Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee court officers are hopeful that two men with serious drug habits can get help through an addiction facility within the state’s prisons. Meantime, both Junior Michael Dickert and Reginald Leon Holden have been ordered to serve prison terms. For Dickert, it’s a term of seven years for having pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine third offense. Deputy Solicitor […]

Early today the Walhalla police released to the custody of the county Sheriff’s Office the occupants of a car stop on SC 28 not far from the highway 11 bridge. Police Chief Sean Brinson says, “Our charges will be possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and beginner permit violation.” Brinson referred 101.7/WGOG NEWS to the Sheriff’s Office for further […]

Two people arrested in Franklin County, Georgia have been arrested in the investigation of thefts at boat decks on Lake Hartwell.  A Georgia DNR officer says they suspect thieves have been cruising the lake at night, looking for un-lit docks that pose opportunity.  The DNR’s Craig Fulghum stresses lakeside residents should put away anything on their boats or docks that […]

A car driven by a man who remains missing was found, along with the man’s belongings. But Kendall Todd Hawkins, a 47-year old white male, remains unaccounted for since he went missing December 12. His family is worried. Hawkins’ daughter, Amber, says her father has medical conditions that require medications. He is 5’10”, brown eyes, salt and pepper hair. A […]

A former CEO of the National Council on Engineering and Surveying near Clemson announces he’ll seek the Republican nomination this year to run for Seat Three, South Carolina House of Representatives. It means that Jerry Carter will seek to serve Pickens County in the state legislature in that seat that Gary Clary is vacating.

A time for financial reckoning has arrived for Seneca.  The city’s outside auditor, Mike Stancil, will make his annual appearance tomorrow night before the city council to present the results of the city’s last completed fiscal year–the one that ended June 30, 2019.  Part of the job of the independent auditor is to track the city’s expenses, compared to its […]

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office has cancelled the alert for a stolen car.  The 2005 Chrysler Town and Country Van, stolen from a work location on the Sandifer Boulevard, turned up Friday morning on the Campbell Bridge Road near the Friendship Road.  And the Sheriff’s Office reported attempts were underway to reunite the car with its owner.

Squad cars with blue lights blinking are prominent at two locations this morning in the Walhalla-Westminster area.  We are told that officers made a traffic stop on 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard near the bridge over highway 11.  No explanation, so far, for why several public safety responders have gathered on 183/the Westminster Highway, in the vicinity of Bennett Road.