Author: Dick Mangrum

A meeting this fall in Oconee County will address changes that will affect foster care families.  South Carolina DSS has announced that an Oconee Foster Parents Association Town Hall meeting will run 5 to 7 o’clock Tuesday night, November 5 at the Bountyland Baptist Church near Seneca.  Social service workers will be there to discuss ideas on how to better […]

A one-year old burglary case at a rural home near Seneca has led to charges against a 35-year old man. Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces charges of grand larceny, burglary third degree, and assault and battery by mob against Garrett Robert Thomas Lamonte. Arrest warrants allege Lamonte went into a home on the Smith Estate Road last August and took tools, […]

The police in Seneca say two persons, with thievery on their minds, entered a home firing shots near S. Walnut Street. They were there, according to Chief John Covington, to try to open a safe and to steal cell phones. The crime occurred around 6 o’clock yesterday morning at 314 Woodland Drive. The investigation led the police to a S. […]

Senators are vacating Washington for their home states after voting today in favor of a higher budget and to lift the debt ceiling.  South Carolina’s Tim Scott voted in the minority in a 67-28 outcome.  Scott’s statement from Washington  reflects mixed feelings:  “While I certainly applaud the authors of this deal for a good faith effort to set government spending […]

To observe National Purple Heart Day, the office of Oconee Veterans Affairs invites all purple heart recipients and their spouses for a reception and drop-in on National Purple Heart Day Wednesday, August 7.  The event will take place 9 to 11 am in the county V-A office in Walhalla.  Jerry Dyar, veterans affairs officer, says many ex-servicemen wounded in duty […]

The South Carolina Drought Response Committee will meet to assess just how dry it has become across the state, and what the effect might be on farming, water supply and the like.  A conference call among committee members has been scheduled for Monday morning, August 12.  The plan is that following a presentation during that conference call, an official vote […]

Eight men have been arrested and one more is sought as part of a group that flooded upstate South Carolina counties with 61 kilos of cocaine. The arrests were announced this morning by Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw as he stood in front of representatives of eight other law enforcement agencies that played a part in the investigation started by his […]

In one week’s time, the real estate holdings of the city of Seneca got a lot bigger, with the settlement of the Haynes legal matters and the acquisition of the adjoining Kimbrell’s building. Mayor Alexander, speaking on a 94.1 The Lake Coffee Time, says there are many ideas on what to do with the building. One is razing the old […]