Author: Dick Mangrum

A Walhalla policeman and his suspect both wound up getting medical attention yesterday in a laundry business incident on W. Main Street. The police say at 6:36 am at Tiger Wash, they found Bryan Ashley Evans of Neal Road, Seneca inside the crawl space between washing machines. According to the police report, after an attempt was made to place Evans […]

A Senate bill, introduced by South Carolina’s Tim Scott, would give nursing home operators access to a national data bank to allow them to screen and vet potential employees. The purpose is to ensure that caregivers don’t have a history that would endanger the seniors they care for. The bill is called Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care. Virginia’s Mark […]

If you have a penchant for numbers and want to check out the finances of the Oconee public schools, you can go to the district website and view the most recent audit.  Gloria Moore, district finance director, made the announcement last night after the outside auditor, Don Estep, delivered the financial report for 2018-19.  Moore says the audit can be […]

No one likes a bully, and what a bully can inflict on a youngster can leave deep scars. That’s a major reason why the Oconee public schools are ramping up efforts to discourage bullying—instances when an older and stronger student takes advantage of a younger or weaker student. Last night the Oconee school trustees recognized the winners of a poster […]

At their January meeting, Oconee school trustees will be asked to authorize a course that’ll equip high school students with the know-how toward careers in 9-1-1 emergency communications. According to Lisa Simmons, director of instruction for the public schools, it’s a course scheduled for space in the new Hamilton Career and Technology Center that is scheduled to be finished for […]

The police in Walhalla foiled a break-in attempt early yesterday at a city laundromat. Chief Brinson says the crime occurred in the early morning hours at the Tiger Wash at W. Main and S. Poplar. To catch their suspect, the police applied their taser equipment. We expect further details later today.

The outside auditor for the Oconee public schools recommends the county district create a telephone hot line to allow persons to report fraud. Don Estep made that recommendation as he presented his firm’s audit of the district’s financial records for the year that ended June 30. Estep gave a clean, or unmodified, opinion of the district’s revenues and expenses. But […]