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Westminster – Wesley Gene Owens, 54, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, following a battle with Cancer. Gene was the youngest son of the late Wesley and Frances Marie Sanford Owens. Gene loved to spend his time with his family, fishing from a river bank and primitive camping with his buddies. Gene was employed by Beacon Mills […]
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A body found yesterday in Lake Hartwell, the coroner reports, is that of the young man who was the subject of a missing person’s report in Clemson. Oconee Coroner Karl Addis says Andruw Noel Earnhardt’s body was found by DNR officials yestereday morning around 10 o’clock in a cove near the 123 bridge and the railroad trestle that spans the […]
Read moreThomas Alexander, Oconee-Pickens Republican, supports a senate bill to break-up DHEC and split is responsibilities to a couple of newly-named departments. The senator and his medical affairs committee colleagues Thursday agreed to move the bill to the senate floor. Alexander acknowledges long-running complaints that DHEC has grown to large and, for the benefit of all, the duties can be re-assigned […]
Read moreJames Richard Swaney, age 61, of Pendleton SC passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Born in Anderson SC, He was the loving husband of Cindy Richey, and the son of the late Julius Virgil Swaney and Mary Evelyn Swaney. He was an avid outdoorsman and a Harley Davidson enthusiast, and his greatest joy was his grandkids. Richard is survived […]
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A child that was missing in a rural part of Oconee near Westminster has been found. The spokesman for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that, with deputies on the scene, the 3-year old child was found on Unity Church Road.
Read moreRuby Pauline Littleton, 100, wife of the late Garvin M. Littleton, formerly of Salem, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Lila Doyle Nursing Home. A native of Oconee, SC, Mrs. Littleton was the daughter of the late Mack and Ella Talley Smith. She was a homemaker and then retired from Grow Industries in Salem. Mrs. Littleton loved […]
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The threat by Seneca to go forward with a legal challenge to the sewer board makeup will send two of the potential defendants into closed meetings on Monday for legal advice. Both the Walhalla City Council and the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, in separate special meetings, are scheduled to hear from their legal advisers. As the result […]
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It has been called the prestigious fishing tournament of its kind. The Bassmasster Classic has returned this weekend to Lake Hartwell for a fourth time. Takeoffs emanate from Green Pond Landing and Event Center; daily weigh-ins are at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Lake Hartwell is a Top 100 Bass Lake in the country. South Carolina DNR plans to safely […]
Read moreIn a traffic stop, the Westminster police detained and jailed a 40-year old woman wanted as a fugitive from justice in Georgia. Matt Patterson, Westminster chief, says Jessica Marie Dubroc of Royston is wanted on the charge of burglary. The traffic stop occurred Tuesday on Westminster’s E. Main Street.
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The board of zoning appeals in Oconee County will sit in judgment later this month of an application for a special exception near Keowee Key. The applicant, Keowee Animal Hospital, is requesting an exception to allow the former Wells Fargo bank on the Rochester Highway to be converted to a veterinary hospital. The animal hospital seeks to keep the current […]
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