Author: Dick Mangrum

The formula that Oconee follows to set this year’s property tax bills is decided – the result of a unanimous county council vote last night.  This, following a presentation by the county auditor.  Christy Hubbard says she took into consideration the monies approved for the current county budgets and the latest assessed property values.  Those values reflect an expanding tax […]

The county public schools issued the following statement this afternoon: “The School District of Oconee County received reports yesterday that a middle school student had a gun on a Seneca area bus. A joint and immediate response by Seneca Middle administration and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office occurred.  The situation is still actively being investigated by law enforcement and school […]

A Seneca physician and health care workers at her practice are being recognized today with an award given during a South Carolina Immunization Conference.  A collaboration award went to Dr. Carey Gully and staff members at the Blue Ridge Pediatrics.  The award winners from Seneca and others so honored from around the state were selected from a pool of health […]

What appears to the police to have been an argument led to the shooting last weekend of a 34-year old Walhalla man.  The police today are announcing the arrest of a 32-year old , Darion Wheeler, on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during violent crime.   The police say that they found an adult male with multiple […]

All branches of the Oconee Public Library will be closed Monday, October 9 for a staff training day.  The book returns at each branch will remain open.  Also available will be the virtual branch–oconeelibrary.org–.  All branch locations reopen at normal time the following day, Tuesday, October 10.

George Ducworth, former Anderson-Oconee Solicitor and Anderson radio personality, will be part of a lineup of speakers this week in Columbia during the annual fall training conference of the South Carolina Police Accreditation Coalition.  The coalition is a non-profit organization that supports the concept of accreditation for all public safety agencies.  Its two-day meeting this week at the Columbia Metropolitan […]

The police say they handcuffed and removed a 37-year old guest from a motel room during a late-night arson investigation at the Best Western in Seneca.  Law enforcement records show charges of arson third degree and malicious injury to personal property against Burns Mill Road, West Union resident Kristopher Oneal Justus.  Justus was arrested Friday night.

Fire damaged a tractor on Walhalla’s N. Laurel Street.  The fire department answered that call during the noon hour yesterday.

Effective January 1, the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority will follow a formal policy that lays out a policy of impact fees.  From the vantage point of JRSA board chairman, Brian Ramey of Westminster, it’s a measure to financially protect the system at a time of non-stop development, especially in the Seneca area.  Parallel to the policy is a $4 […]

The charge of knowing and willful neglect of a vulnerable adult has been placed against a 68-year old Oconee woman – based on an investigation at a home in the vicinity of Halfway Branch.  Law enforcement records show the arrested woman, Carolyn R-F Coyle, and her address as Woodmarsh Lane.  The sheriff’s office released the following account:  “When the Deputy […]