An invite to all interested Republicans

Conservative Republican matters will be at the front on the night of Thursday, January 26 at an Oconee County meeting hall venue.  From 6 to 8 that night at the Lighthouse Event Center, Oconee Republican Men invite all interested Republican men and women for a meeting and dinner, guest speaker for which will be the former U-S lawmaker from South […]

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High-speed chase near Walhalla

For Oconee law enforcement, the New Year’s weekend started Friday night with a chase that, as one bystander described it, “They were letting the gravel fly” – a reference to the dirt road when the vehicle chase came to a stop.  The location was Cody Lane near SC 28/the Highlands Highway.  Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said suspicion led officers to check […]

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Pedestrian dead after Oconee accident

On the second day of the New Year, the first traffic fatality of the year is being reported in Oconee County.  He’s Jeffrey Dion Holden.  A spokesman for the state patrol said the victim was a 58-year old Seneca resident, who was struck by a mini-van just after 5 this morning on 123, the Sandifer Boulevard, while trying to cross […]

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JoAnn O’Kelley

Westminster – JoAnn Sanford O’Kelley, 78, wife of Jerry Edward O’Kelley, passed away peacefully, Saturday, December 31, 2022 at her residence surrounded by her loved ones.   Born in Seneca, South Carolina, JoAnn was the daughter of the late Dorothy Arozonia Sanford Savage.  JoAnn retired from Jantzen and was of the Baptist faith.  JoAnn enjoyed sewing, flower gardening, and spending […]

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Friday evening car crash kills 19-year old

Deputy Coroner Heather Harrison of Pickens County identifies Easley resident Simon Landreth the victim of a Friday accident in the northbound lanes of U-S 123 at Eighteen Mile Road Central.  Nineteen-year-old Landreth died at the scene when the Lexus SUV left the highway and hit an embankment.  He was ejected from the car.  The accident was logged at 5 pm.  […]

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County Council re-organizes for 2023

An Oconee County government reorganization is in the wings Tuesday night at Pine Street.  District One’s John Elliott, the county council chairman, and Don Mize-District Three councilman-elect, were among those seated Friday for the swearing-in of the county’s new judge of probate, Danny Singleton.  In one of his first official duties, Singleton will administer the oath office to both Elliott […]

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