Author: Dick Mangrum

An Oconee General Sessions judge denied a defense motion yesterday to reduce the bond for a Seneca businessman awaiting trial on multiple charges.  A court officer said Demetrius Campbell, owner of Clutch’s Gym, was returned to jail.  He faces charges of kidnapping, domestic violence high and aggravated, pointing a firearm, assault and battery third degree, and obstruction of justice.  Bond […]

Walhalla trash pickups normally scheduled for Monday (Memorial Day) will instead take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 31 and June 1, next week.  Those customers should have their roll carts out by 7 o’clock on Tuesday morning.  Russ Price, public works director, says all other routes should run on schedule.

The senior classes of Oconee’s three high schools graduate tomorrow in separate ceremonies. Seneca Total number of graduates: 202 Total scholarships: $20,600,000 Valedictorian — Michael Austin Davis Graduation Live Stream: https://youtu.be/3gQFQQMKvUs   Walhalla Total number of graduates: 283 Total scholarships:  not available at this time Valedictorian — Rori Elizabeth Pumphrey Graduation Live Stream: https://youtu.be/qyJ0VPkC7ZI   West-Oak Total number of graduates: 144 Total scholarships: $9,772,522.00 Valedictorian […]

School buildings are off-limits to students in summer.  But in Oconee, the public schools have an interest in ensuring that children receive proper nutrition.  The district announces that “Summer Meals for Oconee Kids” will start Wednesday, June 1 and continue through Friday,  July 29 at five locations.  Regardless of whether children are students or not, the meals will be served […]

A couple of possibilities for the use of some vacated space in Westminster — now that the magistrate is ensconced in a brand new edifice on the east side of the city.  According to Kevin Bronson, a couple of ideas are being floated about the quarters that Magistrate Derrick vacated on Windsor Street.  One is a new chamber for city […]

A student was shot yesterday morning in an off-campus incident in northeast Georgia. Toccoa Radio WNEG elicited this account as to what happened” “At approximately 10:16 am, Habersham County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a possible shooting in the area of the 2200 block of SR 197 in Mount Airy. A 9-1-1 caller from a business across from the Ninth […]

Westminster City Council gave its approval last night to applying to the federal government for as much as $7.5 million in the form of a loan/grant to pay for various improvements across the city’s water service territory.  The improvements are to stretch as far as Long Creek to upsize to 250,000 gallons the Unity Tank.  A notice posted at city […]

An appeal to Seneca’s zoning law will be heard at 6 tonight at city hall.  The applicant and property owners are James and Barbara Williams at 819 S. Stribling Street.  The public is invited.

The outside attorney representing Westminster has joined the firm representing the potential plaintiff and yesterday, in special meeting, Westminster City Council hired a replacement.  This, as Westminster and other possible defendants, prepare for tomorrow’s mediation proceeding.  At issue during tomorrow’s proceeding is Seneca’s threat to sue Westminster and other parties over their refusal to grant Seneca more voting clout on […]