Author: Dick Mangrum

How many Oconeeans are homeless?  That is a topic to be addressed when the County Council holds its August meeting at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening in Walhalla.  Near the top of the meeting agenda will be a presentation on the state of homelessness in South Carolina, to be delivered by Lorain Crowl of United Housing Connections.  The organization works to […]

The contractor Pickens Construction will have crews today at work on Clemson’s Hillcrest Avenue.  If you have any concerns or questions about the project, you may call the Clemson Public Works at 864/653-2053.

A four-mile chase early yesterday afternoon ended with Oconee sheriff’s officers capturing a man who jumped out of a wrecked car and ran. Officers used taser to subdue their suspect whose car ran off the road after hitting two other vehicles. No one was hurt. The Sheriff’s Office identified the man arrested as Seneca resident Daniel Timothy Falu and the […]

South Carolina DHEC says Pioneer Rural Water customers are noticing an “earthy” taste and smell in water produced by Pioneer’s new plant. But Terry Pruitt, the Pioneer manager, says test results show the water continues to be safe to consume and, so far, complaints have been voiced by only three percent of the customer base. Said Pruitt today: “DHEC did […]

Democrats want a sit down with Majority Leader McConnell to talk about guns.  And South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham talked guns as he made an appearance today at an event in Seneca.  “There are just some people out there who are crazy, disturbed, and we need to get them help and get the guns out of their hands before they do […]

“This is the future.” That is how Senator Lindsey Graham today described what Seneca’s Borg Warner plant is doing to avail its employees of free health screenings and wellness services. Graham cut a ribbon that opened Borg Warner’s health and wellness facility, a move he believes that’ll help position the plant to hire some of the best from the available […]

The investigation of a suspicious person complaint yesterday in West Union led sheriff’s officers to E. Railroad Street where they encountered a man walking alongside the railroad track. Their investigation led to charges of giving false information and possession of methamphetamine against Christian Alexander Durecki. According to the Sheriff’s Office, officers found nearly one-half of a gram of meth in […]

A stray Labrador retriever rescued by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office is in need of a loving home.  “Lucky” is the five-year old lab who strayed from Walhalla.  When rescued August 4, Lucky was diagnosed with sarcoptic mange, but is getting treatment and within the next three weeks should be cured and no longer contagious.  If you or anyone you know […]

For the purchase of a former manufacturing building and its re-modeling into the hub of city industrial park, Seneca moved yesterday to re-structure a bank loan. The city’s Facilities Corporation took action during its annual meeting yesterday at City Hall. The corporation approved City Administrator Scott Moulder’s recommendation to pursue re-financing. The current lender is the TD Bank. Two loans […]