Author: Dick Mangrum

The commissioners for Tri-County Technical College are packing their bags for a weekend workshop in Charleston, and their agenda indicates they’ll be staying in style.  The commissioners will lodge at the Hotel Bella Grace, a boutique hotel that advertises nearly 200 years of history and architecture.  Strategic plan update and goals are among the business matters that the commissioners are […]

At its meeting next week, Oconee County Council will receive the 2018-19 audit from Grant H. Davis of the firm Mauldin & Jenkins. In the council meeting at 6 Tuesday night at Pine Street, a public hearing takes place on the financial assistance that the county proposes for “Project Aztec” which is said to be a project to transform the […]

A non-partisan voter protection coalition, Election Protection, will man a hotline for any voter who has questions or is experiencing problems at the polls on Saturday in South Carolina.  The organization says volunteers “will be on the ground” across the state to offer help, if needed.  Because not all polling places will be open Saturday, voters should check the hotline […]

The Clemson Palmetto Poll predicts Joe Biden will win the South Carolina Democratic primary with 35% of the vote and Tom Steyer will come in second with 17%.  The poll results were announced in the Social Media Listening Center at Clemson University.  The poll is a statewide public opinion survey aiming to understand attitudes, behaviors and characteristics of South Carolina […]

A zoning appeal involving 400 Loran Pointe Circle, Seneca will be heard at 6 tonight at City Hall. Before the city’s appeals board is an application from Bryant Puntch pertaining to property owned by Keowee Pointe Development LLC.

A service to remember the late Dr. John Martin of Seneca will take place at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, March 7 on the side lawn of the Lunney Museum. Martin was a former museum director and promoter of culture in his adopted city. The March 7 service will feature a few speakers, a song, and a prayer. And, afterward, there […]

A male described as clean cut and well dressed is suspected of having tried to pull a scam early yesterday afternoon at a home near High Falls Park and the Stamp Creek Landing. Oconee Sheriff’s Office quotes the resident there as saying his visitor held himself out to be a Medicare specialist and then proceeded to ask for personal identifying […]

The man accused of taking a wire mesh strainer from the Seneca Wal-Mart and running out of the store past the cash registers has been convicted in the General Sessions Court. The jury found Curtis J. Bearden guilty of shoplifting enhancement. Judge McIntosh ordered a 10-year prison term, suspended to 30 months of home incarceration, followed by five years probation. […]