Author: Dick Mangrum

Four of the five ballot contestants in next week’s Seneca election sat at the head table last night of a political forum arranged by the pro-vote organization the League of Women Voters.  Special Seneca Election Day is one week from today when voters go to the middle school gym to make their choice as to who fills a vacant seat […]

An NTSB investigator arrived yesterday at the rural, North Carolina fiery crash of a small plane which had earlier departed Oconee Regional Airport and left the pilot, the only one onboard, dead.  That investigator represents just one of a number of agencies that’ll make a report on what might have caused the Beechcraft 35 to crash in Orange County, North […]

Jesse Osborne spoke apologetically and only briefing during a court hearing yesterday in a bid to persuade a judge to reduce his sentence of life plus 30 years for a series of shootings in 2016 in Townville.  Osborne was a 14-year old when he pulled a trigger that killed his father at their home and then drove to the Townville […]

A 59-year-old Greenville man, David Smith, has been identified as the fatality in an accident last Wednesday at 1170 Simms School Road, Central.  Pickens Coroner Kelley said Smith was an unrestrained driver whose vehicle left Simms School Road and hit a telephone pole shortly after 9 am May 17.

The Pickens County coroner has identified a 21-year old Anderson man the victim of a homicide last weekend in Clemson.  Coroner Kandy Kelley said Logan Nathaniel Markis Williams died of a gunshot wound to the chest Saturday at 673 Old Greenville Highway.  The Clemson police are investigating.

An Anderson County man remained in Oconee County custody yesterday, his arrest last Friday on charges of crimes against two Oconee churches in April. 39 year old Ryan Scott Allison, of Maria Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 3:35pm on May 19th. Allison has been charged with one count of Second Degree Burglary, two counts of […]

Senator Lindsey Graham issued a statement today complimenting his South Carolina colleague, Senator Tim Scott, on the Republican’s announcement that he’s running for president.  Said Graham:  “Tim makes South Carolina proud, and he is one of the most talented and hard-working public servants I’ve ever known.  He will have an optimistic vision for the future of conservatism and America, and […]

An investigator from NTSB—National Transportation Board—arrived this morning at the North Carolina plane crash site of a small plane that crashed yesterday, according to an NTSB spokeswoman.  The pilot died in the crash. The crash scene is Orange County, North Carolina – not far from the Virginia line.   It’s a plane which originated from the Oconee Regional Airport.  The NTSB […]

Local officials have confirmed that a small plane which left the Oconee Regional Airport and crashed yesterday in North Carolina.  Reports indicate the one person aboard, the pilot, died when the plane crashed and caught fire in Orange County, North Carolina — not far from the Virginia line.

A new South Carolina DHEC report tracks prescription drug use across the state and can serve as a guide for health officials to prevent prescription medication misuse, substance use disorders and opioid overdoses.  The key data include the number of stimulant prescriptions filled continues to increase year after year.  The stimulant has had a 29% increase in dispensations that were […]