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Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces a juvenile referral is completed and turned over to Family Court and the subject of that referral, a 15-year-old, is being charged with unlawful carrying a firearm, making student threats, and possessing a weapon on school property. The teenager sent to the Department of Juvenile Justice facility in Columbia. According to the sheriff’s office, investigation reveals […]
Read moreMark Scott Daniels, 67, of Walhalla, SC, passed away on October 2nd, 2023, at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, SC. He was the son of Joan Serfoss and the late Jerry Daniels. Mark was an Army veteran. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his children; Ida Saldana of Fresno, CA, and Christine Keogh-Dwyer of Spencer WV; […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Virginia Lee Kohler “Ginger”, passed away peacefully at the Cottingham Hospice House on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. She was born in Bethesda, MD to the late Capt. H. E. “Nick” Nichols and the late Barbara Sherman Nichols. She met her husband, Otto C. Kohler, Jr. in Horsham, PA. They were married in 1971 and moved to Seneca, […]
Read moreNorma White Cantrell, age 91, of Inverness, Florida, passed away on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at East Bay Rehabilitation Center in Clearwater, Florida. Norma was born in Seneca, South Carolina on February 13, 1932, to Claude Garvin and Margie Smith White. Norma graduated from Westminster High School and lived the majority of her life in Westminster, SC. In 2000, […]
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Inspired by a recent meeting program, the Walhalla Rotary Club has started a fundraising project to make adaptive bicycles available to local schools. The Rotarians have chosen James Brown Elementary School to be the first recipient of a bike designed for children with mobility disabilities who often don’t get a lot of physical exercise. Just one bike costs $4 thousand, […]
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An Oakway resident, who is a former Florida resident, registered a plea at last night’s meeting of the Oconee County Council, for Oconeeans to be better stewards of the land. In blunt language to the county fathers, Hannah Lowe suggested there are a number of Oconeeans who believe county government has fallen “into the hands of developers.” Lowe hails from […]
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The city of Clemson’s contractor, GarCon Construction, has begun work on the wastewater system in various neighborhoods across the Pickens County municipality. It’s a project in advance of larger repairs to water, sewer, and stormwater infrastructure in the neighborhoods. What’s called “point” repairs are to remove obstruction issues in the main sewer lines on Riggs Drive, Poole Lane, Monaco Estates, […]
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At Toccoa, Georgia, it’s going to be a four-day weekend, starting Thursday, to mark 23 years of a paratrooper reunion that has grown to a community event attracting visitors from just about everywhere. Currahee Military Weekend started in 2001 as a reunion for the men who trained at Camp Toccoa during the Second World War. Now the weekend celebrates and […]
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Oconee County councilmen recognize inequities in county workers’ pay. They don’t all agree on the way to resolve. By one vote only, the county will designate a Florida outfit to do a “Classification, Compensation and Time Use Study.” Chairman Matthew Durham sees the study creating a plan for the county to move forward, but two of his colleagues decry this […]
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The formula that Oconee follows to set this year’s property tax bills is decided – the result of a unanimous county council vote last night. This, following a presentation by the county auditor. Christy Hubbard says she took into consideration the monies approved for the current county budgets and the latest assessed property values. Those values reflect an expanding tax […]
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