Author: Dick Mangrum

Local officials have confirmed that a small plane which left the Oconee Regional Airport and crashed yesterday in North Carolina.  Reports indicate the one person aboard, the pilot, died when the plane crashed and caught fire in Orange County, North Carolina — not far from the Virginia line.

A new South Carolina DHEC report tracks prescription drug use across the state and can serve as a guide for health officials to prevent prescription medication misuse, substance use disorders and opioid overdoses.  The key data include the number of stimulant prescriptions filled continues to increase year after year.  The stimulant has had a 29% increase in dispensations that were […]

According to a court motions docket, the young man responsible for the Townville shootings seven years ago makes a new court appearance this afternoon – in the hope that his life sentence plus 30-years will be relaxed.  In 2019, Jesse Osborne pleaded guilty to the murder of his father and the subsequent shootings that killed a 1st grade Townville Elementary […]

If the pre-meeting agenda is indicative, Seneca City Council will engage in a lengthy session tomorrow night at city hall.  For the May work session and a special meeting to follow, the council is scheduled to receive the audit report and consider first reading of new budgets for 2023-24.  Reserved for an executive session are the following matters:  municipal judge […]

Unless there’s change, retail water bills from the Pioneer Rural Water District will hold steady in 2023-24, according to the general manager.  “There is no planned rate increase this year,” said GM Terry Pruitt, after a board of directors meeting last week.  Pioneer’s service base is parts of Oconee and Anderson counties.  

A little more than 3.5 acres on U-S 123, the Seneca-Clemson corridor, changed hands in a transaction that fetched $290 thousand for the property owner.  Real estate agent Adrienne Hennes confirmed she sold the property which sits at a corner spot at 123 and the Wells Highway.  It’s expected the property, now vacant, will become home to a large landscaping […]

Opportunities tonight for those interested in Seneca government and politics.  At 6 o’clock at city hall, the board of architectural review accepts public comment on a certificate of appropriateness requested by Misty Taylor at 315 S. Fairplay Street.  At 7 o’clock the League of Women Voters of Oconee-Pickens welcomes the public to the Gignilliat Community Center to hear and meet […]

A conflict at the Shaver complex, the traditional place to cast in-person ballots on Election Day, means Seneca’s special May 30 election voting will take place in the gym at the nearby Seneca Middle School.  That’s where city voters, registered in four precincts, will fill an open council seat.  Voters are being asked to choose among five men and women […]

A former adult education teacher in the Oconee public schools is taking the county district to court, alleging age discrimination and retaliation.  The complaint filed yesterday in the Commons Pleas Court names Dr. Martha Lusk the plaintiff and the Oconee School District the defendant.  Lusk is represented by Greenville attorney Brian Arnold.  The court filing states Lusk, 72 years old, […]