Author: Dick Mangrum

The judge at Oconee General Sessions Court took a look at the darkening sky and called a halt to proceedings around 4 pm yesterday and urged court officers, defendants, and others to quickly prepare for a typical late summer afternoon cloudburst.  And the storm it came to Walhalla.  As a result, several trees are down across the city, and the […]

On the eve of the qualifying deadline, Walhalla gets new candidates for both mayor and city council.  One is a State Department diplomat; the other, a Main Street businessman.  Current State Department employee Tim Hall III announces his intentions for mayor, making this statement:  “Walhalla should be a functioning, financially sound city that provides quality services for its citizens.  I […]

Unless an offer to settle is accepted, Westminster resident Bradley Thomas Barnett faces a January jury trial in the Oconee General Sessions Court on the charge of felony driving under the influence.  Beth Blundy, assistant solicitor, made the announcement yesterday afternoon when parties from both sides made an appearance before 10th Circuit Judge Cordell Maddox in Walhalla.  Blundy described the […]

Oconee Elections Office reported two new candidates today.  Both seek to land on their town and city councils.  They are James C. Phillips of Walhalla and Stephanie J. Owens of West Union.

A plea of guilty resolved a domestic violence case today in the Oconee General Sessions Court.  An Oconee man, Tracy Lee Fowler, pleaded guilty to domestic violence first degree.  Fowler was ordered by the judge to serve a sentence of ten years in prison, suspended to six years, to be followed by five years’ probation.  Judge Cordell Maddox heard from […]

“Closer on the horizon” is how Oconee’s sewer official sees the time for a decision on whether to build a new treatment plant or expand the existing 40-year-plus facility at Seneca.  Chris Eleazer, the JRSA executive director, responded to a question by board member David Dial.  “I think we are approaching that now,” Eleazer said when Dial asked when does […]

The executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority plans to email the Oconee County administrator.  The JRSA’s Chris Eleazer became inspired to write Amanda Brock, the county administrator, during discussion this morning by a JRSA committee’s reaction to County Council’s intentions for up to $25 million in general obligation bonds.  Those bonds are to generate monies for capital projects, […]

Today’s meeting of the Oconee PRT Commission has been cancelled.  But the PRT meeting Thursday, August 31 remains on schedule for 12 noon in County Council Chambers.

Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has taken the lives of two South Carolina horses, according to Michael Neault, State Veterinarian and Director of Clemson Livestock Poultry Health.  The National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed the diagnosis on Monday.  One horse was a two-year-old quarter horse gelding in Sumter County; the second, a five-year-old quarter horse mare in Lee County.  They are the […]