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The Seneca police are looking for violators of the state’s drug laws. They started a drug sweep yesterday morning and, by the afternoon, six of 16 suspects had been arrested. Undercover operatives, at the direction of the police department, reported they made controlled buys of methamphetamine, heroin, and other illegal narcotics.
Read moreA car and a large truck collided at a rural Oconee intersection last night killing two people and injuring two others. Coroner Addis identifies the deceased as Karen Guerrero, 23, of Central, and Kimberly Boyzo, 16, of Seneca. The accident occurred shortly before 8 o’clock last night at SC 24 and the Coneross Creek Road. Two people, including the […]
Read moreWestminster – David Simpson Blackwell, 64, husband of Evelyn Dale Blackwell, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Oconee County, he was the son of Horace “Shorty” Blackwell and the late Ollie Belle Roach Blackwell. He was a former security guard at Borg Warner and the former Pastor of Bibleway Ministry. […]
Read moreThe Department of Health and Environmental Control announces that, starting Friday, November 27, daily COVID-19 data will be provided with a 24-hour delay. The announcement states: “This delay will allow for more robust analysis before it’s publicly reported. DHEC’s epidemiologists and data analysts will have greater time to review the vast amounts of data and information reported to the agency […]
Read moreAn additional 1,479 COVID cases were added today to the South Carolina count, along with 26 new deaths. Two of the deaths are elderly Pickens County residents. New cases from Oconee today totaled 23. Total test results received by DHEC Thursday were 11,207, a positivity of 13.2%.
Read moreFire destroyed the home of a three-member Walhalla family this morning on Abbott Lane, a short, dead-end street near the Playground Road. According to fire chief Burton, at the time, a propane gas tank was being re-filled and it appears the fire originated there. The family of Tonia and David Watson lost all possessions, and a community drive is being […]
Read moreWest Union – Kathy Duncan McAlister, 73, wife of late James Robert “POP” McAlister passed away November 20th, 2020 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Frank and Eva Stewart Duncan. Kathy was a retired school bus driver for the Oconee County School District where she worked for many […]
Read moreSeven new cases of COVID-19 are detected within the Oconee School District, including a second worker at the district office in Walhalla. Other new cases recorded yesterday are one Seneca High student; one Seneca Middle student; one James Brown employee; one Walhalla High student; and one West-Oak/Career Center student. Both the Walhalla High student and Career Center student are described […]
Read moreThe director of South Carolina’s job service is brimming over the numbers for October. Statewide the unemployment rate fell to 4.2%. Oconee and Pickens counties have some of the lowest jobless percentages in the state; Oconee’s is 3.1% and Pickens, 3.2%. Here’s what Dan Ellzey, director of the Employment and Workforce, is saying: “October’s employment situation is a huge stepping […]
Read moreDark smoke can be seen over the Walhalla skyline this morning, as fire fighters battle home fire near N. Katherine Street and Playground Road. The home fire is believed to be on Abbott Lane. A medical helicopter has landed in the field behind the 1st Baptist Church.
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