Author: Dick Mangrum

Before a city hall meeting in Seneca last night there was a tease that a Rick Erwin steakhouse might be locating in Harper’s Plaza, across N. 1st Street.  However, Scott Moulder, city administrator, responded in an email this morning saying, “At this point there has been no formal discussion with the owners of Rick Erwin, nor any other restaurant operator.”

Attorney Suzanne Shaw rested the state’s case this morning in the Oconee Common Pleas Court, and the respondent’s attorney, Don Thompson, tried but failed to win a directed verdict for his client, Christopher Trent Wilder.  After Judge Sprouse ruling that the case should proceed further, Thompson called as his side’s first witness, Dr. Christopher Gillen, a psychologist employed by the […]

A contractor has revealed what’s in store for three graded acres of SC 28 diagonally across from Paesano’s.  Brian Massey says he and his wife, Toni, will open the first bourbon distillery in the Seneca area.

At 10 o’clock this morning, the Oconee Humane Society will give away free canned cat food at the adoption center on the Sandifer Boulevard.  The giveaway is made possible by a partnership between the humane society and the Greater Good Charities.

A 30-minute discussion on whether a 16’ statue would fit inside Seneca’s historic district was inconclusive.  And, at the urging of the presiding chairman, the city Board of Architectural Review tabled an application on behalf of the Dimas Brothers’ restaurant on S. Fairplay Street.  Only three of the five board members were present last night, and it was felt the […]

An Oconee jury has a major assignment this week.  The jurors are being tasked to decide if a former state prisoner who has completed his sentence as a sex offender is likely to re-offend.  In opening arguments, the state’s attorney and the defense lawyer told the jury they will hear from two physicians who have opposite opinions on whether Christopher […]

An Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigator says a missing Seneca girl, Kylie Grace Jones, has been located and is safe.

The police in Seneca made multiple charges against a 37-year old man after a call to a home at Loran Pointe to investigate “shots fired.”  Announcement from Chief Bowling says no one was hurt Saturday at the Enterprise Lane address, but officers located several shell casings.  The police say a search of the home resulted in the confiscation of 17.4 […]