Author: Dick Mangrum

An Oconee County murder in 2017 will be re-told by ID, the Investigation Discovery TV channel in a program this week called “Fatal Vows.” The body of Rebecca Murray Cawthon was found stuffed inside a barrel on Welcome Church Road property near Westminster. Cawthon, 33, had been shot eight times. Her husband, Lee Mikael Cawthon, was sent to prison for […]

Three Wells Highway properties, four property owners add up to a deal to build the replacement Seneca Middle School. The county trustees last night agreed to spend $1.7 million for 43.82 acres that front the Wells Highway across from the Cross Creek Country Club entrance. The individuals from whom the district will buy the properties were not identified by name, […]

The plaintiff’s side continued to offer witnesses in the Oconee County trial of Mahlon Young Meredith versus Charlotte Tant Suddeth et al.  The dispute over a 2016 Walhalla car accident is being heard in the Common Pleas Court.  Last to testify yesterday was a Walhalla High student, Adrian Daniel Rose.  The trial resumes at 9 this morning.

Multiple overflows in the last six months are something that a state regulatory agency wants to talk about with Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority. South Carolina DHEC is summoning JRSA representatives for a March 19 conference at their Columbia offices, and a JRSA committee today decided to prepare for that conference by engaging the services of an environmental lawyer. The […]

Here is a statement from this afternoon:  “The School District of Oconee County continues to monitor the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. We are working to remain proactive in our approach to the situation and in communication with our schools and the community as a whole. We are staying abreast of the situation through communication with Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the […]

Frequent mid-week rains of late have led the U-S Forest Service to carry out controlled burns during the last two Sundays in Mountain Rest.  That has displeased some Mountain Rest folks who complain they haven’t been able to enjoy what have been rare sunny weekends because of all of the smoke in the skies. Robbie Sitzlar, ranger for the Andrew […]

A jury is in place for the start of an Oconee civil court trial to settle the dispute over a car accident nearly four years ago in Walhalla. The plaintiff in the case is an Oconee County resident, Mahlon Young Meredith; the defendant is the County of Pickens. The lawsuit filed seeks damages and alleges that a Pickens deputy sheriff […]

With new coronavirus cases being announced every day, Americans with spring break excursions, upcoming business trips or those thinking about summer travel have one thing on their mind: Should I travel? The motor club AAA can’t make that decision for its members, but is providing information on travel safety and insurance to help travelers make the decision that is right […]