Author: Dick Mangrum

Walhalla officials confirm the resignation of the city’s Main Street director, Libby Imbody.  Her resignation is to take effect October 31.  Mayor Edwards said the city council was aware of the resignation and discussed it during last night’s meeting.  The mayor declined to comment on the reason or reasons, but he said Imbody’s departure will not be an end to […]

As the state’s population increases and more people commute on South Carolina’s roadways, the chance of deer-vehicle collisions is greater. Drivers throughout the state should be cautious of roaming white-tailed deer throughout the year, but especially during the rut or breeding season — typically from October through November. Studies show that about 45 percent of deer-vehicle collisions occur during this […]

At times, beauty can be in the eye of the beholder.  In Seneca this week, a regulatory board took up the proposition of the extent to which re-painting an old brick facade would be honky dory inside the city’s design review boundaries.  Ed Halbig, staff liaison to the board of architectural review, comments on the matter during a 101.7/WGOG NEWS […]

An assault near the Stamp Creek Landing Road in rural Oconee County.  Law enforcement reports detail the arrest of a 43-year old man, accused of striking an elderly woman in the back of the head with an unknown blunt object.  The charges against Chad Alvin Poore:  assault and battery first degree; possession firearm by convicted felon; possession with intent to […]

Seneca worked last night on a new comprehensive plan for the next ten-year period.  Planning commissioners queried consultants from the Benchmark company, with the outcome being to re-address some issues during the next scheduled meeting November 21.  Some of the suggestions for a new plan to guide growth and land development tie-in with the movement by the city’s elected leaders […]