Author: Dick Mangrum

In a workshop meeting, West Union Town Council members will put their heads together to plan a new Main Street park.  The workshop meeting will be 10 o’clock Monday morning at town hall.

Long-time Oconee public school worker Evie Hughes will address next week’s public safety forum in Seneca.  The director of student services, safety, and security will discuss what parents should do to collect their children in the event of an active shooter incident in the district.  The 6:30 pm Tuesday forum, arranged by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, for the auditorium at […]

As Joey Opperman sees it, there’s no reason for Democrats to abandon the sitting president who faces re-election next year.  Opperman is an Anderson Democrat and considered to be a savvy follower and spokesman for Democratic politics in the state.  Opperman, in an interview airing on 101.7/WGOG NEWS, says he sees no reason for South Carolina Democrats to withdraw their […]

A Seneca man awaiting trial on charges of kidnapping and sex crimes may gain release from jail if he can meet the terms of a bond set yesterday in the Oconee General Sessions Court.  On a request on behalf of defendant Charles Lee Hightower, Judge Scott Sprouse ordered a $125 thousand bond with surety and the conditions of electronic monitoring, […]

Jail inmate Thomas Gerald Allred has been confined 297 days awaiting trial on multiple charges of sex offenses, but a backlog in processing electronic device evidence in the case further delays a trial date for Allred.  A state’s attorney yesterday opposed the defense lawyer’s motion for a speedy trial.  According to Judge Sprouse, it often takes time for the prosecution […]

The city of Clemson transitions today to a new phone provider.  In this process, intermittent and temporary issues in making or receiving calls is possible.  If you try to call a city of Clemson government number and are unable to get through, please wait a few minutes and try again.

Power was restored early last night in West Union.  The electric power outage, traced to a Main Street transformer, impacted some 926 Duke Energy customers.  The light failure at the Main Street/Highway 11 intersection prompted the mayor to ask that motorists treat the intersection as a 4-way stop.

A young Seneca man in shackles stood in the defendant’s dock and heard the judge say the defendant is a danger to the community and is not entitled to a bond.  And it’s back to jail for Truett Gregory Brock, awaiting trial on two separate charges of attempted murder – the latest of which is an incident alleged to have […]

Oconee’s Republican Party wishes to bring together all five county councilmen at one time and one place to account for the current year budget and the process that precedes budget approval.  A letter addressed by five Republican Party officers, the five Republican councilmen are given a choice of four possible dates:  September 6, 7, 13, and 14.  The letter to […]