Author: Dick Mangrum

Sanitation services operated by Oconee County government are adjusting their schedules for the July 4 week.  All recycling centers will be closed both tomorrow and Thursday.  The landfill and solid waste complex in Seneca will be closed on Thursday, the 4th.

Counting cash and investments, the Joint Regional Sewer Authority is holding $9.8 million, but there’s still disagreement over how much of the money should be returned to the JRSA member cities. Much of last night’s board of commissioners meeting was spent in discussions over the costly problem of inflow and infiltration and how to fix it. A motion for the […]

Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says a short foot chase was required near the scene of last night’s fatal crash before officers placed their suspect into custody. Crenshaw identifies the man as 19-year old Easley resident El Asia Hassain Muhammed. Crenshaw said, “We will be meeting with the Solicitor this morning to review the case for further charges.” Authorities say a […]

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority commissioners were told last night that the operations can soon anticipate some kind of enforcement action from the state agency concerned by two major sewer overflows. The overflows occurred in February and April. Chris Eleazer, JRSA executive director, reported on a meeting that he had last week with a DHEC representative. It’s Eleazer’s takeway […]

An autopsy was scheduled yesterday on the body of a 20-year old Clemson student who fell to death from atop a building. Deputy Pickens County Coroner Gary Duncan said Thomas Heard Few died around 12:45 Sunday morning when he fell from the roof at 176 Old Greenville Highway. Few was transported to the Prisma Health in Greenville and pronounced dead […]

A late night motor vehicle crash between Seneca and Clemson took the life of a 39-year old woman who was inside the home into which a fleeing vehicle crashed. Coroner Karl Addis said Vanessa Leanne Neimeyer was dead at the scene when the vehicle crashed into 10695 Clemson Boulevard and landed on top of her in the basement of the […]

Details are available today from the Walhalla police on a pair of arrests that resulted from an incident late last week near S. Catherine Street. Chief Sean Brinson said two women arrested were found inside a Freedom Drive home late Wednesday night. According to Brinson, Connie Towe, 52, of Westminster, and Amy Michelle Duggan, 31, of Walhalla are charged with […]

The Oconee Nuclear Station and its companion visitors center, the World of Energy, have been around for nearly a half century. But the World of Energy, actually originated before the first electricity was produced. In fact, in its first year, the visitors center served as a vantage point to watch the construction of Duke Power’s nuclear plant. That’s why in […]