Black Lives Matter during Seneca meeting

In a community meeting room last night in Seneca, the overriding message was Black Lives Matter.  Around 100 people crowded into the Blue Ridge Community Center for a protest against George Floyd’s death along with a plea for better relations among the white and black races.  The audience was practically an even mix of the two races, and from the […]

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Benjie M. Collins

West Union- Benjie M. Collins, 75, husband of Lois Roach Collins passed away June 7th, 2020 at Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Benny Franklin Collins and Ina Burton Collins Singleton. Benjie a graduate of the Tamassee DAR school, where he later served on the board of directors for the Tamassee DAR […]

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James “Pop” Robert McAlister

West Union – James “Pop” Robert McAlister, 78, husband of Kathy Duncan McAlister passed away June 8, 2020 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence Robert and Afia Belle Smith McAlister. Robert was crew supervisor for Wright’s Timber Company and a maintenance foreman with Heritage Memorial Garden, and had 32 […]

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Tornado relief returns tomorrow to Seneca

The Western Upstate Association of Realtors will return to Seneca tomorrow to take applications for grants of up to $1 thousand to help victims of the April 13 tornado.  If you are a victim and would like to make application, you can do this between the hours of 1 o’clock and 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Ann Hope United […]

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Stolen utility trailer recovered

A theft late last week was partially solved when the Oconee Sheriff’s Office recovered a utility trailer on S. Walnut Street near Seneca. Evidence showed that at 7:19 Friday morning last week, a male backed up a Honda Passport to a self-storage business near Seneca, hooked up, and stole a utility trailer.  The theft took place at Greenleaf Self Storage, […]

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“Lines out the door”

On this last day to vote in-person absentee, many Oconee voters have waited to make their choices.  The elections director, Joy Scharich, this afternoon said there have been “lines out the door” since 8:30 this morning at the county’s absentee voter precinct at Pine Street.

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Peaceful protest held in Seneca

Another protest has taken place in Seneca.  This one was last night and, according to one police estimate, between 40 and 50 people took part.  Like the others since they started a week ago, last evening’s protest was peaceful.  The focus on potential change will center tonight at a community center in the Perry Hill neighborhood of Seneca, where a […]

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Oconeean loyal to Bernie Sanders

Presumptive nominee Joe Biden is now said to have secured enough delegates to win his party’s nomination this summer at convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  But one of Bernie Sander’s young supporters, an Oconee County woman, remains loyal to Bernie Sanders’ campaign.  And Cody Hunter will find herself in position to call attention to Sanders because 32-year old Hunter has been […]

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