Author: Dick Mangrum

A car driver in Seneca escaped injury yesterday when the small car went out of control at an intersection and hit a tree. The police say the accident occurred shortly after 10 am when a 2009 Nissan Versa attempted to turn onto S. Oak Street from WS 4th

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a nationwide scam that has affected thousands and resulted in the loss of over $10 million in the last year. The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory due to numerous consumer complaints that there are imposters who are impersonating the Social Security Administration (SSA) in an attempt to get […]

This summer and early fall have seen a larger than normal number of houses fires along Lake Keowee in Oconee County. The latest destructive fire was Monday night in a peninsula development. As to the abnormal fires, county Fire Chief Charlie King says, “While there continues to be investigations from multiple agencies continuing into the cause of the fires in […]

The Army Corps of Engineers declared their three Savannah River reservoirs this week at the first drought level, after the pool elevation of J-Strom Thurmond Lake dipped below 326′ above mean sea level.  Trigger Level 1 activates the corps’ drought management plan that conserves water by reducing the outflows from the Thurmond Dam.  The pool elevations Tuesday were 656.31 ft-msl […]

The Oconee coroner has announced an autopsy was performed yesterday to assist with the investigation into the death of a one-year old boy near Westminster. But Coroner Addis says further pathology and toxicology studies are underway as part of the investigation of the death of Rhyder Peay. The Sheriff’s Office responded Tuesday afternoon to a home on Bright Eyes Drive […]

Campaign signs, some of them, have disappeared from Walhalla’s Main Street grass medians–although the candidates in the November election are under no obligation to remove them.  At least two city council candidates–incumbent David Underwood and political newcomer Charles Morgan–have said they would take down or have taken down their signs on public property.  They say they feel a duty in […]

The Oconee man who was identified as the driver in a fatal accident last weekend has been arrested by the highway patrol. Today’s booking report from the Oconee Detention Center lists charges of driving under suspension and felony driving under the influence resulting in death against Jason Scott Holbrooks, 39-year old resident of Chesswood Drive, Seneca. He was arrested yesterday—two […]

An incident last week that involved a Walhalla apartment manager and one of her renters has led to the arrest of the renter. The police today announced the arrest of Mary Elizabeth Evans, 64, on the charge of assault and battery third degree. According to an announcement by Chief Sean Brinson, the property manager for Standpoint Vista—Alejandra Myers—was conducting a […]