Author: Dick Mangrum

A gathering celebrated the 50th year of Oconee’s South Cove Park near Seneca.  Visit Oconee noted that the park was first leased to the county in 1973 by Duke Power Company.  That lease was regarded significant because it offered the public access to the newly-built Lake Keowee.  And, now 50 years later, the decisions of long ago benefit to new […]

A property owner near Seneca says he has a chance to sell to a large home developer, but the holdup is the lack of piped sewer.  Ray Martin appealed yesterday to the Joint Regional Sewer Authority and, in turn, was promised Seneca Light and Water will be in touch.  The property is Elizabeth Lane, located along SC 28, the Blue […]

Walhalla Fire Department will begin tests and flushing of more than 200 hydrants in and around the city, starting Monday, May 15.  The work done is part of a bi-annual maintenance schedule.  This testing identifies any problems and ensures the hydrants spew out the necessary amounts of water during a fire.  The maintenance is a requirement of ISO — the […]

Trinity Baptist Church in Seneca will welcome cancer survivors for a celebration.  The event takes place in the church parking for 2 to 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, June 3 and will feature a DJ, dancing, refreshments, face-painting, and balloon animals.

Five apprentices graduated recently from a program that leads to full-time jobs at Seneca’s BASF plant.  The five who finished the North American Apprenticeship Development Program were Chelsea LaCasse, Valerie Mayes, Taylor Sargent, Jason Overfelt and Vonda White.  The apprentices attend school one day a week and work on-site at BASF the rest of their 40-hour schedule.  At the end […]

Oconee sewer commissioners wondered aloud how they’ll have adequate time Friday to explain to county leaders all of the issues on their minds.  At the May meeting yesterday of the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Commission, the commissioners reviewed a printed agenda prepared for Friday morning’s joint meeting with the Oconee County Council.  They were surprised to learn that […]

Two fires today are reported by Westminster Fire Department. Shortly before 3 am a fire was stopped at a home on Oak Grove Road. Shortly before 7, fire at a vacant mobile home on Dana Drive near the Clearmont Road.

A publicly unidentified suspect is in custody in Stephens County, Georgia after, what’s reported, 18 rounds of gunfire were unloaded at deputies as officers answered a suspicious person complaint in the vicinity of Valley Drive. Radio WNEG reported deputies faced a suspect carrying a semi-automatic rifle.  The suspect’s gunfire grazed one deputy sheriff and sprayed the windshield and driver’s side […]

SC DOT announces a bridge near Seneca is closed for repairs.  Traffic is being detoured to avoid the Radisson Road above the Coneross Creek.