Author: Dick Mangrum

Word has been received of the death of Chrissy Adams, the 10th Circuit Solicitor in Oconee and Anderson counties.  She fought cancer and had intended to complete her current term, which expires in a couple of weeks, before retiring.  Early this year she announced her plan to retire.  In the election process that followed Adams’ deputy solicitor in Oconee, David […]

  Parts of the southeast remain in drought as the calendar begins to turn to 2017, but rain across the region during December has been noteworthy, in the estimation of meteorologists representing the U-S Army Corps of Engineers.

  A Seneca Republican is eager to see his “loyal” friend become Governor.  Devoe Blackston has known Henry McMaster 40 years and considers the Lieutenant Governor a good man who learned well from a South Carolina legend, the late Senator Strom Thurmond.  After law school, McMaster worked for Thurmond.  Blackston predicts McMaster will be a good governor, in part, because […]

SC Works and Tri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division (CCE) are reaching out this month to unemployed and underemployed individuals by hosting a Job Fair. The event will be held for Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties residents Friday, January 6, from 9 a.m. – noon at the Industrial and Business Development Center located on the Pendleton Campus. Participants […]

Charges that arose from a home fire last winter top the docket for next week’s term of Oconee General Sessions Court.  The Office of 10th Circuit Solicitor plans to call for trial the case against Walhalla resident Joshua Charles Campbell.  The defendant is accused of arson third degree and attempted murder, nine counts, as the result of a January 16 […]

An Oconee County tax deadline arrives this weekend.  Taxpayers wanting to qualify for a deduction for the 2016 year have until the close of business Friday to pay those bills in person or by mail Saturday providing the letters are postmarked no later than Saturday, December 31.  Those who satisfy their debt on line have until 11:59 Saturday night.  Because […]

“Statistics show that South Carolina ranks third in the nation for having the worst drivers. This is not a statistic we should be proud of. In fact, as of today, nine hundred and forty-six people have died on South Carolina roads this year. South Carolina has placed first in the Fatalities Rate per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled Category and seventh in both […]

Fire is said to have heavily damaged a building yesterday afternoon on the Burns Mill Road near West Union.  Walhalla fire Department provided assistance to the West Union fire fighters.  The damage is believed to have been heavy to a building, described as a garage/outbuilding.