Author: Dick Mangrum

A nearby lightning strike is believed by the Walhalla Fire Department to have been the direct cause for a midnight hour home fire on E. Wesley Street. The police called the fire department and alerted the two occupants of the home to vacate. Those two people escaped without injury. Fire Chief Brandon Burton says two other people lived at the […]

A car this morning northbound on I-85 at Fair Play hit the guardrail and then scraped the side of a tractor-trailer truck.  Chief Larry Wilkerson of the Fair Play Volunteer Fire Department said the car driver was uninjured, but the two impacts demolished the automobile.  The accident occurred around 10:30 morning at the two mile marker.  Several hours before Fair […]

Charges have been filed by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office against a Salem man. Wednesday’s Oconee jail report lists three charges against Mark Monroe Crowe including the offense of abuse or neglect of adult resulting in death. The Sheriff’s Office this afternoon released a warrant that alleges the 47-year old Crowe “between 9-24-18 and 5-6-19, while in the capacity of primary […]

A paving technique new to South Carolina will be undertaken on a section of U-S 123 in Pickens County. The work on the four-lane highway will take place between Liberty and the 133/College Avenue traffic lights in Clemson. According to a spokesman for contractor King Asphalt, the new type of paving will apply only to the section between the pedestrian […]

A fire engine and crew from Oconee County are lending assistance in fighting a major out of county fire.  Charlie King, Oconee fire chief, says the Oconee resources were sent last evening for a 24-hour assignment at the plastic recycling plant fire in Cherokee County.  The Oconee assistance is part of the South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Plan.

How to refund millions in reserve funds and the best way to attack the problems of rainwater and groundwater penetrating the system have created disagreements within the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority. But one of the commissioners urges patience to give him and the rest of the policy-making board more time to make the right decisions. Tally Grant, who represents […]

Oconeeans did their part with the rest of America in celebrating another of this country’s birthdays–the achievement of independence from its mother country, England.  The festivities local were as usual lively and, in some cases, boisterous.  So far, at least, no reports of any problems.  Oconee County Dispatch received its normal share of complaints about fireworks.

After a domestic incident investigation, the Walhalla police arrested a Moore Avenue man, Harry Oglesby. Chief Sean Brinson announced charges against Oglesby of domestic violence high and aggravated possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a crime, and possession of stolen goods. The police responded to a report of shots fired and took a complaint filed by a […]

Imagine your days this summer spent laying asphalt or hammering roof shingles. On the whole, you’d likely be happier if you were poolside in Walhalla. The smiles and the laughter on the part of children this afternoon at the Walhalla City Swimming Pool are a testament to beating the heat of 90-degree temperatures. The water looks crystal clear this afternoon […]