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Law enforcement records spell out a weekend incident of alleged arson and malicious damage at an address near Salem. A woman at the Collins Road address was arrested Friday night and charged with arson second degree and malicious injury to personal property. Warrants identify the woman arrested as 47-year old Amanda Rey Vaughn and allege multiple fires were set inside […]
Read more“The South Carolina Election Commission reports that the scVOTES.gov website is experiencing issues loading webpages amidst a high percentage increase in web traffic. We apologize to those attempting to access the website and are actively working to restore access. The website issues do not impact voters’ ability to vote early at early voting locations around the state that opened […]
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Nature was kind this weekend to Walhalla’s celebration of its German roots. Stacy Jackson of the Oktoberfest Committee called “above-average” the crowds over three days, although exact numbers of paid admissions won’t be known until the committee meets next month. The crowds may have been held down somewhat by the Clemson home game and the Seneca at Walhalla game the […]
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A company with operations in both Toccoa and Lavonia, Georgia is closing its doors for a cross-country re-location. The MagnaFlow Group plans to close the two locations December 31 and then consolidate operations to its headquarters at Oceanside, California. Toccoa WNEG and Lavonia WLHR quote Brittany Ivey, President CEO of the Stephens County Development Authority, as saying a job fair […]
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A newly-created “Lily Pad” room in the building housing the Pickens County DSS allows for a soft place to land for area foster children. With the help of Wren High School students, a Greenville County non-profit transformed a room in the DSS building that now has the feel and looks of a comfortable living room. Couches and desks provide a […]
Read moreEdward B. Kibbe, known to friends and family simply as “Ed”, age 85, of Clemson, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, October 9, 2022, at Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, South Carolina. Born in Ilion, New York, on March 25, 1937, he was the loving husband to Joanne Marie Kibbe for 61 and a half years and the son of […]
Read moreLester Wayne Adams, age 72, passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2022, to begin his new life with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mr. Adams was the loving husband of 52 years to his wife, Mrs. Georgia Ellen Moore Adams and son to Sudie McCoy Adams and the late William Lester “Runt” Adams. A native of Oconee County, […]
Read moreWestminster – Allie Evelyn Price Hawkins, 93, wife of the late Melvin Lamar Hawkins, passed away on Saturday, October 22nd, 2022 at Dominion Senior Living – Clemson. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Leslie Price and Essie Langston Price. Evelyn was retired from Jantzen, a member of Westminster Baptist Church and she […]
Read moreA medical helicopter flight was arranged in West Union for Saturday afternoon’s car-motorcycle accident on SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard. While responders attended to injured persons at the scene, the Walhalla bound lanes were blocked in the vicinity of Zaxby’s which forced some highway 28 motorists to reverse and use the Poplar Spring Bridge as an alternate route.
Read more101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that the grounds of the West Union Volunteer Fire Department (at this moment) are accommodating the landing of a medical helicopter to apparently transport one person involved in a motorcycle accident of SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard, in front of Zaxby’s.
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