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New confirmed South Carolina cases on today’s DHEC report: 184 individuals. Three in Oconee County. Statewide, there was one new death–a middle aged Spartanburg County resident who died Sunday. Of 7,980 test results, the South Carolina positivity dropped to 3%. These numbers are data that reflect the end of the day on Tuesday.
Read moreIf the system tests out properly, meetings of the Walhalla City Council will be heard and seen live on YouTube—a step in city government transparency. It’ll also allow interested followers of city government to monitor the goings-on without having to leave their home and their computer or hand-held device. Brandon Burton, interim administrator, got the go ahead this week from […]
Read moreOconee sheriff’s investigators are hoping a member of the public can help identify the thief who took $2,400 worth of items last week from a store at Hartwell Village. The theft at the Ulta Beauty store May 13 occurred when an employee spotted a female fill a shopping cart with cologne and perfume and leave without paying. In all, 25 […]
Read moreTwo new eateries are bound for Walhalla, in what seems like continual revitalization inside the county seat’s downtown core commercial area. In the middle of it all is restaurateur Greg Harris, who is active in both Main Street Walhalla and Partners for Progress. Harris’s 205 Gathering Place on S. John Street, closed for most of the pandemic, will re-locate to […]
Read moreAnderson, SC — Rebecca Ruth Andrews Cooper, 72, wife of Clyde Marion Cooper, of 8921 Abbeville Highway, Anderson, passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the home of her daughter. A native of Pasadena, Texas, Mrs. Cooper was the daughter of the late Curtis Fletcher Andrews and Evelyn Elizabeth Almquist Andrews. She was a member of […]
Read moreLois Selvela Smith Rogers entered her Heavenly home on May 19th, 2021, while lovingly held in the arms of her family. Born November 28, 1927 in Pickens County, SC to Grady and Lecy Ellenburg Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands Doyle Rogers in December of 1980 and Maurice Edwards […]
Read moreThe grandson of a Seneca couple went deep yesterday for the Triple-A farm team of the Boston Red Sox. Playing for the Worcester Sox, Michael Gettys’ homer came on the birthday of his mother, Stacy. Donna and Wayne Morton of Adams subdivision in Seneca are the proud grandparents. Their daughter, Stacy of Gainesville, Georgia, is Michael’s mom.
Read moreAccording to information received by 101.7/WGOG, part of U-S 76 at Long Creek was closed yesterday afternoon as public safety responders worked the scene of a pickup truck accident. One person is said to have been flown for medical treatment. The Anderson County coroner has announced that, days after the accident, the death of Michael Lee Thomason of Mauldin. Coroner […]
Read moreThe Oconee Veterans Council will lay a wreath at the War Memorial on the Main Street side of the county courthouse during this year’s Memorial Day event to remember 209 Oconeeans who gave their lives in the country’s wars and conflicts. The public is invited to attend: starting at 12 noon Memorial Day, Monday, May 31. Once the wreath is […]
Read moreThe best of Oconee’s three senior classes will hear from a television news anchor when the honor graduates are celebrated next week in an event that will take place at 7:30 pm Tuesday, May 25 at West-Oak High School. Originally planned for the football stadium, the ceremony will now move indoors into the school gym. The reason: the predicted high […]
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