Author: Dick Mangrum

Food for thought expressed last week to Oconee County Council during public comment.  Lewis Collins told the council that rising homelessness is fast displacing the condition of roads as the county’s top problem, and he wanted to know what the county fathers are likely to do about it.  

Airworx Unmanned Solutions, based in Piedmont, SC, recently donated an underwater ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office to assist with underwater investigations and operations. Airworx is an Upstate based public safety robotics firm. The donation of the underwater drone, valued at $10,000.00, was made through the Oconee Sheriff’s Foundation for use with the Missing Person’s Unit […]

Seneca’s planning commissioners will evaluate whether a rezoning request is acceptable for 16 acres at Dalton Road, Queen Street, and Rocky Ridge Circle. Current requirement is a minimum of 20 thousand square feet for a single-family home site.  The request of Dan Freeman/Freeman and Martin LLC at city hall Monday evening will be to re-zone from residential-20 to residential-15.

Gangs or gang-like activities and college education don’t square, and Monday the governing board of Tri-County Technical College at Pendleton will take up policy covering gangs and gang-like activities.  It’s an agenda item for the meeting of the Tech Commission board.

Supply chain and logistical issues have delayed the finish of a new Lake Keowee marina on the Pickens County side of the lake.  And a federal agency has granted an extension to the deadline for a final construction report for the Sunset Marina.  The extension, by “FERC” – the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – was granted to Duke Energy Carolinas.  […]

In a rural Oconee County car accident yesterday afternoon, one person is said to have suffered a broken leg.  It was a 2 o’clock wreck on the Oconee Station Road, responded to by Walhalla Fire Department.