Author: Dick Mangrum

Long time Seneca businessman and American Legion member Bob Hughes of Seneca is now residing at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Belton.  Hughes is now 92 years old.  His son, Gerald, says Mr. Hughes was admitted to the facility two weeks ago and would like visits from several of his many friends.

Dr. Stanley Rampey, one of two Seneca men killed in yesterday’s Orlando, Florida plane crash, was a leading physician in one of Prisma Health Upstate’s medical practices.  Here is a statement released this morning by Prisma: “Dr. Stanley Rampey was a respected and admired physician, and Prisma Health is saddened to hear of his passing. Dr. Rampey was a family […]

The Palmetto Conservation Foundation and its partners received a national achievement award this week in Washington, D-C for developing Stumphouse Mountain Bike Park on city of Walhalla property in Oconee County. The awards program is related to the Recreational Trails Program of the Federal Highway Administration, which provides competitive funding for trails and greenways across the country. Recreational Trails money […]

The newest reserve officers for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office are Lewis Beck and Stacy Foster.  In a reserve capacity, a deputy is required to work 20 hours a month and attend a training session.  Before they can go out on their own, reserve deputies must accrue 240 hours of seat time with a regular deputy.  Reserve deputies have the same […]

123 motorists will have to put up with a detour between Westminster and the Georgia line a while longer.  A DOT official says rainfall in the last several days has dealt S&S Construction “a major setback.”  The Anderson contractor won’t be able to meet Sunday’s deadline to restore the collapsed road side.  “Basically, we are waiting on the soil to […]

According to information provided by the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office in Orlando, FL, the two Seneca men killed in an aviation incident that occurred in Central Florida yesterday have been identified. 94.1 The Lake received an e-mail from Samary Lopez-Hill, the Forensic Records Coordinator from the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office. In the e-mail, Lopez-Hill is quoted with the […]

An “avalanche” of kittens has arrived at the Oconee Animal Shelter near Seneca, and the Humane Society is further cutting the cost to spay/neuter both male and female cats.  What’s called “Kitten season” has hit the county hard again this year.  A spokeswoman for the shelter says hundreds of kittens, without moms, all homeless are streaming into the shelter on […]

Cases of church vandalisms are being investigated near Seneca. According to the Sheriff’s Office, there have been multiple instances—including at a church and in a graveyard. More than 20 headstones were moved on Tuesday at the Friendship United Methodist cemetery. On June 2, the nearby Hepsibah Baptist Church was littered with satanic graffiti and emblems. A cash reward is offered […]

The Oconee County coroner confirmed last night that the bodies found after a Florida plane crash yesterday are those of two Seneca men. Coroner Karl Addis said at  the request of the Maitland, Florida police, he notified the families. But Addis referred requests for other information to the Maitland police and the Orange County, Florida medical examiner’s office in Orlando. […]