Author: Dick Mangrum

Outside Seneca City Hall, it was another hot late summer evening. But inside the city’s events coordinator was talking about taking Christmas celebrations to a new level. Mayor Dan Alexander says it has been years since Seneca invested in new Christmas decorations. Events coordinator Riley Johnson seeks $75 thousand for new lighting and a large artificial tree to be lighted […]

A 60-year old Utica man died Monday night of apparent injuries in a moped accident in his neighborhood. Coroner Karl Addis said the victim, Ricky Eugene Price of Gammell Street, died at 8:48 Monday night in the intensive care unit at Greenville Memorial Hospital. According to Addis, Price is reported to have been hurt around 1 o’clock Sunday morning when […]

Senator Lindsey Graham’s voice choked with emotion as he remembered his mentor, the late Senator John McCain. Graham took to the Senate floor to pay tribute to his late friend. Graham had a message also for the often divided Senate on partisan lines, a message to the effect that while it’s proper to stick to principle it’s important that the […]

The new leader of the South Carolina FFA is Seneca High School’s Erica Swearing. Erica and more than 900 high school students from the 46 counties took part in this summer’s 91st annual convention of the South Carolina FFA—the Future Farmers of America. They share the passion for a future in the state’s largest industry.

By order of a judge, an Oconee County woman has been returned to the custody of the Department of Mental Health for continued treatment and safe keeping. Last winter April Dawn Townsend was found not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple charges and was referred for an evaluation. A doctor for the mental health department reported on the evaluation […]

A man wanted by the state of Mississippi was discovered last weekend in Seneca and placed in the custody of the Seneca police. Law enforcement records show Earl Randolph Zirlott wanted by authorities in the Gulf Coast city of Gauthier to face the charge of sexual battery. The Seneca police say 32-year old Zirlott was placed in custody Saturday at […]

A new emergency department at the Oconee Memorial Hospital will be a project that’ll spend in excess of $12 million and take two years to complete. Hunter Kome, chief operating officer of the Oconee Medical Campus of GHS, said last night two design meetings have been held and they will lead to blueprints for an emergency department that’ll feature 22 […]

Within 30 days, wooded property on the grounds of the Oconee Memorial Hospital will be cleared to make way for Oconee County’s first YMCA. As OMH’s Hunter Kome made that prediction last night, he further predicted that, weather permitting, contractor Hogan Construction will have the “Y” up and ready to go in 11 months’ time. Kome commended the members of […]

A fire was quickly doused late last night on the Rogers Road inside the Fair Play Volunteer Fire Department service area. No one reported hurt. Oconee Rural Fire Dispatch sent fire fighters to the scene around 11:30 last night.