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A new posting by Oconee School District shows three students tested positive for COVID-19, along with four employees. The latest breakdown shows one Walhalla High student, one Walhalla Elementary student, and one Seneca High student. Employees listed are from Orchard Park Elementary, Hamilton Career and Technology, Walhalla High, and James Brown Elementary. The employees at Walhalla High and James Brown […]
Read moreBecause of controversies that have befallen Westminster, the city has sustained a blow to its psyche. But one of the city’s outspoken promoters urges everyone not to lose sight of the good in the city–especially as the calendar turns from August to September and the region celebrates the 2020 apple crop. There is no South Carolina Apple Festival in its […]
Read moreThe Clemson football Tigers will attempt a season of home football games starting the 19th of September. And the city council there will conduct football season business during a special meeting at 5:30 today at City Hall. On the agenda for the mayor and council: suspending permits that would allow cars to be parked in yards and suspending parking passes […]
Read moreReports now place the toll in yesterday’s early morning accident near Clemson at three people dead. Identities of the deceased have yet to be publicly released. The highway patrol reported the accident involving a 2014 Subaru at 1:35 in the morning on Old Cherry Road, about one mile south of Clemson, near the Old Stone Church Road. Trooper Brandon Bolt […]
Read moreHeavy rain pelted WGOG land starting the 10 o’clock hour and bringing down trees in the Cleveland-Madison communities in western Oconee County.
Read moreOconee sheriff’s officers are looking for the shooter in a Madison community incident yesterday that took the life of a 63-year old man. Coroner Addis says the victim was Roger Qualls at a home near 123 and the Georgia line, about five miles from Westminster. An autopsy has been scheduled. 9-1-1 received a report of the shooting around 2:15 in […]
Read moreAn electrical fire to the side of a Lake Keowee home was reported at 1:14 this morning in the Wyneward Pointe subdivision. Receiving the call to Northwind Court was the Keowee Fire Department. No injuries reported. The fire is believed to have originated at a meter box.
Read moreSeneca- Theodosia “Dodie” White Smith McIntyre, 85, wife of Robert “Bob” McIntyre, passed away August 29, 2020 at Belvedere Commons of Seneca. Born in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Travis Durham and Helen Crawford White. Theodosia was a retired educator, of the Christian faith and attended Crossgate Presbyterian Church. She enjoyed reading and gardening. […]
Read moreWalhalla – Frankie Malinda Bryson Tracy, 60, of 204 Johnson Drive, went home to be with the Lord Friday, August 28th, 2020. Born in Oconee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Horace Vester and Margie Honea Bryson. Frankie is survived by two sons, Gabriel and Andrew Bryson, both of Walhalla; three grandchildren, Jazlyn Bryson, Gavin Bryson, […]
Read moreConfirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina have once again surpassed 1,000 for a 24-hour period. DHEC Saturday announced 1,250 new confirmed cases and 42 additional confirmed deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 115,661 and 2.653 confirmed deaths. An additional 10 COVID-19 deaths confirmed among Oconee County residents raises the county’s total since March to 1,017. […]
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