Author: Dick Mangrum

An Easley man has been sent to federal prison for 25 years for violating drug distributions laws. Bruce Allen Howland is 58 years old. There is no parole in the federal system. According to acting U-S Attorney Lance Crick, evidence presented at a change of plea hearing last week indicated that two confidential sources under the supervision of law enforcement […]

Senators Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Democrat, have introduced the Expanding Access to Lending Options Act to expand access to lending options for hard-working families across the country. The bill would allow credit unions more flexibility in the type of loans they may offer. “Credit unions play a critical role in our communities, from the countless […]

Legal advice is said to be the reason for a special Westminster meeting tonight at City Hall. The pre-meeting agenda is not specific as to what it’s about. The executive session meeting is scheduled to start at 6 o’clock.

Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 8th at 2:00am. Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour to be sure you are on the correct time. The International Association of Fire Fighters recommends using the change in time as a reminder to replace the batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors throughout your home. The National Fire Protection […]

Seneca resident Debi Liveright – and Prisma Health Ambulance Service – made history when Liveright became the first patient in the state to receive a blood transfusion while being transported by ambulance to a hospital. “If it hadn’t been for the paramedics, I would not be here today,” said Liveright, a 59-year-old grandmother of 11. “I’d definitely be taking a […]

Oconee County has a guidebook for its immediate future. After a public hearing, the county council approved a new comprehensive plan. The plan had the support of the planning commission which held listening sessions across the county. Some of those commissioners were present last night to endorse the adoption of the 2020 plan. But it got only a narrow approval […]

The numbers of visitors that Clemson baseball and basketball games brought to the university last weekend, in the estimation of one police officer, was remindful of what a Tiger football weekend is like in the city. The police stayed busy corralling individuals suspected of breaking the state’s drug and liquor laws. According to the police department’s Facebook page, one drug […]

The idea of outdoor Walhalla concerts was introduced during the committee meetings last night of the city council. According to Mark Thompson, executive director of the Walhalla Center for the Performing Arts, there’s interest in staging warm weather outdoor concerts on the nearby soccer field, the Razorbacks’ former football stadium. And Thompson has a lead on which act could be […]

Walhalla leaders were told last night that the Joint Regional Sewer Authority is committed to correcting a situation that has the potential to lead to more sewer overflows on the city’s southwest end of its sewer service area. The city’s utilities director and JRSA representative Scott Parris told the mayor and council that the plan is to raise the manholes […]

Oconee County on record in support of 2nd Amendment rights Oconee County is now one of a growing list of counties on record supporting the 2nd Amendment and opposing any unconstitutional encroachment of the right to keep and bear arms. Cheers and clapping from some members of the audience met Tuesday’s unanimous passage Tuesday of a resolution supporting all constitutional […]