Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee’s Information and technology Park on highway 11 is beginning to fill up, but what about another county industrial park to which recruiters have been unable to attract anyone? That would be the Golden Corner Commerce Park at Fair Play. County Councilman Paul Cain raised the question this morning of whether the county’s economic development recruiters are continuing to market […]

Oconee finds itself among four U-S locations that a European manufacturer is considering, according to a report made today to the policy board of the county Economic Alliance. Janet Hartman, executive director, says this is a new possibility for Oconee County and, for now, is referred to as “Project Anvil.” Hartman’s board of directors was told that the manufacturing company […]

Two Greenville men were killed last month in a home building accident in Pickens County. Last night home builders in Oconee County reached into their pockets to make donations to the families and loved ones of the departed. David Gully, president of the Home Builders Association of Oconee, announced a $1 thousand dollar donation to help with funeral and other […]

The new school year will be the first full year in which there will be a policeman in every Oconee public school. The Sheriff’s Office today announced the roster of school resource officers at 18 school locations, including the Oconee Academy and the Hamilton Career Center. Officers’ duties include the safety of students and staff and building positive relationships with […]

New guidelines are in place covering pastoral visits to the Oconee County Detention Center in Walhalla.  Among these new guidelines which the Sheriff’s Office says are to be strictly enforced:  all visits must be made thru the Securus Video Visitation System; inmates must agree to the visit; ministers will be allowed 1, thirty-minute visit per inmate each week; and an […]

The case of Stokes versus Oconee and others is still alive, but the court won’t allow the plaintiff to sue a current county council member and a former council member as individuals. Judge Lawton McIntosh’s ruling was entered in the Common Pleas Court late last week after an earlier motion hearing. Defense lawyers countered David Stokes’s attorney’s motion by arguing […]

According to news reports in Atlanta, a Westminster native who is the family patriarch in a cable network reality show has been indicted by the federal government on charges of tax evasion, conspiracy, bank fraud and wire fraud. Todd Chrisley and his wife, Julie, are maintaining their innocence. They headline the TV show “Chrisley Knows Best.” Although still known in […]

Seneca has cancelled a board of zoning appeals meeting scheduled tonight.  A lack of quorum is the reason.  The board will next meet next time at 6 o’clock Monday evening, September 19.

Four Oconee County youngsters got the chance this summer to put to test their knowhow about wildlife habitats.  4-H members Sophie Cox, Chase Land, Sarah Ebenhack, and Shawn Underwood made a mark on a national stage of the National Wildlife Habitat Education Program.  The competition took place last month in Junction City, Kansas. They were part of a South Carolina […]

Two years afterward, fire-damaged sections of the Oconee Detention Center still await a fix.  The county council next week may move to change that.  They’ll receive a recommendation at their meeting Tuesday to negotiate with those in the construction field for help in resolving a claim–the resolution of which would allow for long-awaited repairs to the law enforcement center building.  […]