Author: Dick Mangrum

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).  

Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is updating its online reporting of COVID-19 Associated with Students & Staff to help parents, caregivers and school officials have additional data about COVID-19’s impact on schools. DHEC has been working with the S.C. Department of Education to implement a new weekly reporting tool for schools and districts that […]

Members of the West Union Town Council will meet in their conference room at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning to watch a Zoom meeting about a program called Low Income Household Water Assistance.

In a case that sent Seneca officials back to the drawing board, a circuit judge ruled last week that two Northampton Road property owners had a vested right to rent their house on a short-term basis.  An order filed by 10th Circuit Judge Cordell Maddox grants a summary judgement to Leonard Chace, Julie Chace, and the Leonard and Julie Chace […]

On former property of the U-S Army Corps of Engineers in Hart County, Georgia there is a new Kampground of America, owned by Barry Stern who founded a KOA in 2017 in Fort Pierce, Florida.  The new Hartwell KOA is located at the former Hart State Park. Campers there may access the campground beach, the boat ramp, and courtesy docks […]