Author: Dick Mangrum

Fire broke out in storage buildings during the night in the West Union and Walhalla areas.  The first call around 9 last night involved a small shed on Frederick Drive, West Union.  According to Brandon Burton, Walhalla fire chief, the fire is being investigated by his department and the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Rural Fire Dispatch reports a second storage building […]

A teacher and parent urges the Oconee school trustees to take caution as they consider raising the criteria for high school students to make the honor. Amy Welch is a teacher at the Hamilton Career Center and spoke to the county trustees during the board’s March work session on Monday night in Walhalla. She’s concerned by raising to a 4.25 […]

Seneca resident Michael Crouch admits he has struggled both personally and academically over the past years with challenges that sidelined his academic and professional journey. Today, substance-free since 2013, he proudly talks about the road to achieving a lifelong goal of earning a college degree. He says he couldn’t have done it without Tri-County Technical College, its support services and […]

The plaintiff in Meredith v. Pickens County rested his case late this afternoon in the Oconee Common Pleas Court.  Attorney Larry Brandt finished his case on behalf of Oconee resident Mahlon Meredith with the video deposition of physician Michael Bucci.  In two days of trial, the jury has heard testimony regarding Meredith’s history of back trouble and whether his back […]

The family doctor for Mahlon Meredith says he treated his patient for back pain three days after a car accident in Walhalla. Dr. Edward Booker Jr. delivered his testimony for plaintiff Meredith by way of a lengthy video deposition. The doctor first saw Meredith eight years before the accident. At that time, his patient complained of chronic back pain. In […]

Beverly Whitfield is grappling with a decision.  The Oconee Clerk of Court is thinking about stepping down after her current term and retiring.  But she’s also thinking that she might offer for re-election.  Whitfield has a few days to contemplate.  The qualifying books for the primary elections do not open until Monday.

Quick-moving squad cars between Seneca and Clemson this morning.  The reason?  Oconee sheriff’s officers received a report of a burglary on Hart’s Ridge Drive.  The sheriff’s spokesman says a traffic stop was made at an address on Hart’s Cove Way.  No further details available.

The jury at the Oconee Common Pleas trial took their seats this morning for a lengthy video of the deposition of the plaintiff’s physician. Dr. Edward Booker Jr., West Union physician, testified on behalf of plaintiff Mahlon Meredith in Meredith’s damage suit against Pickens County. The dispute arises from a 2016 car accident in Walhalla involving Meredith and a Pickens […]

The public is invited to Seneca for an event next week to hear Senator Lindsey Graham talk about what’s going on with the national government and world affairs.  Graham will be the speaker for a Meet & Greet Get-together at 6 Tuesday evening at the Seneca Family Restaurant on the 123 By-Pass.  Chairman Bill Jerome of the Oconee Republicans says […]

Pickens County Democrats will hold precinct re-organization and their county convention at 9:30 Saturday morning at the Clemson-Central Library on highway 93.  Special guests for the event will be U-S Senate candidate Jaime Harrison and District Three State House candidate Eunice Lehmacher.