School bus riders may go maskless

A new relaxation of the rules governing COVID-19 protection.  In line with new guidance from the CDC, the South Carolina Deparrtment of Education has removed the requirement that students and staff wear masks on state-owned and operated school buses.  “Therefore,” says Oconee School District, “effective immediately, SDOC students and staff will no longer be required to wear masks on buses.”

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6 for 3 in Westminster

The field of candidates is set for next month’s special Westminster election.  By the qualifying deadline at the noon hour today, the candidates were Adam Dunn, Wendy Golten, Audrey Reese, Susan Alexander Ramey, Jerry Sanders, and Daby Snipes.  Pulling out of the contest, according to a letter received by the Oconee Election office on Friday, was Robert McDaniel Morrill.  Election […]

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Proposed law addresses uniform elections and vote integrity

Under debate at the state capital:  A bill requiring counties to follow same practices, as created by the South Carolina Election Commission.  And Seneca’s state representative, Republican Bill Sandifer, approves.  Said he:  “I am always glad to see legislation focused on safeguarding the democratic process.”  One component of this legislation would forbid any county election board from taking private money.  […]

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Stolen items recovered, arrests made

Private property taken in thefts at a housing complex near Clemson led investigators to a Seneca business last week and the arrests of suspects.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces two of the arrested individuals–Austin Matthew Land and Robert Creed Gibson–were taken into custody at an Oconee Square business where a stolen bank card was used and the victim’s name forged.  […]

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Unoccupied house burns to the ground

What was first reported as a woods fire, in the end, turned out to be a house fire near the Walhalla city limits.  That fire on Campbelltown Road near Botany Lane remained under investigation over the weekend as to the circumstances of why the fire started.  No one reported hurt.  The fire department rolled its equipment and manpower around 1:45 […]

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Bobby Gordon

  Westminster– Bobby Gordon Collins, 88, husband of Edna Louise Westmoreland Collins, passed away Thursday, February 24th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Pickens County, Bobby was the son of the late Otis Oliver Collins and Lula Edna Palmer Collins. Bobby was a Knit Machine Fixer with Kendall, a member of Corinth Baptist Church and […]

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Ernest Smith

  Lavonia, GA – Ernest Matthew Smith, 88, husband of the late Martha Sue McIntire Smith and Ollie M. Chappell Smith, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022 at Rainey Hospice House.   Born in Stephens County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Robert Jessie Smith and Icie Pearl Rholetter.  Ernest retired from the United States Army after 22 […]

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Homer Burrell “BF” Franks Jr.

Seneca, SC– Homer Burrell Franks, Jr., 70, husband of Florence Floyd Franks, of 300 Shrine Club Road, Seneca, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. Franks was the son of Homer Burrell Franks, Sr. and Margaret Ruth McDonald Franks. He retired from Tiger Sports Shop and was a member […]

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Janice Lorraine Allen

Janice Lorraine Allen, 79, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022, at her home in West Union, SC. She was originally from Hudson, Iowa.   She was born Aug. 27, 1942, in Voorhies, Iowa, daughter of Adolph and Margie Vogt. She graduated from Reinbeck Iowa High School in 1960 and went onto Gates business college for 4 weeks.   She […]

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