Donnie Alexander

Westminster – Claude Donnie Alexander, 71, husband of the late Margarette Ann McIntyre Alexander, passed away Saturday, January 21st, 2023 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.     Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Claude Arthur Alexander and Verleen Hix Alexander. Donnie was a heavy machine operator where he had worked with many […]

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Walhalla rated 3rd safest South Carolina city

A friend of the Walhalla mayor in Columbia has brought to the attention of Danny Edwards that Walhalla, the county seat of Oconee, has been rated 3rd safest city in South Carolina.  The evaluation, covering 2022, was done by an online resource called SafeWise whose employees have had experience as reporters, product testers, safety and compliance officers, homeowners, and community […]

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Topping Monday’s civil trial docket

Positioned number one for civil court trial next week at the Oconee Courthouse is the condemnation case Central Electric Power Cooperative vs. Donald Devoe Slisher and others.  The one-week term of Common Pleas Court takes place the week of Monday, January 23, with Judge Scott Sprouse holding the gavel.  Lawrence Flynn Jr. and Alexis Kaylor Lindsay are plaintiff’s attorneys; Samuel Albergotti, […]

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Make sure it’s the real Jeff Underwood

When he played baseball at Walhalla High, Jeff Underwood could slug a baseball.  It’s the same Jeff Underwood who today is a captain with the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  However, someone is trying to pose as a “Lt. Jeff Underwood” and making calls to county residents.  “Jeff Underwood has been a long time employee of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and […]

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Attorney General makes a Mark Meadows announcement

The following is a late December news release issued by the office of North Carolina’s attorney general:   “The North Carolina Department of Justice today announced that there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges against Mark Meadows or his wife Debra Meadows for alleged voter fraud involving the 2020 election. Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement: “The […]

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Lawmakers implored to address water intrusions

Oconee’s lawmakers were urged last night to think upstream and support efforts to cleanse waters of chemicals.  Becky Hazelwood, a former Transylvania County, North Carolina resident, complained that as long ago as the middle of the last century manufacturing plants upstream from Oconee County discharged chemicals into waters that run downstream and become part of raw water that is treated […]

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