Can your boat pass inspection?

With the approach of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Law Enforcement Division will conduct courtesy boat inspections at public boat landings across the state. One of those courtesy inspections will take place at Twelve Mile on Lake Hartwell in Pickens County from 10 am to 12 noon Sunday, May 26. SCDNR officers […]

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Walhalla Rotary Scholars recognized today

Today’s meeting of the Walhalla Rotary Club will recognize top academic students at the local high school.  Among those students to be recognized will be four seniors who are repeat Rotary Scholars:  Emma Sauer, Rachel Twitty, Elliot Wechter, and Kimberly Burgess.  The Rotary Scholars Program was established by Walter Moore, in memory of his wife, Lucille Bellotte Moore, and his […]

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Debra Noel Gauthier Williams

Seneca – Debra Noel Williams, 63, loving wife of Marion Williams, passed away May 16, 2019 at Oconee Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. A celebration of life will be held Thursday, May 23, 2019 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm, at The Martin House, located next to Sandifer Funeral Home. The family is at their respective homes. Flowers are accepted […]

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Mack Moore

Mountain Rest, SC — Mack Ray Moore, 74, husband of Sarah Hubbard Moore, of 110 Coppermine Road, Mountain Rest, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 PM, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Mountain Rest Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive […]

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Sandra Leah “Sandy” Long Lee

Walhalla, SC — Sandra Leah “Sandy” Long Lee, 62, wife of the late Robert Edward Lee, of 253 Rock Crusher Road, Walhalla passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019, at GHS Cottingham Hospice House. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., on Monday, May 20, 2019, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church […]

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Convenience store break-in

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to locate the two young males who are the suspects in this morning’s break-in at Countryside Exxon #2, 80550 West Oak Highway, Westminster. They are believed to be white males between the ages of 15-30. They arrived at the crime scene in a red Ford F150. During the break-in, they […]

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No free lunch? Tell that to the Oconee public schools

Once again, the food service provider for Oconee public schools will prepare and distribute free lunch time meals to children through the teen years (18 and younger) at various locations countywide.  Food service provider Sodexo will prepare hot, nutritious meals on a schedule that will follow June 3-August 3, with the exception of the July 4 week.  The following locations […]

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Things are heating up at the Seneca Rail Park

Oconee County is hopeful to soon get a commitment that a company will expand to Oconee from its Georgia operations. For now, county officials are cloaking the company’s identity as “Project Chi.” Janet Hartman of the county Economic Alliance says there is strong interest to make Oconee the new location, and Hartman’s office hopes to interest the company in the […]

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