Author: Dick Mangrum

A domestic confrontation in Easley last weekend led to the arrest of a Greenville County deputy sheriff.  According to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, Herman William McDonald was arrested and charged with domestic violence first degree after a verbal dispute between McDonald and his former girlfriend that took place at her sister’s home on Mauldin Road.  The Sheriff’s Office says it […]

As Judge Sprouse began to qualify the jury pool for a new trial, there was no one seated in the defendant’s seat this morning in the Oconee General Sessions Court.  But Gruber Sires, attorney for Richard Claude Dills, said, “Obviously, he has a problem getting here this morning.”  The prosecutor’s office plans to try Dills today on the charge of […]

Chairwoman Edda Cammick of Oconee County Council says, after an executive session last night, the council gave its administrator a directive to re-structure some of the county’s departments to achieve a reduction in the workforce.  As many as 15 county positions, according to reports, are jeopardized by cost-cutting measures that reflect the new budget on July 1.  The county has […]

Walhalla Councilman Tjay Bagwell said last night he has spoken informally with Westminster officials about the possibility of his city buying water from Westminster.  This morning Westminster Mayor Brian Ramey reacted this way:  “We would love to have that opportunity.  It would help Walhalla and Westminster in so many ways.”  One way that it might help is a revenue stream […]

Three people hurt in an accident last night near Walhalla were sent to Greenville.  Their conditions were not immediately known this morning.  Chief Brandon Burton of the Walhalla Fire Department said the accident at 7 o’clock last night involved one car that rolled over on the Coffee Road near Busch Creek Road.

U.S. Senator Tim Scott joined three of his colleagues to introduce the Graduate Student Savings Act of 2017, which would allow funds from a graduate student’s stipend or fellowship to be deposited into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). While fellowship or stipend funding currently is taxed as income by federal and state governments, it does not qualify as “compensation” and […]

$7.2 million dollars.  That’s the amount Walhalla City Council settled on last night to operate the next 12 months of city government.  There’s enough money to award 3% cost of living pay increases to the city employees as well as the creation of two new jobs.  Walhalla will employ a part time events coordinator and allocate a position in streets […]

An Oconee jury returned a guilty verdict yesterday against a man charged with hitting his wife at her Westminster area home.  Jeffrey Leonard Shelton was found guilty of criminal domestic violence second offense and received the maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $2,500 fine.  Shelton did not testify in his defense.  The jury heard Shelton’s estranged wife, […]

A driver who apparently had a medical issue was involved in two accidents late yesterday afternoon on SC 130 in Oconee County.  According to Keowee Fire Department, there were no injuries in the accidents.  One occurred at 130 and Katelynn Lane; the other, near the Oconee Nuclear Plant.  For a time, two-lane 130 was reduced to one lane travel.