Author: Dick Mangrum

At 7 o’clock last night, Walhalla Fire Department deployed men and equipment to Crystal Lane near the Bear Swamp Road.  Fire burned a section of grass 60 feet by 50 feet.

A Walhalla man, Thomas Andrew Casselman, has been arrested as part of the government’s case into actions January 6, 2021 during the breach of the U-S Capitol—actions spelled out in court documents as having disrupted a joint session of the U-S Congress.  At the time, the congress met to ascertain and count the electoral votes from the presidential election.  A […]

Oconee County has been selected to receive nearly $22 thousand in federal dollars for food and shelter purposes.  The local United Way announces the monies come from “FEMA” and are awarded under the agency’s emergency food and shelter program.  A local board of directors will meet to decide how the funds are to be distributed.  Emergency food and shelter programs […]

The Seneca police chief was made part of a closed-door meeting last night of the city council.  Afterward, Mayor Alexander announced there would be no action taken which led to adjournment and, by many standards, one of the quickest get togethers of the city’s elected leaders.  The council convened the executive session in line with the agenda which called for […]

A Fair Play woman remained in jail yesterday, on a $10,000 surety bond, after her arrest yesterday on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 41 year old Catrina Lynn Peed, of Arrington Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:26pm Monday. Peed was arrested during a traffic stop yesterday morning, by a deputy from the P.A.C.E. (ProActive […]

South Carolina taxpayers are being urged today to be on guard against tax-time ID theft and tax refund fraud.  That kind of fraud is defined by the state Department of Revenue  when a criminal uses someone else’s personal information to file a false return.  It is important to take proactive steps to protect your identity and to respond promptly if […]

Two engineering representatives manned a Jon boat last summer and conducted what was termed a routine inspection of the span that connects Oconee and Pickens over the Seneca River arm of Lake Hartwell.  The bridge was built in 1958 and serves as a connector from Hartwell Village on the Oconee side to Dockside on the Clemson side.  From their report, […]

When Clemson University first-year student Devin Casper had a wreck with his brother in the car, it scared him.  But it also got him thinking.  The Casper’s 2010 Subaru was not equipped with a computer-assisted driver notification system common in vehicles today.  Since then, Casper and his roommate, Soren Spina, pitched their idea for Octasight, a navigation assistance device, and […]