Author: Dick Mangrum

The newest Oconee deputy sheriff is a canine capable of tracking and detecting explosives. In an event yesterday, the sheriff’s office swore in a yellow lab named “Thor” who was accompanied by his handler deputy sheriff Justin Stokes. Both Thor and Stokes have completed training and are ready to serve Oconee County. Thor received his badge and retired canine handlers […]

More than 40 employers will be featured offering in excess of 200 jobs during a job fair today in Seneca.  Tri-County Technical College presents the 2019 Oconee job Fair at the Shaver Recreation Complex from 4 to 7 o’clock this evening.  For those interested in new opportunities, companies will have representatives present from, among other places, Itron, Schneider Electric, Borg […]

Students in Clemson’s communication department this football season will use the university’s Social Media Listening Center to provide a first-time service for the game day security team. Assistant professor Andrew Pyle has been named the university’s first Division of Public Safety Faculty Fellow and he will head the social media monitoring efforts before, during and after all 2019 home football […]

The Oconee coroner, Karl Addis, has complied with a newspaper reporter’s request for a breakdown of the 20 drownings at Fall Creek landing on Lake Keowee that date back over his career, which started in 1993. Addis conducted an analysis of the fatalities from 1997 to just this past Saturday. Eight of the victims lived in Greenville County; six in […]

Brian Ramey says he has signed up to run for a new term as Westminster mayor.  His official entry into the November 5 election sets up a contest so far between him and Susan Ramey, a city councilwoman.  We’ve learned of some other candidacies.  Ronald Dodson is running for re-election to the Westminster City Council.  In Walhalla, there are now […]

Certified public accountants, hired by Oconee County, have delivered their report that addresses pay raises awarded to 130 county employees. The firm Cherry Bekaert sent to David Root, the Oconee County attorney, the results of an “internal review and assessment of the Oconee County Human Resources and Payroll functions regarding certain employee pay raises.” Edda Cammick, a former county council […]

Unless you have business in Clemson one week from tomorrow, you might want to avoid Clemson when the Tigers open their season with a night game on Thursday, August 29.  City of Clemson has announced that City Hall offices will close at 1 o’clock on Game Day “due to a concern of increased traffic as the afternoon progresses.”

Today’s bill collectors at the counter at Walhalla City Hall, at times, have a difficult and thankless job. If someone can’t meet his or her monthly obligation, tempers can flare. Councilman David Underwood requests water customers to be considerate and remember that the policies the City Hall counter staff enforces were made by the city’s elected officials. Underwood says the […]

A newly-finished building on the campus of Tri-County Technical College will train employees for Arthrex, the new orthopedic medical device plant in the Anderson County community of Sandy Springs. It is an 8,500 square foot building completed by contractor J-Davis Construction of Oconee and Anderson counties. The contractor overcame design changes and inclement weather to deliver the building in what’s […]

ACI Plastics South on the Sandifer Boulvard 20 will be bringing more investment and jobs to Oconee County. But how much and how many hasn’t yet been announced. The County Council on Tuesday approved on first reading an ordinance amending the county’s original fee-in-lieu of taxes agreement with the company to reflect the new investment. According to county attorney David […]