Author: Dick Mangrum

As his eight years in county government close, Paul Cain of Seneca makes a plea for everyone to act civilly in government.  Disagreement is OK, Cain says, often even healthy, he believes, but everyone should be respectful of one another because not everyone agrees.  The comments were reflected by Cain, as he addressed one of his final meetings as Seneca’s […]

The car-motorcycle accident that ejected the motorcyclist onto the asphalt of the 123 ByPass in Seneca yesterday was another traffic accident in front of the Wendy’s restaurant.  Police Chief Casey Bowling made the following statement to 101.7/WGOG NEWS, as to what might be done to reduce the frequency of accidents there:  “It seems that a big contributor to vehicle accidents […]

During a welfare check near Walhalla on Tuesday, a 59-year old man was arrested on an unlawful weapons charge – the result, the sheriff’s office reported – of a previous domestic violence conviction.  The charge was placed against Larry Gene Griffin, 59 years old.  The sheriff’s office announcement reads:  “The deputy discovered Griffin inside a pickup truck on Playground Road […]

Defendant Wade Walker is scheduled to take the stand as the final witness in an Oconee County trial that is a property damage dispute between two sets of Lake Keowee neighbors.  Walker’s wife, Kimberly, testified late yesterday afternoon and engaged in a mild to spirited cross-examination by plaintiff’s attorney Keith Denny.  Denny represents Scott and Annette Balsitis, who claim water […]

  An Oconee County Council proclamation honors Paul Cain of Seneca for years of service as the District Three councilman.  Cain stood down at election time this year, and he’s to be succeeded on council January 1 by Don Mize.  For the record last night, Cain got somewhat emotional with his remarks which amounted to a farewell from his government […]

A 23-year old Seneca woman has been arrested after a a school district employee contacted an investigator with information about what the sheriff’s office called unusual behavior between Emily Hall Tannery and a minor.  As evidence was gathered, according to the sheriff’s office, a determination was made that Tannery exchanged text messages with the child in an attempt to illicit […]

An ambulance has arrived at the scene of a car-motorcycle accident on the 123 Seneca By-Pass in front of Wendy’s Restaurant.  An account from the scene indicates that the motorcyclist was knocked off his bike onto the asphalt pavement.

A publicly un-identified Oconee County project is on a fast track.  The county council met for about one minute at 10 this morning to adopt on second reading an ordinance that creates a fee-in-place-of-tax arrangement with a company code-named “Prepoly”.  Only ten hours or so prior, the council gave first reading.  This morning, after what the county administrator pronounced the […]