Author: Dick Mangrum

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.  […]

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 […]