Author: Dick Mangrum

At its meeting next week, the Oconee County Council will be asked to help the unfortunate by doling out money.  The county’s only homeless shelter, Our Daily Rest in Seneca, seeks a $20 thousand dollar allocation so that it can continue its work to offer a hand up and a second chance to homeless individuals.  It’s estimated that in 10 […]

Fire took a toll early last night at a home on Westminster’s Marcengill Road.  No injuries are reported.  Fire fighters rolled to that fire scene at 6:20 last evening and remained there for two hours.

Office space inside the Oconee County government complex on Walhalla’s S. Pine Street is being re-configured to accommodate a security officer, as provided by the county Sheriff’s Office. The staffing of a security officer during the work day is seen as protection for staff and the public, in the event something of a bad nature occurs. At the outset, according […]

Non-stop growth in the Seneca area north of 123 presents a challenge to the capability of the county treatment facility. And yesterday that had the county’s sewer boss talking about the potential for a second treatment upgrade in the 40-year history of Oconee’s piped sewer system. Chris Eleazer of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority concedes that in place of expanding […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of a man charged this week with unlawful neglect of a child. The man arrested was identified as Chad Michael-Ray MacDonald. He faces the allegation of repeatedly using excessive force against the side of a child’s head in an incident alleged to have occurred Monday while the child was in his care at an […]

Chances are Oconeeans who open today’s mail will see their 2019 property tax bill. Nearly 78 thousand notices have been sent into the mail. They are designed to generate much of the revenue that the county will rely on to meet the projections of their 2019-20 budget, including general county and education purposes. The bills are payable now, but the […]

Apple season is Bluegrass season in Long Creek.  To prove it, the community club on Saturday has arranged an outdoor fun event that will feature the West End String Band.  Everyone is invited to bring a lawn chair and come to the Community Park between noon and 5 pm for music, arts and crafts, an antique car and tractor show, […]

A spokeswoman for Oconee public schools this afternoon released this statement:  “There was a minor traffic accident this morning involving a SDOC school bus. While on a morning route, the bus was rear-ended at the intersection of Pine and Broad Streets in Walhalla. There were no injuries to the bus driver or to the one student who was on the […]

Thru a social media sharing platform, Walhallans are being afforded a new way to communicate with their city police department about crime and suspicious activity. Police Chief Sean Brinson says Neighbors App by Ring will go live in Walhalla tomorrow. It’s a way for Walhallans to get real-time local crime and safety updates directly from their smartphones. Text ‘JOINTODAY’ to […]

At this hour, the state patrol is described “deep into investigation” of an accident that occurred this morning near a curve on a rural Oconee County road. A total of four people, including three youngsters, are reported to have been sent to two different hospitals with what the patrol spokesman called non-life threatening injuries. The accident involved a car and […]