Author: Dick Mangrum

You can rest assured, says the sheriff of Oconee County, the office will never solicit donations over the telephone.  “A citizen reported to our office….that someone called their phone number in regard to the purchase of some essential materials,” says Sheriff Mike Crenshaw.  “This is a scam. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will not solicit donations over the phone.  The […]

Green energy is taking a new step forward at Clemson University.  New research could help hasten the development of turbines fueled by hydrogen — the most abundant element of the universe.  Researchers seek to create a new type of coating that would armor turbine blades against intense heat and high-velocity steam, an environment so extreme it is not yet well […]

If you are a Georgia voter, today is your last chance to vote early in-person in that state’s U-S Senate run-off.  Neither incumbent Rapheal Warnock, the Democrat, nor the Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, received the required 50% plus 1 vote to win the seat in the November General Election.  Advance voting turnout this week has been heavy across Georgia, including […]

An estimated one million gallons of sewage overflowed at 404 Doyle Street, Westminster.  On Wednesday, the result of a heavy rain, an underground vault overflowed onto the ground surface.  Westminster blames what happened on a root blockage in the underground vault, coupled with excessive rain which officially measured about two and a quarter inches at nearby Walhalla.  Westminster has notified […]

Economic development matters highlight the agendas for two meetings next week of Oconee County Council.  Those matters are shrouded in secrecy as, in at least one instance, they are to be heard in executive session.  The executive session, to follow council’s regular first Tuesday December meeting, include the economic development matters titled “Greenpaw” and PrePoly.  There’s also discussion proposed for […]

The police have pressed domestic violence charges against a 31-year old Oconee County man who authorities accuse of committing domestic violence at two locations in and around Seneca.  By this morning, Clarence Curtis Hendrix Jr. remained jailed.  Thirty-one year old Hendrix was placed under a surety bond of $100 thousand dollars on a domestic violence second degree charge investigated by […]