Author: Dick Mangrum

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 […]

The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce has announced the selection of the county’s first “Top 20 Under 40.”  They are considered an elite group of young professionals who, through their work and personal lives, exhibit high standards of quality.  The group is a wide representation of professional that run the gamut.  They include members of the legal community, the real […]

Three and a half weeks later, the Oconee Sheriff says, there is still no determination on the cause of a fire that took two lives in the rural Picket Post Community near Tamassee. The July 13 weekend night fire was fatal to Winfred Lee Dills and his grandson, Daniel Lee Ayers. Sheriff Crenshaw said yesterday, “No determination yet, but it […]

Susan Ramey, Westminster city councilwoman, says in the next few days she will have a decision on whether she’ll try to move up to the mayor’s office in her city’s November election.  Candidate qualifying will start August 16.  Already, first-term Mayor Brian Ramey has signaled that he will offer for a second, four-year term.  The two elected officials share the […]

Seneca’s state lawmaker says South Carolina taxpayers can look forward to a one-time, $50 refund to arrive some time in December.  The $50 will reflect a $61.4 million payment that South Carolina realized from the sale of a winning lottery ticket that will net the ticket buyers hundreds of millions of dollars.  It was thought that the state would use […]