Author: Dick Mangrum

No one has rushed to the top to take the head reins of the Oconee County Municipal Association.  West Union Mayor Linda Oliver says the latest attempt to elect a new chairperson of the association of municipal leaders has failed and, for the time being, the vice-chair, Westminster City Councilman Jimmy Powell, will act as the association leader.  The group […]

An opening on the West Union police force will be filled Monday when Mayor Oliver swears in a new officer.  At 10 Monday morning at town hall, Brennan Ivey officially becomes a member of the West Union Police Department.  

Seneca’s Board of Architectural Review meets Monday to consider applications for three certificates of appropriateness.  Before the board will be project requests at the following locations:  119 N. Townville Street, 111 Ramcat Alley, and 217 Main Street.  The board hearings start at 6 Monday evening at city hall.

According to South Carolina DHEC, a large manufacturing operation wants “a significant modification” to its Title V operating permit.  The manufacturing operation is BASF in the Reedy Fork Community.  Title V operating permit is a federal program to standardize air quality permits and the permit process for major sources of emissions.  In the case of Seneca’s BASF, South Carolina DHEC […]

Seneca residents are invited to sound off next week about the city’s spending plans.  Hearings on amendments to both the city and utilities’ budgets for the current year. Those hearings are high atop the city council agenda for 6 o’clock Tuesday night at city hall.  After the hearings, a work session and special council meeting to feature the fiscal year […]

A truck driver was found dead yesterday morning at the Pilot Truck Stop off  Exit 160, I-85 in Franklin County, Georgia.  The driver identified as a 60-year-old Florida resident, Ally Miller.  Lake Hartwell WLHR Radio quotes the Franklin County coroner, Scott O’Barr, as saying there appears to be no foul play in Miller’s death.

“Dia del Nino” is the name for tomorrow’s children’s festival at Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary School.  The school on the Coffee Road invites all Oconee County children for three hours of free activities and treats for the whole family — such as inflatables, carnival games, and pinata.  There’ll be food for sale. The festival hours are 10 to 1.

A pill take back day takes place tomorrow in Oconee County.  From 10 am to 2 pm, old or no longer needed prescription meds may be dropped off at the Oconee Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla and at the Sheriff’s Office substation behind the emergency department at the Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.  There’s also a drug collection unit in […]

A Mayor Tim Hall proclamation for Walhalla starts out this way:  “Arbor Day is a celebration dedicated to the importance4 of trees in our environment, acknowledging their vital role in sustaining life on Earth….”  On this day the mayor urges city residents to be part of Arbor Day by planting trees and raising awareness about the importance of trees in […]

When added together the money Duke Energy is paying for a couple of thousand acres in northern Oconee exceeds $15 million.  And a number of county property owners, who are parting with their properties, are sharing in the transactions.  Of the transactions, the largest acreage sold approximates 1,700 acres.  A Duke Energy statement explaining the property acquisitions is posted in […]