Author: Dick Mangrum

Every third Friday of the month at least one officer worker at the Oconee Economic Alliance has an eye out for the latest jobless percentages for the county and the state.  Emily Hodge and her co-workers were pleased today to see the state’s latest report (for June.)  It shows a drop in the percentage of those out of work but […]

Property belonging to the state representative Bill Sandifer is up for a zoning change during a public hearing Monday night in Seneca.  The applicant for the zoning change–Chad Hamilton (D1 Performance) will request the Seneca Planning Commission to change 1-0-1-2-6 Clemson Boulevard from Office Commercial zoning to Highway Commercial zoning.  The re-zoning request tops the agenda for Monday’s 6 pm […]

Low 90s are the forecast high temperatures this weekend, and the heat has prompted Mark Malsick of the State Climate Office to declare we are under a broiler.  This ridge unfortunately keeps the lid on any widespread rain at least until early next week.  Malsick has this advice for gardeners:  “Man your weekend watering cans.”

  The focus for Monday’s meeting of the Oconee school trustees will be if and when the public schools re-open.  But there’s also the matter of what students will pay for school breakfast and lunch.  There will be no change in the cost of a student breakfast the next 12 months, but the trustees will consider a 10- cent increase […]

Free deer tags are promised this year for a variety of South Carolina hunters.  The DNR says those deer hunters who last year held Lifetime, Senior, Gratis, and Catawba licenses will automatically receive a free base set of tags this year and into the future.  Youth and Disability license holders must still request their free base set of tags.  Deer […]

The Lakeview Assisted Living facility in Oconee County, operated by Senior Solutions, is getting a boost from local Boy Scouts.  Walhalla Troop 45 is collecting toilet paper, Clorox wipes, non-perishable food and snacks.  If you’d like to help, drop off one or more of those items 9 to 5 Monday through Friday at the Nix insurance agency in Walhalla.

A 34-year old Newry woman remained behind bars yesterday, following her arrest this week on drug trafficking charges.  A multi-law enforcement agency investigation led to the arrest Tuesday of Sarah Frances Deill.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, agents used search warrants and seized about 280 grams of heroin from a South Avenue home.  They calculate that the heroin carried […]

A judge decided today that an Easley man who has sat in the Oconee jail for one year since his arrest in a death case is deserving of a bond.  And that’s in spite of the prosecution’s objections.  The arguments of the defendant’s lawyer, however, helped sway Judge Scott Sprouse to set a $40 thousand surety bond, require electric monitoring, […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the most COVID-19 associated deaths reported out for a single day, 69 confirmed and three probable, however, the deaths of the individuals occurred over the past few weeks. This delay in reporting of an individual’s death during this pandemic is often attributed to ensuring the death is accurately […]