed landscaping, the outdoors and spending time on the river. Survivors include his son, Chris […]
Read moreThe Methodists are giving away food this afternoon in Walhalla. The food giveaway takes place 4:30 to 5:30 at the St. Luke church on E. Main Street.
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