Author: Dick Mangrum

Julian Davis says if he chaired Oconee County Council, he’d call a meeting for January in an attempt to resolve questions about a $25 million dollar bond issue and to clear up questions about sewer to I-85 as part of Sewer South #2.  Council chairman Matthew Durham said he’s willing to call for such a meeting and wants Chris Eleazer, […]

When a deceased may no longer be recognizable, law enforcement can turn to a forensic anthropologist to help figure out the person’s identity and possibly the circumstances around the death.  Clemson University this week drew attention to an Upstate case in which human remains were found in someone’s yard after a dog dragged several bones out of a creek.  According […]

For some Oconee public school children, food on the table can be a problem.  That is why Oconee First Steps, partnering with the United Way of Oconee, will offer lunch for children who are home for the Christmas holiday.  Lunch will be served Monday through Thursday, December 18-21 at the Walhalla Library, at Seneca’s Our Daily Bread, and at the […]

The recent rains have been enough to abate the extreme dry conditions in Highlands, North Carolina.  The mountain town has now canceled the mandatory water reduction orders.

A $50 thousand camper, stolen in June in Seneca, was found in Toccoa, Georgia, and the Seneca police say a resident of that northeast Georgia city has been arrested and charged with grand larceny.  Law enforcement records show the arrest of Stephanie Mull McCall took place on Sunday.  The arrest warrant alleges 32-year-old McCall stole the trailer from Independent Camper […]

Trustees at Clemson University decided in a virtual meeting last Friday the university will acquire an 87-acre tract of land adjacent to the Clemson Experimental Forest.  The acreage is considered immediately adjacent to one of the more ecologically sensitive parts of the Clemson Experimental Forest, known as the George Aull Natural Area.  According to Clemson, “This area of the CEF […]

Anxious commissioners of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority want better communication about county government’s plans for a $25 million bond issue and how the sewer spending part of it will affect their service obligations.  Amanda Brock, county administrator, told a JRSA committee meeting last week that priority one is sewer expansion to Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative property envisioned for an […]