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Seneca– Carolyn Louise Smith White, 73, passed away Friday, July 15, 2022, at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Carolyn was the daughter of the late Emory Smith and Maude Smith. Carolyn worked with the Dream Center, was of the Baptist Faith and she enjoyed drawing and gardening. Carolyn is survived by […]
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(The following account courtesy of Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR, Lavonia) The investigation by the NTSB continues into the untimely deaths of Cateechee Golf and Country Club owners Charly and Kelli Schell. Over the weekend, the following statement was issued by management at Cateechee: “It is with profound sadness and heavy heart that we announce the untimely passing of Charly and […]
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A lawsuit filed today in Oconee County alleges employment discrimination against the Oconee Disabilities and Special Needs Board, doing business as the Tribble Center. Filed by a Greenville attorney, the suit identifies Megan Lowery as the plaintiff. It alleges breach of contract, pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation for pregnancy. According to the pleadings, Lowery was hired in January 2020 as a […]
Read moreMack J. Miller passed Monday, July 18. A lifelong BG resident recently living in South Carolina near family. He was proceeded in death by his parents, Mack R. & Helen A. Miller, Sister Helen A. Lambert, his daughter Candace and his loving wife of 43 years, C. Maxine Miller. He is survived by eight children including Cathy Stoner Northwood; Brian […]
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On July 19, the City of Clemson discovered an illicit discharge of chemicals into the stormwater system at the Campus View Apartments Parking Deck located at 100 Daniel Drive. There is no threat to the public at this time. City staff and the Clemson University Fire Department will continue to monitor the incident. SCDHEC has responded to the scene and […]
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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) recently led a fact-finding mission to the Al-Hol refugee camp in northeastern Syria that holds the wives and children of dead or captured Islamic State fighters. American military leaders have expressed concern it could become a breeding ground for “ISIS 2.0.” Graham also visited a detention facility in Hasaka where some of […]
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ABC News quotes new evidence offered by the CDC that indicates among people 50 and older, the unvaccinated are 29 times more at risk of dying from COVID-19 than their fully vaccinated and double-boosted peers. And the CDC website now pegs Oconee as a high-transmission county for the virus. Senator Thomas Alexander, the Oconee Republican who now is the State […]
Read moreYou almost had to do a double take to believe what you were seeing. Around the noon hour, a horse with no rider was wandering east on SC 28/the Highlands Highway toward the Walhalla city limit. Master Deputy Jimmy Watt provides the following statement: “Animal Control arrived on scene and the primary disposition was settled by the Animal Control officer. […]
Read moreSeneca – JoAnn McLane Stancil, 87, wife of Jimmy Jean Stancil, passed away Monday, July 18, 2022 at her residence. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, JoAnn was the daughter of the late Rev. Evoid Thomas McLane and Lodemia Treadway McLane. JoAnn was a homemaker, a member of Hepsibah Baptist Church, WMU and the Ladies Class 2 Sunday School […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Webster Bruce, 73, of 208 North John Street, Walhalla, SC. To everything there is a season, a time to every purpose under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1) Webster was born in Anderson County, SC on June 30, 1949, to the late Roscoe Bruce, Sr. and the late Victoria Whitner Bruce departed from his earthly home, Saturday, July 16, […]
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