Author: Dick Mangrum

Just before 6 this morning Karl Addis, the Oconee coroner, made this announcement: “A death investigation is being conducted after the recovery of a body from Lake Hartwell (Tugaloo River basin) at Fair Play near the SC / GA state line.  The body of an African American male was found within the jurisdiction of Oconee County. At approximately 10 pm […]

Two votes were needed in a three-hour meeting, but Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority can count on a budget for the new government year starting July 1.  On the second vote yesterday, three Walhalla members switched their votes to approve after they were able to further analyze the costs Walhalla will bear to treat their wastewater in 2022-23.  By voting […]

Here’s law enforcement’s announcement: “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man late last week, on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine – 2nd Offense, as the result of a traffic stop.   37 year old Bocephus Bentley of Heather Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:57pm last Thursday.  Bentley was also served with two […]

A 60 year-old Fletcher, NC man, Scott T. Johnson, died Sunday afternoon at 5:08 pm in the emergency department at Prisma – Oconee Memorial Hospital. At 3:32 pm, Oconee 911 Communications received a call reporting a person had been struck by the propeller of a boat near Fall Creek Landing.  He was extricated from the lake into the boat and […]

It’ll be time tomorrow for a final vote on a new Oconee County government budget.  Time also to open the floor to public comments and questions about county government’s plan for spending and revenue the next 12 months.  One of the four sitting councilmen is away, but Glenn Hart has told 101.7/WGOG NEWS he’ll remotely cast a no vote.  The […]

As a Republican, Mike Crenshaw had interest in being in the crowd Saturday for the GOP candidates’ forum near Westminster.  The Oconee Sheriff is in the midst of a four-year term, and he told us that a big reason he came to the county’s Chau Ram Park was to provide security for a crowd estimated around 200 people.  It’s a […]