Influenza considered rampant across South Carolina
A CDC posting shows South Carolina in a tie for the highest rate of influenza, and Oconee tops a list of 20 South Carolina counties struggling the most with flu cases.
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A CDC posting shows South Carolina in a tie for the highest rate of influenza, and Oconee tops a list of 20 South Carolina counties struggling the most with flu cases.
Read moreDavid Root may not altogether be leaving the employ of Oconee County government by the end of the week. After a closed-door session, the county council gave its administrator the authority to negotiate an agreement by which Root will continue as county attorney for the interim until the county completes a search to find his permanent replacement. Root is in […]
Read moreSavannah, Georgia resident Colin Edwards believes the highest and best use for a piece of property on SC 93/Clemson’s Old Greenville Highway is a Class A climate-controlled storage facility. Edwards is scheduled to appear before the Clemson Planning Commission for a zoning change to allow for a boat/RVstorage facility. According to the applicant, one reason that the property has not […]
Read moreAt their first 2024 meeting, Oconee sewer commissioners are to renew discussion of county government’s plan for a $25 million planned sewer expansion, linked to the southern part of the county. The commission board meets tomorrow afternoon at the Seneca Water Plant.
Read moreWestminster – Mary “Beth” Duncan Ashley, 80, wife of the late Paul Edwin Ashley, passed away on Friday, December 29, 2023 at her residence. Born in Mountain Rest, South Carolina, Beth was the daughter of the late Jess and Ruby Beaty Duncan. Beth formerly worked with Square D Company where she was a Tech 3 Wirer. Beth is […]
Read moreThe state says if you’d like to vote in the Democrats presidential primary February 3, you must be a registered voter by tomorrow. There are several ways to register including online and in person at your county voter registration office. If you’ve already registered, you should make sure your address is up-to-date. Information helpful to get prepped for the polls […]
Read moreOconee County Council heard new complaints last night from two neighbors of a Stamp Creek Road gun range about the noise of gunfire. The complaints voiced, as part of the council’s public comment session, were aired during the public comment section of the meeting. The councilmen received those complaints without making any comments in response, although there was some direct […]
Read moreNearly two years after ground was broken, an Oconee fire substation in a Seneca bedroom community has yet to be placed into operation. But Amanda Brock, county administrator, says stayed tuned. Acknowledging that the Bountyland fire station building has been finished, Brock says the county fire service is still in the process of appointing fire battalion commanders to man the […]
Read moreFor a second year, the Oconee councilman from Mountain Rest will chair the county’s five-member governing board. But Matthew Durham was less than a unanimous choice as District Four’s Julian Davis nominated District Three’s Don Mize. The second-year councilman from Seneca, Mize last night moved higher in the pecking order of council offices. He was elected vice chairman. In council’s […]
Read moreA 47-year-old Westminster man, operating a moped, died in a late afternoon accident on U-S 123/the Toccoa Highway. Coroner Karl Addis identified the decedent as Richard Bryan White Jr. The state patrol reported the accident shortly before 6 pm at 123 at Burton Road, four miles west of the city limits.
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