This year’s Out of the Darkness Campus Walk

Stopping suicide is what an event is about this month at Clemson University.  The annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk takes place Saturday, March 30, with on-site registration at 11 o’clock that morning.  The walk begins and finishes at the Outdoor Amphitheater (rain location will be Hendrix Student Center Rooms A and B).  Keynoting the walk will be Javis […]

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Samuel Patrick Wiggett

Samuel Patrick Wiggett, age 68, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at his home in Fair Play South Carolina. Born on March 17, 1956, he was the son of Barbara Emma and John Joseph Wiggett.   Mountain View Funerals & Cremations — Seneca Chapel is assisting the family of Mr. Wiggett.

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Additional races have been joined

Additional primary election day candidate filings are reported by the office of Oconee Elections, since the first day of filing last Saturday.  New filings include Kevin Bishop for 3rd District U-S House; Christy Hubbard for Auditor; Lisa Burton for Clerk of Court; Gwen McPhail for District Five County Council; and Julian Davis and Tommy James for District Four County Council.  […]

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Strategic plan to further Oconee tourism

Ken Sloan says Oconee County at summertime is so popular, no longer is there need to market for tourism.  The off-season months, however, are a different story.  Sloan of Visit Oconee and Phil Shirley of Oconee PRT yesterday announced a professionally done strategic plan is ready, and it will be explained by the planning company during an April 5 breakfast.  […]

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Drawing Council’s attention to home-building

Some Oconeeans who were part of Monday’s county planning commission meeting made their feelings known during last night’s county council meeting.  They are of one thought when it comes to the proliferating home-building in the county – they believe the county fathers should insist on stronger standards for large subdivision developers.  First to speak last night was Sharon DeRidder who […]

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Meeting rules that apply to partisan politics

After comments by the chairman, the Oconee County attorney reminded the council meeting of an ordinance that covers partisan political comments during meetings. Attorney David Root was careful to say he was not suggesting that Council Chairman Matthew Durham violated the ordinance when Durham last night reacted after comments by Jim Mann from the public speaker lectern.  District One’s John […]

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New neonatal unit opens at Oconee hospital

A new neonatal intensive care unit was officially opened today at the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.  It’s a Level 2 unit and was celebrated by hospital workers, families, community members and donors who helped make the 4-bed unit possible.  It means that babies born prematurely or needing special care can get that attention without leaving Oconee County.  The new […]

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Alan Sweney

Seneca – Alan Dale Sweney, 72, husband of Cynthia Black Sweney of 53 years, passed away on Sunday, March 17th, 2024, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.   Born August 18th, 1951, in Seneca, South Carolina, Alan was the son of the late Johnny Lawrence and Evelyn Thrasher Sweney.  Alan was a United States Army Veteran, a member […]

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