Author: Dick Mangrum

City hall in Seneca is the place to be this evening, as the city council gathers for a 6 o’clock work session, followed by a special meeting.  Among tonight’s business is an electric expense policy covering new development in Oconee’s largest municipality.

The Oconee coroner announces that a 34-year old woman died Sunday night in Seneca of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.  The office of Coroner Karl Addis and the Seneca police continue to investigate what happened around 7:30 pm outside a home at 211 Allen Street.  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of a gunshot to the head.

The task to find adequate substitute teachers has prompted Oconee school administrators to engage an outside firm to recruit and hire subs.  But the district’s arrangement with Kelly Education Partnership has prompted a flurry of questions from District One trustee Amanda Holder.  Her comments, along with those of the superintendent, Dr. Thorsland, can be heard today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

The coroner’s office in Anderson County says an Anderson physician was the victim of an apparent drowning last night in Lake Hartwell.  Dr. Marshall Meadors III was 65 years old.  Public safety workers responded around 8 last night to the area of Midlake Heights Drive in Anderson.  According to the coroner’s office, “The preliminary investigation indicates the victim died as […]

The mindset of Oconee’s school population and their parents may well remain in a kick-back summer mode.  However, at the county school district headquarters in Walhalla the mindset is that summer recess is fast ending, and the focus is preparing for a new academic year.  Dr. Thorsland, the district superintendent, drove home the point last night addressing the board of […]

A 52-year Oconee resident implored the county school trustees to step up efforts to rid the public schools of bullying.  Margaret Harper held the trustees’ attention for ten minutes at the start of last night’s meeting declaring that the prevalence of bullying causes serious harm to children.  In her plea, Harper conceded that no one likely can stop bullying in […]

Traffic is delayed at this hour (5 pm) for a mobile home being transported that apparently has flipped onto its side on U-S 123/the Seneca-Clemson Corridor at the Wells Highway.  94.1./The Lake’s Kevin Hollis is reporting from the scene.

Workers at the Clemson Rural Health clinic in Walhalla in six months’ time found more people interested in improving their health than the clinic staff could manage.  This was six months into a produce prescription program.  Brooke Brittain, registered dietitian, began VeggieRx through a partnership with FoodShare and Feed and Seed, a Greenville based food hub.  Patients at the Clemson […]

K-12 teachers from the Upstate, including Oconee County, have learned during their summer recess about wildlife and land management ecology from Clemson faculty.  The field trip for the 14 teachers was made possible by a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation.  In a workshop at the Bad Creek Outdoor Classroom, the teacher studied eco-systems, learned about the natural history of […]

A young Westminster man ran afoul of the law for allegedly purporting himself to be a law enforcement officer.  The city police released details of an early Sunday night incident on Cedar Street in which Austin Miguel Gutierrez, 27, of John Street stands accused of disturbing the peace and impersonating a law enforcement officer.