Author: Dick Mangrum

A church mid-way between Seneca and Westminster gives away bags of Thanksgiving food items.  The Calvary Church distribution will be 5:30 to 7 pm tomorrow on a first come, first-served basis.  There’s be a variety of food items in as many as 200 bags, and the church, according to associate pastor Vic Blackwell, looks forward to meeting the recipients — […]

People are talking in amazement today of what they heard Oconee Sheriff Crenshaw say during a vigil last night for deputy Lucas Watts, who has survived what’s termed a risky surgery and remains in stable but critical condition.  In an interview with 101.7/WGOG NEWS, Crenshaw recounted some of the events last week in which, at one point, it was thought […]

In one of Oconee’s newest industrial community additions, there’s the spirit of LIVING UNITED — slogan of the United Way.  And tomorrow LaShauna Harrison, executive director of Oconee United Way, will try to cement the relationship further when she gets the chance to speak directly to employees of the Horton Manufacturing Company plant on highway 11.

Grant Keehn, the Walhalla city councilman, called to order a utilities committee meeting this morning with a prayer that spoke of the hand that God is believed to have had in the struggle for the hospitalized deputy sheriff to stay alive, after being seriously wounded last week in a shooting while in performance of his duties.  Keehn spoke in admiringly […]

A man and his wife in Oconee got a call from someone they thought to be from Amazon.  They then were put on a line with someone who purported to be from the U-S Marshal’s service.  In the end, according to the county sheriff’s office, the scam victim lost nearly $50 thousand in a Bitcoin machine, along with $81 thousand […]

An Oconee woman was led to believe that her computer was infected by a virus.  In the end, a scammer duped her into buying gift cards and depositing money into Bitcoin machines. Her loss of $23,200 is highlighted in the latest round of scams investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  “If you receive a message saying your computer has been […]

Things can become rambunctious in and around a major university; tonight, at the request of the police chief, the Clemson City Council will consider an addition to its excessive noise law. The proposed new language:  “Any sound measuring over 90 decibels that may be heard at a distance over 100 feet from the source of the sound, lasting more than […]

Vigils yesterday for a young deputy hospitalized from last week’s officer-involved shooting in the Port Bass Community of Oconee County.  As it has across the Upstate, the wounding of Lucas Watts has touched the church of one of his family members.  And it was at a cross at Earles Grove Baptist Church that people gathered at midafternoon yesterday for prayer.  […]

In the latest reported scam in which a criminal duped an Oconee resident out of money was reported to the county sheriff’s office on Friday. The victim deposited $ 4,500 into a Bitcoin ATM and was duped by someone who called and claimed to be “Sgt. Dale Evans” with the sheriff’s office.  The victim was threatened with a federal ar […]

Greenville sheriff’s investigators say they have warrants charging a 50-year old man with five instances of attempted murder in Oconee County.  They have identified Gregory Wayne Maxwell as the suspect and say he remains in custody at a hospital for injuries in this week’s shootout with Oconee deputies. Maxwell is also being accused of possession of a weapon during a […]