Author: Dick Mangrum

A group of Oconee County public safety responders remembered 9-11 by climbing the steps of the football stadium at West-Oak High School.  It was a symbolic step climb in homage to what first responders faced at the scene of the deliberate crashes by terrorists of airliners on September 11, 2001.

Christine Chavez walks in the footsteps of her famous grandfather, Cesar Chavez, and tonite Christine will visit Clemson University to discuss her recent work to improve the lives of laborers in the country.  Her talk at 6 o’clock in the Thurmond Institute auditorium will open Clemson’s celebration of Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month.  Christine Chavez’s grandfather, Cesar, in the 1960s […]

Oconee School District and its community partners say “It’s Time to Talk” about a sensitive subject:  suicide.  In community meetings, they plan to raise awareness about suicide prevention.  This is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.  Everyone is invited to any one or all of the meetings this month at the county’s three high schools.  The meetings will be Monday, September 23 […]

Where once Seneca children went to primary school will likely in the future become green space for all to enjoy. Seneca took a step yesterday to leverage an outside grant to pay for the demolition of the former Kellett Elementary School on the city’s south side and convert the property for green space recreation. Arlene Young of the South Carolina […]

The Oconee County auditor and the county administrator were to talk yesterday afternoon about the property tax season, on which the county can project spending in 2019-20. Auditor Christy Hubbard plans to make her annual visit next week to the county council and bring with her a recommendation for the 2019 tax levy. Much of that levy hinges on the […]

A prosecutor says her office is in the process to schedule trial for a Westminster man who was arrested and charged with murder after an early morning shooting death in the winter of 2018 at a rural home south of West Union. According to Deputy Solicitor Lindsey Simmons, the plan is to call South Carolina v. Tyler Mark Broome before […]

Without farmers, how would we survive?  In appreciation for their hard work, all Oconee and area farmers may eat free during a farmers appreciation supper.  That supper will be served at 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, September 24 at the fair grounds at 2375 Sandifer Boulevard, Westminster.

On this infamous day in American history, Seneca Fire Department is flying Old Glory in a big way.  A large American flag has been hoisted into the air today at Miracle Circle, thru the apparatus of the department’s extended ladder truck.  9-11 is especially meaningful to all fire fighters, as the profession lost some of its valued members who were […]