Author: Dick Mangrum

Scott Moulder admitted he might have had trouble sleeping overnight, due to the anticipation that today or tomorrow could see the start of the partial take down of the former Harper’s building downtown.  During last night’s special council meeting, the city administrator described the contractor as an all-business, get the job done now type. The large machinery needed to get […]

Law enforcement authorities have implicated a 34-year old man in a weekend burglary at a home on Union Crossing Court.  Guns, jewelry, a safe, and a pressure washer were stolen and Shane William Meredith was arrested Monday on the charge of first degree burglary.  Some of the stolen items, including three firearms, were recovered.

New cases across the state:  307.  Eight of those are Oconeeans. The toll of dead from the virus increased by two in South Carolina. Of 9,163 test results, positivity:  3.7%.

Flags flew at half staff over the weekend in memory of Walter Mondale, the former vice president and who earlier served as a U-S senator from Minnesota.  There’s confusion, however, as to how long the flags, following proper protocol, are to be flown at half-staff.  According to one news report, the family conducted a private internment last weekend, but there […]

Developers’ plans for a senior living complex near Seneca cleared an Oconee County regulatory requirement last night when the board of zoning appeals granted a special exception.  The board approved a special exception for a Phoenix senior living project at the northeast corner of Bountyland and the Sheep Farm roads.  Board member Marty McKee, a former employee of the property […]

A woman with experience running elections in Charleston County will take the job of director of Oconee County elections.  The retiring Joy Scharich today said Kristie Burr, a precinct coordinator in Charleston, will succeed her as director of Oconee Registration and Elections.  As a precinct coordinator in Charleston County, Burr managed precincts, poll workers, training, and assisted that county’s director […]

Near the Mason-Dixon Line.  Appalachian Trail hiker Wayne Garland from Walhalla this morning was in Maryland, six miles south of Pennsylvania, on his months long trek to finish his final leg of the Georgia to Maine trail.  Garland invites those interested to keep track of his hike at wanderingswithwayne.com.

It’s now one year and counting since an EF-3 tornado tore apart parts of Seneca and surrounding area, and it’s likely to be many months more before the looks of part of the county will return to the normal of pre-April 13, 2020.  That is the estimate that Oconee government has received from “FEMA”—the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  But to […]

Top cops in Oconee municipalities were impressed by the public turnout for last evening’s “Back the Blue” in the county.  Seneca Chief Casey Bowling, speaking to the crowd, said, “It’s not every day we get support like this.”  From the standpoint of the Walhalla police, Chief Sean Brinson said last night’s demonstration for the work of law enforcement went well.  […]

South Carolina’s senior U-S senator, Lindsey Graham, says he has been vaccinated and is glad he did it.  “If you haven’t been vaccinated, get vaccinated,” Graham said in a statement.  “I think the vaccine is safe.  I think it’s effective.”