Author: Dick Mangrum

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the statement below following yesterday’s bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate on $4.5 billion in emergency supplemental funding to provide humanitarian aid, including shelter, food and medical care, at the border. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 84-8. A companion measure has been approved in the House, but the White House […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office appeals to the public for information to help locate a man suspected of fraud this month at two stores near Seneca. The Sheriff’s Office suspects the man fraudulently used someone else’s credit card to make two purchases June 15 at Verizon Wireless and 21 minutes later at the Wal-Mart. Thru Crimestoppers the Sheriff’s Office promises anonymity to […]

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 […]

A new development of 20 to 23 single family homes is proposed along Walhalla’s Tyre B. Mauldin Street. The project, if approved, would fall between the blocks of S. Poplar and S. Chestnut streets and take in four currently undeveloped lots on 2.5 acres. The city planning commission has announced a hearing next month to consider the property owner’s request […]

The National Transportation Safety Board has published its preliminary investigation report of the small plane crash this month killed two men from Oconee—Raymond Dodd and Dr. Stanley Rampey—at Orlando, Florida: “On June 12, 2019, about 1100 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182E, N3051Y, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Maitland, Florida. The private pilot and passenger were fatally […]

Tuesday, August 6 is now the SC DOT’s new date to re-open a closed part of US 123 between Westminster and Georgia.  Delays in re-locating utilities and the blowout of the roadside are being blamed for pushing back the finish of an emergency project to restore the collapsed roadside and put an end to an alternate route for drivers to […]

South Carolinians can help protect water quality in the state by participating in an upcoming survey from Clemson University Cooperative Extension. Carolina Clear, Extension’s stormwater education program, is preparing to launch a telephone survey to gauge knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of South Carolina residents related to its water resources. Each survey should take no more than 15 minutes and Extension […]

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 […]