Author: Dick Mangrum

“Effective immediately, the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) will modify services for the foreseeable future in order to protect its employees, their families, and the community by reducing opportunities to spread COVID-19 in our community. The agency will monitor the situation and act in accordance with recommendations provided by federal, state, and local authorities. Based on current CDC and […]

Westminster anticipates the return of electric power service soon. Mayor Ramey late this afternoon said a crane is in place and it’s a matter of replacing one electric transformer with a spare transformer.

It didn’t take long for a scammer to think of way to take advantage of virus epidemic. Oconee Sheriff’s Office wants county residents aware of a potential scam. The sheriff’s public information office was told today that a county resident received a call from something called the Coronavirus Hotline that purported that if someone were on Medicare the Medicare recipient […]

An Oconee deputy spoke to a crime victim who is out $14 thousand dollars from a transaction card fraud incident. Investigators would like your help if you can offer any information on this case, which is part of a fraud investigation that stretches across the Carolinas. The Oconee deputy learned that someone got information from the fraud victim; as a […]

Oconee public school children are being kept away from their classrooms, but the school district has made plans to feed any child breakfast and lunch for each day that would have been a scheduled school day through the current closure. Meals will be available on the following dates: Wednesday through Friday, March 18-20; March 23-27; March 30; and March 31. […]

Two Westminster area residents—a man and a woman—are charged with homicide by child abuse. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement stated that Ronnie Glenn Christen and Molly Morgan Spivey were originally arrested last year on charges of unlawful neglect of a child. They are now charged with homicide by child abuse of what, according to law enforcement, was blunt force head […]

Here’s an announcement from David Root, the Oconee County Attorney:  “Tonight’s 6:00 p.m. meeting of the Oconee County Council will go forward as scheduled. Consistent with President Trump’s guidance and that received from the CDC and other authorities, in order to avoid a significant gathering of people, the general public will not be permitted to attend in person. To ensure the […]

Larger Oconee towns have basically closed their doors, but one of the smallest is still open for some in-person business. It’s the town of Salem. At Town Hall, Marti Jennings says, “The town, as of now, is under normal operation hours, which is 8 to 5. We are closed from noon to 1 for lunch. We are restricting people to […]

A 22-year old woman is under arrest in Oconee County, charged in a death case. According to the booking report from the county Detention Center, Molly Morgan Spivey of Westminster was arrested last evening and charged with homicide by child abuse. The arrest was made by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. An announcement is expected.