Author: Dick Mangrum

The police in Walhalla have jailed a 26-year old man who is accused of burglarizing his neighbor’s home and stealing a laptop computer.  The arrest of Justin Anthony Nathan took place yesterday.  The crime occurred May 24 at a S. Pine Street home.  Capt. Paul Harris says Nathan is accused of crawling thru attic space that connected his home with […]

If you are an Oconee property taxpayer aged 65 or older, the county offers a deal.  By contacting the Auditor’s Office, you can qualify for Homestead Exemption–an exemption of taxes on the first $50 thousand value of your legal residence.  The exemption also applies to homeowners who are legally blind or totally and permanently disabled.  If you think you qualify […]

Senator Lindsey Graham released a statement this afternoon on his reaction to the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 that was unveiled today in the Senate.  “I will carefully review this legislation to ensure that if it were to become law, it would be beneficial to the people of South Carolina.”  Graham went to say, “South Carolinians want Obamacare repealed […]

A spokesman for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says officers this morning are at the scene of a death investigation near Seneca.  The scene is a home on the Rochester Highway near the city limits.  No other details about the case have been confirmed at this time.

A committee of the Oconee County Council heard this week the latest timeline for getting things going at the former hayfield that represents the county’s next best hope to attract new economic development.  Richard Blackwell of the Economic Alliance told a meeting of the council’s planning and economic development committee that the next thing to anticipate at the Golden Corner […]

“I’m truly sorry.  I’m tormented every day.”  Those were the words from a 68-year old man who pleaded guilty this morning in Oconee General Sessions Court to sex offenses with children.  Judge Scott Sprouse accepted the recommendation of Deputy Solicitor Lindsey Simmons to send Donnie Lane King to prison for five years.  The sentences could have been stiffer, but the […]

No change reported this morning in Westminster’s precarious budget situation.  After last night’s late hour meeting, Mayor Brian Ramey said only two options remain.  They are to wait for city council members to agree on cutting the proposed budget or for someone on council to bring back for consideration the Oconee County offer to takeover the municipal fire department.   […]

  Everyone has an invitation to be in Walhalla to celebrate the document that long ago declared the 13 original colonies to be independent of English rule.  Walhalla’s official July 4 celebration will be an Independence Eve event at 6:30 Tuesday night, July 3 at the Walhalla Soccer Field—one block from Main Street.  Civic and church groups will sell food […]

A DOT official predicts workers will need two more weeks to repair the sinkhole that has blocked part of Seneca’s N. Townville Street.  Jamie Gambrell, resident maintenance engineer for the DOT, says there’s still some excavation work to do there.