Author: Dick Mangrum

The last regular meeting of 2021 for the Oconee Library Board of Trustees takes place at 5:30 tomorrow evening in the County Council Chambers in Walhalla.  Library patrons, as well as the general public, are invited to attend board meetings.  Public comment is permitted at the start of meetings.  Oconee’s countywide library is system is managed by a nine-member board […]

Davenport Funeral Home, under new ownership, will host a retirement celebration next week for its former owner, Larry Hendrix, in an event that will run from 6 to 8 o’clock the night of Thursday, December 2 at the funeral home.  Everyone who appreciates how Hendrix and his family have served and cared for them over the years is invited to […]

A meeting next month in Greer will likely determine whether there’s any change to the charge that Westminster will have to pay next year for its electric power supply.  The 2022 calendar year rates are to be considered by the board of “PMPA”—the consortium of municipalities from which Westminster gets its wholesale electric power supply.  Westminster’s voting member of the […]

After being arrested on Thursday night last week, a 19-year old Seneca man faces charges in traffic and sex crime investigations.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Dominick Vincent Falsitta was charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree, kidnapping, reckless driving, assault and battery third degree, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.  The criminal sexual […]

A Clemson senior from Spartanburg, Louise Franke, became the university’s first student yesterday to be named a Rhodes Scholar.  Clemson is celebrating her achievement as historic for the university.  An Honors College student majoring in bio-chemistry with minors in political science and philosophy, Franke is one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars selected through an intensive application and interview process.  The […]

The body of a 24-year old man was found early yesterday afternoon in the waters of a northern Oconee County lake.  Coroner Karl Addis says an autopsy will be conducted tomorrow to help in the investigation of Austin Wade Campbell’s death.  The coroner says Campbell’s body was found in the Upper Whitewater Lake at Tamassee.  A Tamassee resident, Campbell was […]

The case file of a Seneca police investigation from Friday will be sent to the state police for their review, according to an announcement by Casey Bowling, city police chief.  The city police were called Friday afternoon to the scene of what Bowling says was an altercation on S. Fairplay Street.  No charges were made and no one was hurt; […]

Oconee Coroner Karl Addis announced the fatality in this morning’s accident near West Union — Kaitlynn Elizabeth Worley. The state patrol said Worley, 28, was at the wheel of a 2003 Dodge SUV–one of three vehicles in this morning’s accident.  Other details of what happened can be found elsewhere on this WGOG news link.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicts “Build Back Better” will be transformational for the climate and health and family care, but South Carolina’s 3rd District member blames the Democrats.  Republican Jeff Duncan of Laurens is worried that the spending measure is radical and irresponsible.  Democrat Pelosi and the other bill supporters say Build Back Better will allow for increased child care […]