Author: Dick Mangrum

At their meeting next week, Oconee County councilmen are scheduled to receive legal advice and discuss the following ongoing litigation titled, King v. Oconee, etal.  It’s a matter reserved for council’s executive session, to follow the agenda for the regular 3rd Tuesday meeting to start at 6 Tuesday night.  In 2021, an attorney for Sandra King filed a civil suit […]

A young jail inmate has been confined, says his lawyer, 675 days awaiting trial for murder and other charges from two years ago in Westminster.  And defense attorney Josh Kendrick unsuccessfully appealed to a judge today that his client, Charles Stephon Trapp Jr. for bond to be set with conditions.  But the prosecution objected and cited the severity of the […]

At their one and only regular July meeting, Oconee County Council next week will be asked to discuss and consider lifting a portion of a hiring freeze to meet what’s called “demands and critical needs” in the county.  During Council’s 6 o’clock meeting Tuesday night, sewer plays a big part in at least two parts of the agenda.  A public […]

Children in the School District of Oconee County 4K and 5K Kindergarten classes will begin school on a staggered start for the 2023-2024 school year.  The purpose of a staggered start is to allow students who are in the early stages of experiencing school to be exposed to school-wide and classroom expectations in a small group. This transition will allow […]

Seneca Councilman Scott Durham says he will offer for a new term this November.  The downtown businessman says he’s interested in helping assure that the development of Harper’s Plaza is done properly and that what goes there will be beneficial to his city.  Durham’s seat is one of the four council seats Seneca voters will be asked to fill.  Candidate […]

Flames shot up from a pontoon fire this week at Lake Keowee near Salem.  According to one of the responding fire departments, the pontoon boat carried six people, but no one was hurt.  The boat fire occurred on Tuesday.

The hot weather brings out a summertime pest–mosquitos.  Seneca announces that a spraying day for mosquitos is scheduled tomorrow.  The spraying takes place in the evenings around 8:30 pm.   The city does not spray if it rains.  If people are close to the area to be sprayed, city workers are required to turn the machine off until moving past the […]

Bids were opened yesterday at the Salem Town Hall for two major town projects:  the Barkdale Roadway Revitalization Project and Phase 2 for the highway 11 water line loop.  HDH Construction of Seneca’s bid of nearly $214 thousand was the only bid received for the Barkdale Road work.  Of four bids, HRH Engineering of Chesnee was the apparent low bid […]

Oconee’s Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department has issued its annual request for community donations.  At the same time, it is updating its home and business owners on a process to create a tax district covering the service area.   “Once established, this will take away the need for fundraising and provide reliable funding for years to come. As pointed out […]