Author: Dick Mangrum

The start point for a 30-day outdoor adventure across South Carolina  will be Oconee County, with an emphasis on two of the state’s seven wonders.  On Thursday, July 1 the South Carolina 7 (SC7) Expedition Team will start exploring the state’s mountains to the sea.  They’ll be raising awareness of floodwater prevention and engaging leaders and citizens to protect and […]

A Seneca man was placed into custody early today in the Pickens County town of Central and has since been jailed in Oconee County, in the investigation of a shooting discovered last night on the Mormon Church Road.  On that road, not long before 9 last night, an adult male was discovered wounded in the leg.  Today the Oconee Sheriff’s […]

A 34-year old woman in Pickens was placed under arrest today by agents with the state Department of Revenue.  The DOR announced that Haley Hyman Southerland is accused of failing to file South Carolina individual income tax returns for 2017-2019.  In the arrest warrants, she’s accused of failing to report $691,674 in wages from an Anderson company over three years […]

This afternoon South Carolina DHEC confirmed 94 additional cases of COVID-19 statewide, including one in Oconee County.  The numbers reported today reflect the data available at the end of the 24-hour count on Tuesday night.  Statewide, there were four more deaths from the virus.  Of 5,056 test results received, the state positivity was 2.7% unchanged from the previous day.

An Anderson attorney filed a lawsuit yesterday alleging a pre-trial detainee was savagely beaten by a fellow inmate in a non-violent unit of the Oconee Detention Center on a 2019 day when the jail population exceeded its rated capacity and there was a ratio of one staff member per 25 inmates.  The lawsuit filed by attorney Kyle White, for inmate […]

Pilgrim Pride’s decision to abandon Franklin County, Georgia as a location for a rendering plant is being viewed in that county as a victory for people in the community who want a hand to decide what happens there.  Pilgrim’s backed out of considering Franklin County for a rendering and pet food ingredient plant at I-85 and highway 320.  The citizens’ […]

One last screening date remains for parents who wish to enroll their children in Oconee County’s four-year old kindergarten classes.  The final screening date is Thursday, July 29.  To enroll, a child must be four years old on or before September 1, 2021. There is no cost.  The screening July 29 will take place at the Bountyland Education Campus near […]

Fireworks July 4 will help Salem commemorate the break from the mother country at night at the Eagle Ridge ball field.  The town of Salem will open gates at 8 pm, and everyone is invited to bring a blanket, a chair, and enjoy outdoor games.  The fireworks are scheduled to start at 9:30.  The town requests that everyone, please, leave […]

At their meeting Monday, the Oconee County planning commissioners will hear from a representative of CATbus.  On the agenda to speak is Ed Halbig, the planning and community development director for Seneca.  Free bus passenger service in Oconee County is mostly confined to Seneca and adjoining parts of the city.  Halbig has long maintained that expanding the service to cities […]

Jury notices from the clerk of court’s office have been sent to 225 Oconeeans to report for duty during General Sessions Court week June 28-July 2.  The office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor has announced a trial docket of five cases for the week before the July 4 weekend.  At the top of the docket are the charges of burglary […]