Author: Dick Mangrum

A pontoon boat dislodged from the hitch on a truck just before 2:30 this afternoon on Seneca 123 By-Pass in the vicinity of the East End intersection.  No one was hurt, but the police were forced to shut down the west bound lane travel for a few minutes until the boat was re-attached to the truck.

Two Oconee deputies are new graduates of the “Honor Guard Boot Camp” of the National Honor Guard Academy in Winston Salem, North Carolina.  Alan Sayre and Daniel McGowan bring to 17 the number of Honor Guard members from the county Sheriff’s Office.  The guard is a group of public safety individuals who form lines of duty death funerals and carrying/presenting […]

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) are seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement to extend the Southeast High-Speed Rail corridor from Charlotte, North Carolina to Atlanta, Ga. And one of the routes would follow the existing AMTRAK line through Oconee County. Another would follow a route from Anderson to Athens […]

No one was hurt, however, public safety responders say a pickup driver this morning avoided a deer on Ebenezer Road near West Union, and instead struck a car parked at a home.  The accident was reported shortly after 7 am.

The League of Women Voters invites the public for a Westminster candidate forum to be held at 6 o’clock Monday night, October 28 in the meeting room at the city fire department. The two candidates for mayor and the ten hopefuls for three council seats have been invited. By yesterday, according to LWV co-president Sandra Gray, acceptances had been received […]

A Greenville County woman has filed a premises liability lawsuit against state park service authorities, and her attorney wants a jury to award triple damages for what she alleges happened in an Oconee State Park cabin. The plaintiff in the civil case is Sadie Suttle who rented an Oconee State Park cabin for one week during the Christmas-New Year’s week […]

A long-standing downtown Clemson building will soon be no more and, in its place, according to city officials, will come another hotel.  The former white-columned, Fort Hill Federal Savings and Loan on College Street is being prepared for demolition.  According to City Hall, a contractor has secured the necessary permit.

Seneca planning commissioners cast two votes last night on re-zoning applications. Only one of them was conclusive. In a 3 to 2 vote, the planning commissioners recommended an R-15 zone for ES 6th, S. Walnut, and S. Cherry properties for which Josh Thomas is considering building single-family homes. Earlier last night the commission deadlocked 2-2-1 (with one abstention) on a […]

Now that Oktoberfest is in the books for another year, the candidates for Walhalla public office are ramping up their campaigns for the November 5 election.  Candidate signs are returning to the Main Street grass medians.  And tonight the first of two Walhalla political forums will take place at 6:30 at the Depot.  The two-hour event will be divided into […]