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All branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed Friday, December 22, through Tuesday, December 26. All locations reopen at their normal times on Wednesday, December 27. All branches will also be closed Saturday, December 30, through Monday, January 1, for New Year’s. All locations will reopen at their normal times on Tuesday, January 2. The website, oconeelibrary.org, […]
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The issue of what Walhalla requires to continue to send its cross-trained fire department to answer calls within a five-mile radius of the corporate limits appears to have been satisfied for this year. But as the newly-elected councilman Kenny Johns put it last night Walhalla would like to negotiate a higher payment from county government. For this year, that payment […]
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Westminster has been approved for a grant of three-quarters of a million dollars. On its way to Oconee’s third largest city is $750 thousand dollars of Community Development Block money, funded by the U-S Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reagan Osbon, assistant city administrator, says the monies are to be applied for downtown streetscape work taking in Retreat Street […]
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An honor and a satisfaction of achievement for the public good is the attitude that a trio of Walhalla elected leaders embrace as they leave city hall and service to the community. The December meeting of Walhalla City Council was the last for Mayor Danny Edwards and councilmen Danny Woodward and David Underwood. The three stood down at November election […]
Read moreA special moment during last night’s Christmas drop-in of the venerable Seneca law firm Derrick, Ritter, Williams & Morris. Attorney and Little River community mainstay Jim Williams is retiring from a 50-year career. And for his career, which included a couple of municipal court judgeships in Oconee, Williams received the state’s Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian award a […]
Read moreSeneca – Connie Ann Patterson Holbrooks, 53, wife of 36 years to the love of her life, the late Scott Alexander Holbrooks, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at her residence. Born August 11, 1970 in Oconee County South Carolina, Connie was the daughter of Tyler and Patricia “Pat” Teague Nix and the late Edward Ace Patterson. Connie […]
Read moreSimpsonville, SC– Phyllis Gayle Wilson, 79, of Simpsonville, SC, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at Fountain Inn Post Acute Care. Born in Charleston, but a native of Walhalla, SC, Ms. Wilson was the daughter of the late George Shook and Wilma Grey Shook. She retired from the healthcare industry and was of the Baptist faith. Ms. […]
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A serious accident during the 7 o’clock hour this morning in Seneca. The police are investigating a Wells Highway crash, at the entrance to Borg Warner. An accident that required the landing of a medical helicopter for an injured person in the accident.
Read moreSeneca, SC — Mary Ann Hughes Fox, 80, husband of Charles Eugene Fox, of Seneca, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Union, SC, Mrs. Fox was the daughter of the late Clyde and Helen Jolly Hughes. She retired from the School District of Oconee County after teaching for 25 […]
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It appears there’s no chance for the accused shooter of an Oconee deputy to make bail, before the multiple charges he faces reach a General Sessions court room. County Chief Magistrate Blake Norton this morning set the bail bond for Gregory Wayne Maxwell in excess of $5 million. At the same time, Norton declined to set bond for one of […]
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