Louise Lother

Seneca – Nina Louise Cleveland Lother, 89, wife of the late Loyce Bartell Lother passed away, February 23rd, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Ransome and Myrtie Mae Nalley Cleveland. Louise was a homemaker who had a great passion for photography, enjoyed walking and loved […]

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Mickel Fred Turner

Mountain Rest, SC – Mickel Fred Turner, 84, husband of Elma Wilbanks Turner, of 251 Whetstone Road, Mountain Rest, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at his home.   Mr. Turner was the son of the late Clemson Calhoun and Clara Miller Turner. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from the Forest Service and Oconee […]

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This year’s Black History Tea will go virtual

In a normal year, the auditorium in Seneca’s Family Life Institute is packed for the city’s official luncheon during Black History Month.  But, as the pandemic continues, this year’s Black History Tea, arranged by the Oconee NAACP, will be a virtual event 4 pm Sunday and available at https://clemson.zoom.us/j/2663610627 The annual program focuses on the role that NAACP has played […]

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The numbers are in the sheriff’s 2020 summary

If you are a numbers junkie, you can find them in the 2020 activity summary of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Among the accomplishments during a year consumed mostly by the world pandemic, Sheriff Crenshaw says were a unity walk aimed at better relations with county resident and the hiring of a cultural diversity director.  To request service the telephone, mainly […]

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The latest on vaccine for South Carolina teachers

Governor McMaster is not in favor of moving teachers up in the priority for COVID-19 shots.  But the State Senate recently was unanimous (42-0) to move teachers to Phase 1A.  Yesterday the health subcommittee in the House at Columbia discussed the bill, but did not vote to move teachers to 1-A.  According to the spokeswoman for Oconee schools, because Phase […]

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Duncan bill opposes closing Guantanamo penal facility

Third District Rep. Jeff Duncan has announced legislation to prevent the transfer or release of prisoners kept at the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and is worried that, in the change of administrations, it’s possible the holding facility will be closed and, as Duncan puts it, some of the “most dangerous enemy combatants captured” by the U-S military”  He’s […]

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Portable, light-weight Jaws on order for Seneca

An axe and a pry were used to help extricate golfer Tiger Woods from a wrecked car yesterday near Los Angeles. Woods’ predicament was very much on the minds of Seneca fire fighters later yesterday, as they gathered for an announcement that, thanks to a donation from a local manufacturing plant, the fire department will receive enough money to buy […]

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