Author: Dick Mangrum

Fears of recession are real, but big trucks pulling heavy machinery continue up and down Oconee County roads, streets, and highways, and the local economy seems to be humming along.  One county resident thinks it’s time to pause new development.  Patsy Davis complained to the county council that the county has become a “sitting duck” for building on undeveloped land, […]

The outdoor warning sirens around Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested multiple times during the week of June 28. This testing is necessary to close out our recent upgrade project on the sirens. A select, limited number of sirens will be tested using both a short, 20-second test as well as longer three-minute tests. These tests will occur from June […]

An Oconee criminal court defendant who failed to qualify for a public defender received a warning from the judge that he’ll need to save money from his job to retain a private attorney and be prepared next month when his case is called in court.  Judge McIntosh in the county General Sessions Courtroom this morning was ready to consider the […]

A state lawmaker says wind turbine energy is a possibility for South Carolina, but a feasibility study is required.  The House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry, chaired by Seneca’s Bill Sandifer,  forwarded a bill calling for a financial impact study because there’s only one place in the state that would be conducive for wind turbines, and that’s 25 miles […]

  Oconee Sheriff’s Office records show deputies investigated separate complaints that two men committed the crime of indecent exposure this month in Oconee County.  The latest incident report led to the weekend arrest of a Canon, Georgia man, Marty Lee Clark.  An arrest warrant accuses Clark of indecent exposure at an RV location at Fair Play.  In an earlier case, […]

The volunteers at the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department got in an early morning workout.  They were sent to a Davis Mill Road location just before 5 am to put out a fire that was burning a pair of trees.  It’s not clear how two trees, some 50 to 100 feet apart, caught fire.  94.1 The Lake WSNW’s Kevin Hollis discovered this […]