Author: Dick Mangrum

Five of the six hopefuls this year for Oconee County Council took part in last night’s League of Women Voters’ forum in Seneca.  The one no-show:  District Four challenger Tommy James.  A LWV ruling forbade James’s opponent, the incumbent Julian Davis, from taking part, although Davis was permitted brief introductory comments.  In those comments, Davis said the OCC, the Oconee […]

At the request of Sgt. Alan Sayre of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, a prayer vigil takes place tonight at the Law Enforcement Center, 300 S. Church, Walhalla for the families, friends, co-workers, and agencies of those who were shot and killed yesterday in a law enforcement action in Charlotte, North Carolina. The public is invited.  Those going are requested to […]

Two hikers who became separated on the Foothills Trail have been reunited and are OK, according to Scott Krein of Oconee Emergency Management.  A combined search/rescue today by personnel from both Oconee and Pickens counties succeeded.  Krein explains one hiker maintained cell service; the other lost it.

Contrary to previous intentions, Gwen McPhail says she will attend tonight’s political forum in Seneca. McPhail is challenging Glenn Hart to be the Republican nominee for Seat 5, County Council.

A recent wire service story headline (from Associated Press) read: “SC has $1.8 billion but doesn’t know where the money came from or where it should go.”  Seneca’s state lawmaker, Bill Sandifer, deplores what’s happened and suggests what should be done with the money.  The state representative’s comments are being aired today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

A civil suit filed yesterday in Oconee alleges proper care was not afforded a jail inmate after a 2022 beating in the facility recreation yard.  Filed for Kenneth Garrett, a penal detainee at the time, the suit alleges he was beaten by a fellow inmate during recreation time on December 3, 2022 to the extent that Garrett sustained a fractured […]

A Walhalla High graduate, Ryan Kowalski, passed the latest exam administered by the South Carolina Bar Association.  It clears a path for him to practice law in South Carolina.  Kowalski did his undergraduate studies at the University of South Carolina and enrolled in the Villanova Law School.  His parents, Paul and Maribeth, formerly of Seneca now of Beaufort.  His grandparents […]

Clemson is a long way from Mission Control.  However, the university and NASA’s Johnson Space Center have signed an agreement for research and education opportunities to advance the exploration of space.  The agreement paves the way for Clemson faculty and NASA to identify and pursue mutual research for innovation in aerospace engineering, space and Earth Science, among other fields.  The […]