Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee County administrator Amanda Brock is headed toward an extension of her initial 18-month contract. County Council last nite voted unanimously to authorize Chairman Julian Davis to enter in negotiations with Brock for a new master employment agreement. The vote came after an executive session during which terms of the new agreement were discussed. These specifics of the new agreement […]

An Oconee man remained jailed today under a combined surety bond amounting to $350 thousand. Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of Danny Ray Burdette, who is charged with multiple sex offenses in which the victims are two boys of minor age. Forty-four year old Burdette was arrested Friday but, according to the Sheriff’s Office, the investigation began in June […]

Oconee County Elections Office announces voting changes that’ll affect those who make their way to the polls next week for the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary. For the February 29 vote only, Seneca voters only will vote in the middle school gym, 810 WS 4th Street, instead of the nearby Shaver Recreation Complex. This applies to Seneca voters in boxes 1, […]

Oconee County’s Jim Bohannon, typically a Republican voter, will exercise his right to cast a ballot in the South Carolina Democrats’ February 29 Presidential preference primary. And, he concedes, that part of his motivation will be to make mischief. Bohannon is a national broadcaster and member of the radio hall of fame who is an avid follower of politics. We […]

In the run-up to Super Tuesday voting March 3 in 14 states, there is one state this month that could make or break the campaign of at least one of the many Democratic hopefuls to be their party’s Presidential nominee. The candidate is Joe Biden…and the state is South Carolina. This is the view of Jim Bohannon, a national broadcaster […]

A circuit judge from the South Carolina Midlands will preside in Walhalla next month during a term of the Oconee Common Pleas Court.  The assignment of G. Thomas Cooper Jr. for the Oconee court week March 9 is believed to be the first time that Cooper will have held court in Oconee County.  He is considered an active/retired judge from […]

Priorities and a mission statement are agenda items for a meeting this week of the Oconee Arts and Historical Commission.  The commissioners will gather at 6 o’clock Thursday night at the South Cove Park near Seneca.

A pancake breakfast last November raised more than $4 thousand to go toward repairs and upgrades to the Walhalla building that houses the Oconee Military Museum.  Everyone is invited to a check presentation ceremony at noon Friday at the Patriot’s Hall Association museum at 13 Short Street, Walhalla.  The museum honors and perpetuates the legacy of local military and promotes […]

The Oconee board of school trustees gave the finance director the authority to proceed with the sale of a $15.7 million dollar taxpayer-backed bond issue to generate the funds needed to complete the new career center building on highway 11. In answer to a question by board chairman Jerry Lee, finance director Gloria Moore says it’s too early to know […]