Author: Dick Mangrum

U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s 2019 Military Academy Nomination Application is now open. The Office of Sen. Scott will be accepting applications through Friday, October 18th, 2019 at 5:00 PM. Candidates interested in attending one of the four service academies – U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, or U.S. Merchant Marine Academy – may submit applications and […]

Scott Moulder, the Seneca city administrator, says he has had “positive discussions” with the company that operates a small hydro-electric power plant near the city limits toward a continuing relationship between the two parties. As the only retail customer of the Coneross Power Corporation, Seneca buys a small amount of electricity which it re-sells to the grid as a way […]

Seneca seeks help today in eventually deciding the future for a large piece of piece of property south of the railroad tracks. Scott Moulder, city administrator, will lead Arlene Young of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments on a tour of the Kellett building and property. Young is a grants writer for the government service agency based at Greenville. […]

The summer time tradition of square dancing every Friday night at the Oconee State Park is alive and well.  Savana Kelley, assistant park ranger, invites the public for square dancing 7 to 9 o’clock on Friday nights until Labor Day.  Dances take place in the Old Barn across from the park office.  Admission for adults is two dollars and children […]

A second man identified in the theft of an RV camper near Seneca is reported in custody. The Sheriff’s Office yesterday cancelled a public alert to locate William Paul Lechnar after word that Lechnar was in custody. The Sheriff’s Office has identified Lechnar as the second person in custody in the investigation of a $19 thousand camper theft from Bowen […]

Seneca leaders have given preliminary approval to a new set of rules covering house rentals on a short-term basis. They apparently are amenable, however, to making changes before second and final ordinance reading—based on what they heard last night from residents of three home developments north of the bypass. The city has taken to crafting the law after an Atlanta […]

I-85 traffic northbound backed up in South Carolina across the lake into Georgia this morning after an accident that involved a pickup truck and a tractor trailer truck pulling two trailers.  The accident occurred in the northbound lanes near exit 1 when, according to authorities, one of the trailers flipped over on a Lake Hartwell bridge and required a wrecker […]

The city with Germanic roots–Walhalla, South Carolina–will celebrate America’s Independence Day next week on the eve of the official holiday.  City councilman Tjay Bagwell says the city’s official celebration will take place Wednesday evening, July 3 on the grounds of Memorial Stadium, N. Broad Street.  Organizers promise a military band, bouncy houses, food, and a fireworks display that will cap […]

A 36-year old woman in the Oconee General Sessions Court was sentenced to 55 months in prison this morning after she pleaded guilty to five drug offenses. Four of the cases against Anna Lara Stinnett took place in Oconee County; the fifth case was an offense in Anderson County. Stinnett told Judge McIntosh: “I’m not a perfect human being…I messed […]