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New numbers yesterday from the South Carolina state health agency show an additional 1,339 new cases of COVID-19, along with two more deaths. The new statewide total count has increased to 184,360 cases and 3,846 deaths. Among new cases: 30 Oconee County residents. Individual test results reported statewide Saturday totaled 8,694, of which the positivity was 15.4%.
Read moreFire during the night burned one unit at a townhome complex in Seneca. No one reported hurt at the Foxfire townhouses between 123 By-Pass and the White Oak Cliffs subdivision.
Read moreIt is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Jerry Marszal, age 93, on Thursday November 12th, 2020 at Residences at Park Place, Seneca. After an exceptional life, his heart could no longer go on. Mr. Marszal was born on January 2nd, 1927 in Warsaw, Poland. He was orphaned at an early age by the untimely death […]
Read moreThe coronavirus spike has a grip on South Carolina. Today DHEC notes 1,703 new, confirmed cases. That’s up from the 1,348 figure Friday. Deaths, however, dropped from 17 reported yesterday to nine reported today. New Oconee cases reported today were 25. There were eight reported on Friday. More than 10,500 test results received by DHEC yesterday showed a positivity of […]
Read moreWest Union, SC – Thomas Wayne Meeks, 70, husband of Dixie Glover Meeks, of 120 N. Highway 11, West Union passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Vera Beach, Florida, Mr. Meeks was the son of the late Thomas Elmo and Lillie Conniff Meeks. Mr. Meeks was a veteran of the Merchant […]
Read moreFor a second straight day, new South Carolina COVID-19 cases exceed 1,000 for a 24-hour period. Today’s number of new virus cases statewide is 1,348. Yesterday’s was 1,243. Eight of today’s new cases are Oconeeans. Today’s new deaths number statewide is 17, including an elderly Oconeean whose death occurred October 7. The total number of test results received by DHEC […]
Read moreSources in position to know say the office of South Carolina Attorney General has chosen against giving a legal opinion on the potential of a conflict of interest involving a Westminster councilman and his wife, who works as the clerk-treasurer. 101.7/WGOG NEWS has been told that an October 19 letter from Cydney Milling, assistant attorney general, reads as follows: “We […]
Read moreFive new cases of COVID-19 have been added to the virus tracking page kept by the Oconee School District. The following cases were confirmed yesterday: one student at Walhalla High; and one employee each at Walhalla High, West-Oak Middle School, Seneca Middle, and Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary. Through November 12, the district counted a total of 140 cases. The breakdown: […]
Read moreA donation of $1.1 million dollars from the winning campaign of Senator Lindsey Graham is being sent by the South Carolina Republican to a pair of Republican candidates for the U-S Senate in Georgia. A Graham announcement says the money will go to the campaigns of fellow Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. They are in run-off elections scheduled January […]
Read moreWestminster has had its share of trouble when it comes to police protection. In recent years, a police chief went to prison for embezzling money. And financial constraints sliced personnel numbers. But one city councilman, Danny Duncan, sought last night to clear up any misunderstandings about what he considers to be the quality of the police force these days. “I […]
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