Author: Dick Mangrum

Early voting in front of Saturday’s primary finishes at the end of the day.  In Oconee County, the Pine Street election office will accept in-person balloting 8:30 this morning until 6 tonight.  Already, more than 4,300 Oconeeans have registered their choice for the GOP nomination for president.  The ballot also contains three advisory questions.  Meantime, absentee voting continues.  This all […]

The arrest Tuesday of an Oconee woman in Georgia, at the end of a police pursuit, originated in her home county near Westminster when an Oconee deputy stopped a dark-colored car on the W. Bennett Road. The county sheriff’s office has released details on why Cheyenne Nicole Collier was pursued.  The following account has been released:  “The driver of the […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has been told a Walhalla man released from jail has violated bond requirements, and his re-arrest is sought.  Deputies seek the public’s help to find Christopher Edward Burrell, following a tamper alert and the recovery of an ankle monitor at an address at Old House Road and S. Highway 11.  Burrell was jailed in August, charged with […]

A 35-year-old man who had been sought is reported in Oconee County custody.  Spokesman for Oconee Sheriff’s Office said Andrew Lee Bryson, accused of assault and battery by mob second degree, was taken into custody yesterday and jailed at Walhalla.  Bryson remained jailed yesterday afternoon, awaiting a bond hearing.  

The Georgia state patrol has identified an Oconee County, South Carolina woman as the driver chased as far as Lavonia last night before her car struck cemetery gravestones, and she fled on foot temporarily.  Lt. Jordan of the Georgia State Patrol says Cheyenne Collier, 23-year-old Salem, South Carolina resident, faces multiple charges – the result of a chase that started […]

This is Carol Burdette’s last year as president/CEO of the Anderson County United Way.  After 22 years on the job, preceded by 13 years voluntary service, Burdette is retiring, but will stay on the job through the end of this year to ensure a transition.  She’s especially proud that a women’s leadership initiative with the AnMed and Anderson County schools […]

A small fire this morning at a nursing facility near Seneca was quickly stopped this morning, with the help of an employee who activated a fire extinguisher.  The fire at Seneca Health and Rehabilitation on highway 59 occurred in the back part of the facility, according to Chief Caudill of the Seneca Fire Department.  The small fire was traced to […]