Author: Dick Mangrum

One suspect was arrested, a second is being sought in the continuing investigation of a shooting this week in Utica. A homeless man was wounded and hospitalized. Earlier sheriff’s officers arrested Robert Martain Robertson on charges of attempted murder and possession of weapon during a violent crime. Now, a second man is being sought on identical charges. He is identified […]

A 30-year old Seneca man was arrested yesterday and charged with possession of stolen goods—a moped and a car that were taken in October and November. Police reports identify the man arrested as Wesley Daniel Franks of WN 3rd Street, the general area where the moped and a 1996 Lincoln Town Car belonged. The automobile was found at a residence […]

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office identifies one male and a female who accompanied him as its suspects in a shoplifting this month at the Wal-Mart on the Sandifer Boulevard. If you can provide the information that leads to the arrest or prosecution of those responsible, you could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2 thousand. The laptop computer […]

More than 300 Prisma health care workers are being told they are losing their jobs. And the Prisma president/CEO blames an environment of smaller reimbursements and more and more patients who are either under-insured or un-insured. The number of those whose jobs are being eliminated is 327, out of a total workforce of more than 30 thousand. Since October, management […]

Duke Energy, the largest Oconee County taxpayer, has satisfied its obligation for 2019 on time, avoiding a three percent late penalty that applies to property tax bills not paid thru yesterday. Connie Bellotte, the county’s chief deputy treasurer, acknowledged the receipt of the Duke payment which arrived this time in the mail. The check for 2019 amounts to $25.6 million, […]

At their meeting next week, Oconee County councilmen will focus their attention on the project to expand the west terminal apron at the airport. A related part of the work is the re-location of part of Mount Nebo Church Road near the Shiloh Road. Votes by the council could add up to a big pay day for the airport’s long-time […]

The welcome mat will be out tonight for a showing of an historic home south of the railroad in Seneca.  An after-hours event, sponsored by the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 tonight at the Ballenger House, 212 ES 3rd Street, the clubhouse of the Seneca Woman’s Club.  The club has made big changes to […]

Once he graduates this spring from college, a young Seneca man is bound for a career in dentistry.  James Hansen Jr. has been accepted to enroll in four years dental school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.  His dad, James Hansen Sr., says his son has shadowed the local practice of Dr. John McRoberts and is committed […]

A busy afternoon of Thursday, January 23 awaits the members of the Oconee County Planning Commission. In their meeting at 5 o’clock that evening, the commissioners will receive a report from the county’s new economic development director, Annie Caggiano. An hour earlier there will be a gathering of the corridor planning sub-committee for an election of officers and a presentation […]

To hear the South Carolina lieutenant governor tell it, we’ve gone too far in society to allow a stigma to persist that pressures high school students to pursue a university education. According to Pamela Evette, an education at Clemson or South Carolina is not the right path for everyone. In her talk to the Seneca Rotary Club, Evette referred to […]