Author: Dick Mangrum

Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander and City Administrator Scott Moulder have been given the authority to consummate a downtown real estate transaction, in which the city will siphon off part of the Harper’s Plaza property to an entrepreneur named Greg Levi.  For parting with Harper’s Plaza Building “C”, Seneca will receive $225 thousand, according to Moulder.  A vote by city council […]

A zoning fit could not be found for a proposed affordable workforce housing project, and the Seneca City Council voted in unanimous opposition last night to an RM-16 zone proposed for EN 1st Street property.  The council vote aligns the city’s elected leaders with their advisory planning commission, which had earlier recommended against an application from Mercy Housing Southeast of […]

Multiple agencies are investigating the crushing death in Pickens County of an Upstate man.  Chief Deputy Coroner Andrew Wilson of Pickens County reports the death of Greer resident Ronald Lewis McCarson Monday morning at the new Pickens County Landfill at Greenville Highway and Quarry Road, Liberty.  First responders received a call for a possible crushing, stating someone had been run […]

Each year in South Carolina, thousands of people earn some income but not enough to require them to file an individual income tax return.  For instance, says the state Department of Revenue, single taxpayers under 65 who make less than $13,850 are not required to file a return.  But just because you aren’t required to file a return doesn’t mean […]

Employers in general need workers.  And in Oconee, employers can also use teenagers when schools are out this summer.  Dari McBride, executive director of the chamber of commerce, says there’s a coordinated approach underway to connect Oconee teens with summertime work.  Guidance counselors at Oconee’s three high schools are spreading the word about this summer’s opportunities.  This will lead to […]

Upcountry Fiber, the partnership between Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative and WC Fiber, is making a promise to under-served sections of Pickens County, when it comes to access to broadband internet.  With a federal grant, Upcountry Fiber pledges to attack the digital divide by providing internet access to the following under-served Pickens County areas:  parts of Liberty, Dacusville, and Six Mile.  […]

A meeting of the Oconee Public Library Board of Trustees takes place at 5:30 this evening in the County Council Chambers at Walhalla.  One of the items of business is discussion on the progress to construct an ADA ramp leading to the Seneca Library.

A Crimestoppers’ seminar last week in Oconee highlighted a wave of crime that is present in all 50 states and amounts to $150 billion for the perpetrators.  A Columbia-based private investigator, Dr. Chandra Cleveland, imparted tips and tools to classes of Oconee law enforcement personnel, local school workers, and members of non-profit groups as to how to recognize human trafficking.  […]

It happened Friday morning last week off 123 near the Georgia-South Carolina line.  Oconee K-9 officer Zeke searched a car and, in the end, multiple charges were placed against driver and passenger.  According to the sheriff’s office, heroin and fentanyl were found in a Chevy Equinox and passenger Martin Acosta Jr. was arrested.  The following charges were placed against the […]