Author: Dick Mangrum

A long-time fixture in the Seneca city hall buildings is calling it a career.  Twenty-eight year city employee Susan Harris will be feted with a retirement drop-in tomorrow afternoon in the city council chambers.  She officially steps away in the capacity of associate municipal judge.  Harris also managed the office of Municipal Judge Danny Singleton, and those responsibilities will be […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Thursday that the Palmetto State has officially reached a 50 percent vaccination rate among eligible residents.   In July, the agency announced that 50 percent of residents had received at least one dose of vaccine. Today’s milestone of 50 percent being completely vaccinated is more significant, as it puts […]

A few days after the mishap, there was police tape and a few dislodged bricks from the West Union Post Office building off highway 11.  According to the highway patrol, a car hit the building late Sunday afternoon.  No one was hurt inside the post office building, neither was the 86-year old man identified as the driver of a Chrysler […]

When the Oconee Planning Commission welcomes public comment on a draft plan for land use development standards, the commission chairman is hopeful that someone representing the county’s agricultural committee will say a word of support.  Mike Smith, the planning chairman, this week sought to enlist the support of the county agricultural advisory board during its Monday meeting this week in […]

Walhalla Fire Department requests motorists this morning to avoid trying to use a short-cut thru street in the city because of a fallen tree.  The fallen tree has forced the fire department to close Hunter Avenue, between N. Catherine Street and Spring Street.  It’s possible that electric power lines have been hit, and Duke Energy has been summoned.  

A youngster’s death from gun play at a Mountain Rest home last year is the subject of an Oconee County lawsuit alleging wrongful death and survival action.  The suit was filed this week in the Common Pleas Court on behalf of the estate of a child who, at the time, of  fatally being wounded was a visitor to the Mountain […]

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a subject wanted on outstanding arrest warrants for an incident that occurred in November of 2020.   41 year old Evan Michael Hood is wanted on charges of Carjacking and Grand Larceny.  Hood was involved in an incident on Knollwood Drive near Mountain View Drive near Seneca in […]

New South Carolina cases:  2,409, including 59 Oconee County cases.  And deaths in the state are climbing–110 of them on today’s report, including three Oconeeans.  Of 26,481 test results received, the positivity was 12.6%.  (These numbers reflect the count at the end of the day Monday).