Author: Dick Mangrum

At least so far, there seems to be a smooth handoff between Richard Blackwell and Janet Hartman to keep Oconee in the game when it comes to attracting economic development and strengthening existing industry. In a report to her board of directors, interim executive director Hartman said that since the last meeting the office has been in “strong discussions” with […]

Hotel chains continue to have Oconee County in their focus. The board of Oconee Economic Alliance was told this morning that a second hotel has committed to build inside the new Hartwell Village Shopping Center. Janet Hartman, interim director of the economic alliance, said an Aloft hotel will be built on property near where construction continues on a Tru hotel […]

An Oconee Common Pleas judge this week approved a partial settlement in a lawsuit arising from the fatal shooting of a Seneca man outside a party that was held inside a convenience store near Seneca nearly three and a half years ago. The settlement, approved by the Hon. Scott Sprouse, applies to one of three defendants in a suit brought […]

The trustees who govern the Oconee Public Library have made changes designed for an easier and more enjoyable use of the libraries countywide. The changes include permitting library patrons to enjoy refreshments and light snacks in many of the libraries with the exception of the sections that contain sensitive materials, such as the Ann Rogers South Carolina History Room at […]

Oconee law enforcement’s battle against opioids produced eight arrests this week in and near Seneca. According to the Sheriff’s Office, search warrants on Daniel Avenue and Brookwood Drive off 123 resulted in the arrests Tuesday of individuals in an investigation with the Seneca Police of controlled buys of narcotics involving heroin and methamphetamine.

Authorities say there has been no known contact with a 52-year old Seneca woman for more than two weeks and they are calling her a missing person. She is Camellia Lynn Norris of Tribble Street. Norris is 5’2”, brown eyes, red hair, sometimes worn in a ponytail. At times, she wears glasses. The missing woman’s car is a 2003 silver […]

A request has been made for state money that originally was earmarked for Oconee County’s “Project Omega” to instead be re-directed to the county’s efforts to bring piped sewer to Fair Play community near I-85. Janet Hartman, interim executive director of Oconee Economic Alliance, wrote a letter last week to the Department of Commerce formally requesting that an $800 thousand […]

An Anderson man has been implicated in a three-year old home burglary in southern Oconee County. Records released by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office show Andrew Nicholas Allen arrested on Wednesday and charged with grand larceny and burglary second degree. The warrants accuse 23-year old Allen of stealing jewelry and war collectible knives, valued at more than $36 thousand, from a […]