Author: Dick Mangrum

When it came to two applications aimed at building new housing in Westminster, the city planning commission approved one of the re-zoning applications.  On the second, the planning commissioners were divided 2-2.  A fifth member’s vote could have broken that tie, but Chairwoman Sandra Powell abstained due to a connection with the applicant.  Approved by the commission was an MFR […]

The plea deal for Hunter Biden fell apart in court.  ABC’s Steven Portnoy reports the judge voiced concern about the agreement.  The President’s son was to have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor tax charges, and expected to avoid prosecution on a felony gun charge.  The judge found the parties did not agree exactly on the terms, and requested additional briefings in […]

According to the National Weather Service, the majority of the U.S. will experience above-normal temperatures for as long as the next week. This summer is being recorded as the hottest ever and currently, nearly 80 million people are experiencing dangerously hot temperatures as a heatwave moves across the country. HEAT SAFETY TIPS The Red Cross offers steps you can take […]

A 25-year old Philadelphia, PA man, who was charged in late May of this year with Murder and Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center earlier this morning. David Delgado, Jr., of Loretto Avenue, was transported from the Chesterfield (VA) County Jail to Oconee County by Deputy’s from the […]

Governor McMaster leads a ceremonial signing tomorrow of a bill to make boating safety and education mandatory for today’s young boaters and those in generations that follow.  S. 96 will make safety and education mandatory for anyone running a boat on the state’s waters born after July 1, 2007.  The DNR’s Greg Lucas has a grasp of this new law […]

Summer temperatures are one cause of higher bills, and Duke Energy reminds customers to check the latest assistance programs to keep bills in check.  Summer has begun to settle in across the state.  The cost of fuels to make energy has also increased, but Duke says it does not profit from fuel costs.  Duke customer help falls into three categories:  […]

Oconee Adult Education is now taking registration for the upcoming year for GED and High School Diploma.  Classes begin August 7th you can reach Oconee Adult Education at 718-4812.

A deputy on patrol yesterday in a southern part of Oconee made traffic stop, which led to the arrests of two adult men.  According to the sheriff’s office spokesman, a juvenile was in the stopped vehicle.  The adult men arrested were identified as Tarran Shane Boggs, 22, of West Union and Laderrick Deonta Smith-Manley, 28, of Seneca.  Here’s the account […]

If we are talking South Carolina watermelon crop, is it too early to anticipate Oconee County’s annual crop of apples.  Traditionally, it is celebrated Labor Day week.  And, for the first time since COVID-19 gripped the planet, there will be an Apple Festival Rotary Luncheon, arranged by the city’s Rotary Club, to coincide with Apple Festival Week.  Rotarian Sam Dickson […]

Temperatures have begun to approach the searing stage; however, earlier this year the cooler-than-normal temperatures left South Carolina’s watermelon crop without the heat to fully flourish.  Questions are raised whether the melons will have their normal succulent taste.  Watermelons, says Clemson researcher Tom Keinath, are warm-season crops that grow best at average air temperatures between 70 and 85 degrees.  Melon […]