Author: Dick Mangrum

David Underwood, chairman of the Walhalla utilities committee, is a happy individual this week. He nearly achieved the lowering of a non-payment fee to $25 dollars. In what’s seen as a compromise, the city council this week approved a $35 dollar fee to those water and sewer customers whose service is cut-off for failure to pay. Underwood’s colleague, Josh Roberts, […]

(1/23/20) Graham in good stead with campaign finances The campaign to send Lindsey Graham back to Washington from Oconee for a new, six-year term in the Senate reports the Graham campaign war chest for this political year has sunk a record-breaking $10.3 million in the bank. The campaign announces the following fundraising tallies: (1) The largest amount of money ever […]

Your preference in a year to elect a President can be counted, but only if you are qualified voter.  The League of Women Voters has announced a voter registration drive today at Seneca High School.

After a trip to the Westminster Library, you can post the sign “Gone Fishing.”  Traditional fishing rods, fly fishing poles with flies, children’s fishing poles, and tackle boxes are now being loaned out by the Westminster Library, 112 W. North Avenue.  Bait is not included.  For the fish attractant, anglers are directed to local stores and gas stations.

Sheriff’s officers in Oconee request the public’s help to identify a shoplifter at the Wal-Mart on the Sandifer Boulevard.  On Tuesday, December 10 a white male took three Hoverboard riding equipment and miscellaneous clothing and left the store without paying.  According to a Wal-Mart employee, the shoplifter was a white male who dressed in jeans, black jacket, and a gray […]

The annual public meeting of the Oconee Legislative Delegation takes place at 7 tonight at the Westminster Depot.  The public is invited to speak to and to hear what’s on the minds of the county’s three state lawmakers as they start a new session of the General Assembly.

The television network HBO says it will air a six-part documentary on a scam perpetrated on the McDonald’s restaurant chain. It was a scam 20 years ago that involved the McDonald’s Monopoly game tie-in. In promoting the Mark Wahlberg-produced documentary “McMillion$”, HBO says, “It was the biggest fraud….You Never Heard Of.” However, some Oconeeans will remember the controversy over stolen […]

There’s a new face to greet you when you do business with Blue Ridge Bank.  The bank announces that Telitha Sanders has been hired as head teller at the main office in Walhalla.  She has more than 15 years of community bank experience.

Pickens County deputies were involved in a shooting death Sunday at the residence at 278 Nursery Road, Easley.  The Sheriff’s Office announces the death there of Rickey Leonard Harris, and says the 61-year old Harris died during a call to investigate a domestic disturbance.  According to the Sheriff’s Office, details from an internal review confirm Harris exited the home onto […]

High above the County Seat this morning the U-S Forest Service plans a controlled burn for 250 acres.  The acreage is to be burned along the Whetstone Road, and a USFS spokesman says the purpose is improving wildlife habitat and reducing the fuels that can lead to wildfires.  Based on weather projections, the smoke from today’s burn will head toward […]