Author: Dick Mangrum

A development to build homes at Lake Keowee at Seneca’s northwest border cleared a regulatory hurdle last night at City Hall. The planning commission approved a “PDR”—a planned development residential zoning classification for 91 acres. There, Jon Boyd’s Greenville development company wants to build 235 one-story, patio homes that’ll allow the homeowners to enjoy lake area living yet offer the […]

A midnight hour house fire last night in the Utica Community near Seneca. Fire fighters were sent to an address on Hope Avenue. No injuries reported. The address remained a fire scene for two hours.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies are asking for your assistance to identify and locate suspects involved in at least two armed robbery incidents. On the mornings of December 4 at approximately 2:00 and December 10 at approximately 1:30, a male subject entered the 7-Eleven store on Highway 153 in Greenville and demanded cash from the attending clerk. He also stole packs […]

An organizer of this year’s Christmas parade in Seneca gave his reaction to the idea that the Yuletide parades would be enhanced by the appearance of the mascots from the three Oconee high schools. Julian Davis says, “I would also like for all the bands to march as well.” Davis concedes it’s difficult for the parades to get commitments from […]

All it took was a deputy spotting car that ignored a stop sign for a chase that started in Utica and ended in Newry. A 32-year old Oconee County man was jailed yesterday on five charges. The Sheriff’s Office announced the following charges against Joseph Coy Kilby: failure to stop for a blue light, driving under suspension second offense, reckless […]

The field is set for the special February 12 election in West Union. When the qualifying expired at the noon hour, the field remained two ballot candidates: Kathy Frederick and Dixie Meeks. Meeks and Frederick are placing themselves before the town voters for an open council seat.

The lack of a quorum has cancelled tonight’s meeting of the Walhalla City Planning Commission at City Hall. According to the city, the meeting will be re-scheduled.

Imagine Christmas parades in Oconee County in which the mascots of the three county high schools march together in a spirit of unity for the season? One Walhalla parade spectator on Saturday says she would have like to have seen the mascots of Seneca, Walhalla, and West-Oak marching together, and she wonders whether her suggestion can be considered.

As one year passes into another, Seneca gets closer to finally seeing something done in a major way to improve the 123-130/East End intersection—frequently clogged by traffic and backups. Lance Estep of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments lays out the potential of a two-to-three-year timeline before funding is recommended. Considering how commercial development crowds the intersection at all […]

At this time, South Carolina DOT regards too expensive a project to grade down a hill approach to a major Oconee County traffic intersection. So, for now, it means Davis Creek Road motorists headed from the south for the busy 123 intersection across from the Food Lion shopping center will still encounter limited visibility as they scale a hill on […]