Author: Dick Mangrum

The Anderson County Coroner’s Office has identified a 65-year-old Liberty man as the fatality in a late Wednesday night accident near a roundabout at SC 88 and U-S 178.  Don McCown, chief deputy coroner, said Norval Ray Painter lost his life to traumatic injuries secondary to blunt force trauma when his motorcycle hit a fallen tree across 178.  The accident […]

Clemson University officials are urging South Carolina beekeepers and the public to be on the lookout for yellow-legged hornets after the invasive insect was discovered in the Savannah, Georgia, area. The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) is reporting that a Savannah-area beekeeper found an unusual hornet on his property and reported it to the GDA. On August 9, 2023, the U.S. Department […]

An Oconee County woman has been reunited with her diamond engagement ring, and the county sheriff’s office has arrested a Georgia man on charges of grand larceny.  Law enforcement records show the man arrested is a 30-year old resident of Martin, Georgia – Zachary Dewain Butler.  The theft was reported April 26 when the owner, a West Union area resident, […]

Only a few people took part in today’s “CAT” bus hearing in Seneca, but the bus officials received ideas about how giving up the keys to a gas guzzler and riding a bus can generate larger numbers of riders in both Seneca and surrounding area.  Today’s hearing centered on the proposed elimination of the Connector Route designed to transport students […]

Oconee County municipal leaders gather Monday night in Salem, and they are to receive information on homelessness, a growing situation throughout the county.  Sheriff Crenshaw will lead Monday’s discussion when the municipal association convenes at 6 o’clock meeting at the Salem Community Club.  Just behind Crenshaw on the agenda is Julian Davis.  The District Four councilman will make a report […]

State troopers are deferring to the coroner to publicly identify the fatality in a motorcycle accident in rural Anderson County.  According to trooper Brittney Glover, the 11:39 pm accident occurred when the motorcyclist encountered a tree across the highway on U-S 178 at SC 88, six miles east of Pendleton.

Oconee County Council agreed this week to settle a civil lawsuit for $10 thousand.  After a brief statement by David Root, the county attorney, the council Tuesday night approved the settlement, after leaving an executive session and re-convening its open meeting.  The case involved Sandra King, plaintiff, vs. Stacey Fischer and Oconee County.  In 2021 an Anderson attorney, representing a […]

In his newsletter, Chairman Matthew Durham of Oconee County Council gives an explanation of the changing county budget.  The council Tuesday gave first reading to what’s called budget amendment #1.  Durham says, “Since June 6th, a lot of hard work has gone into developing a budget amendment that serves the people of this county well.  The amended budget comes in […]

A multiple-vehicle accident around 9 last night near Seneca, on the Davis Mill Road.  And during the 3 o’clock hour yesterday afternoon, an accident on 123 Seneca ByPass near N. Walnut created debris in the westbound lanes and backed up traffic to nearly the Old Salem Road.

Those insured by UnitedHealthCare are being warned by Prisma Health that unless the hospital corporation reaches a new deal with the insurance company, the provider will no longer include Prisma Health as an in-network provider beginning January 1.  Prisma’s chief clinical officer, Dr. Jonathan Gleason, in an email yesterday, said, “We continue to negotiate in the hopes that new agreements […]