Author: Dick Mangrum

The opening hours of candidate qualifying saw a pair of races become official.  Beth Blundy of Oconee County and Micah Black of Anderson County qualified for the June primary as candidates for 10th Circuit Solicitor.  And Matthew Durham, the incumbent, and newcomer India Lancaster, are paired against each other as the result of their filings on Saturday afternoon for Seat […]

Without any chance of precipitation into tomorrow, Oconee will have achieved a second straight winter of no snow.  Walhalla’s weather watcher Barbara Wilson says you have to go back to January 16, 2022, for a day when the white precipitation covered the roads and grounds.

Scams in which two Oconeeans were bilked out of a total of $11 thousand dollars are highlighted in this month’s                                                                                                                                                           scams update from the county sheriff’s office.  And what happened in each makes for a lesson for everyone to be on the guard against cheats.  An Oconeean lost about $6 thousand to a telephone scammer who impersonated an “Officer Sellers”.  […]

For Oconee taxpayers who’ve yet to satisfy their 2023 obligation, doing so will get more expensive after tomorrow.  Today is the last day to pay the tax bill before a “15% plus cost” late penalty goes into effect tomorrow.

A grant from the state Department of Health and Human Services includes funds for two Prisma Health Oconee projects at Seneca.  The grant amounts to $3.2 million and includes funds for the renovation of the Seneca Medical Associates building to allow for an additional two clinicians and funds to renovate Prisma Health Seneca Pediatrics to expand capacity from four to […]

Walhalla visitor Kylie Stackis is enthusiastic about the city’s accomplishments as a tree city, and a place that encourages its residents to plant a tree.  Trees were being given away today in an event on Main Street in the Tree City.  And Stackis of Trees Upstate complimented the local turnout and interest.  Mayor Tim Hall issued an April 26 Arbor […]

Defense lawyer David Plowden set out this morning for the Oconee Courthouse to opt out of a case in which he represents a man charged with multiple drug law violations, including some that have been linked to the “Las Senoritas” cases.  Plowden wanted to take advantage of a ruling that allows attorneys over the age of 65 to turn down […]

A man with ties to both Seneca and Clemson has been identified by the police as a man wanted on 23 warrants.  The Seneca police say it’s an investigation into identity fraud complaints in various South Carolina locations.  The wanted man is identified by the Seneca police as Shaqueal Volvo Verner.  And information can be directed to Investigator Terramano at […]

An Oconee pre-trial ruling this afternoon in a wrongful  death civil case that arose after a 2020 car accident that took three lives.  Common Pleas Judge McIntosh denied a defense motion to dismiss his client, 1698 Wells Highway Marathon LLC, but he wants discovery, the process of gathering information and evidence, to continue.  1698 is the limited liability company that […]