Author: Dick Mangrum

Defendant and real estate broker Larry Hoeben continued to answer plaintiff’s lawyer questions this afternoon in day one of an Oconee civil court trial.  4105 Liberty Highway Llc vs. Redlands Properties Llc and others is a breach of contract dispute over the sale and condition of 123 Bypass property that changed hands in 2017.  Many of the questions of Hoeben […]

A gunshot wound has taken the life of a Pendleton man in Pickens County.  Coroner Kandy Kelley announces the death on Saturday of Wyatt Short, 22-year old resident of Elm Street, Pendleton.  The shooting location:  Sheriff Circle, Liberty.  Pickens County sheriff’s officers are investigating.

Oconee Common Pleas Court appears to be ready for the start of a lengthy trial.  By 10 this morning, clerk staff had started a roll call of a pool of some 75-80 jurors–from which a jury panel is to be selected for 4105 Liberty Highway vs. Redland Properties and others.  Court documents show it’s a case of alleged breach of […]

Data gathered and analyzed by Matthew Durham indicate, in the view of  Oconee’s new council chairman, show county appropriations since 2016 have grown at an alarming rate.  Sustainable budgeting practices are what are needed, Durham writes in his latest newsletter.  Durham says, “The county administrator’s initial recommended budget for FY 23/24 was $67,072,222.  During the Finance Committee meeting last Tuesday […]

A crash occurred late Saturday night in Walhalla, on N. Broad and Katherine streets.  The fire department reported no one hurt, but only one vehicle remained at the scene, a sedan.  Although the fire department is just a short distance from the accident scene, the fire fighters did not hear the crash.  They were made aware only when they were […]

Oconee high school seniors who make the grade can look forward to Saturday, May 27–Graduation Day for the Class of 2023.  Separate 8:30 am ceremonies will be staged at the high schools:  Seneca High at Tom Bass Field; Walhalla High, Razorback Field; and West-Oak, Warrior Field.  Gates open at all three at 7:30. The following will apply:  All ceremonies will […]

Victory is reported from the effort Saturday on Earth Day in a countywide volunteer effort to eradicate one of Oconee County’s most embarrassing problems:  careless littering along the county’s roadways.  Great progress took place in the Salem area.  Along three miles of Salem roads, according to Mayor Lynn Towe, 15 bags were filled.  And on the steep SC 130 from […]

A newly-arrived resident of Oconee County lost her life yesterday in a s. highway 11 accident near Fair Play.  Coroner Addis said the victim was Judy Cravens, 76, of Seneca, most recently a Greenville resident.  She died at 1:15 pm in the emergency department at the Prisma Health Oconee hospital of blunt force injuries, Addis said.  The accident, involving two […]