Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee Republican Party sent 14 delegates to Saturday’s state GOP convention in Columbia.  In all, 782 South Carolina Republicans served as convention delegates.

A couple of Walhalla Bojangle’s customers were surprised on Saturday to find the restaurant without napkins.  Police Chief Tim Rice has confirmed someone stole two napkin holders from the counter.  “We do have a possible suspect but no charges have been filed and it’s still under investigation.

Oconeeans are invited to attend — and speak out — about sewer spending plans for the next 12-month period, starting July 1.  A hearing on the Joint Regional Sewer Authority’s proposed budget for 2024-25 takes place during the JRSA board’s 4 o’clock Monday afternoon meeting in its Operations and Administration Building on Return Church Road.  The budget document is prefaced […]

A large bear, 250-300 pounds, was killed last week when hit by a car near Toccoa, Georgia.  Radio WNEG quotes a wrecker service operator as saying the bear was hit on the Highway 17 ByPass at Highway 145.  The wrecker operator, Marvin Brown, said he processed the necessary DNR paperwork to take the body of the bear to be mounted.  […]

The Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department — and its plans to create a special tax district — have made it onto next week’s county council agenda.  To qualify to hold a special election for those inside the Corinth-Shiloh district, the consent is required of the county council.  2024-10 is a resolution “to certify a petition calling for a special tax district election […]

Walhalla’s Main Street, from Tugaloo to Catherine, was off limits for about 20 minutes this morning while public safety responders, including HAZMAT personnel, investigated a spill from a passing tanker truck.  Chief Will Bates of the fire department said a small spill of a petroleum asphalt liquid evaporated quickly and the responders were able to determine there was no public […]

Matthew Durham, the Oconee County Council chairman, told the Walhalla City Council that the type of employee salary study, which is in its final stages of completion for county government, could be of help to city government as it re-evaluates what it pays its workforce.  And Mayor Tim Hall is pleased with Durham’s offer to share the county’s salary study […]

Walhalla’s streak of holding the line on property taxes appears to be at risk this year, as the mayor and council considers the dollar numbers that’ll make up the city’s new spending plan.  Early during the council budget workshop Mayor Tim Hall reacted to the prospects of raising taxes by five mills, from 84 to 89.  The city’s property tax […]

Before hiring a moving company, the BBB — the Better Business Bureau — recommends careful research to avoid falling victim to a moving scam.  They run the gamut from missing items, massive price increases and, in some cases, goods being held hostage for additional payment.  Each year several versions of moving scams are reported to the BBB.  They include no […]

A group of 30 to 35 people took part in the National Day of Prayer event in Salem.  Tony Brown, Salem Baptist Church pastor, led the group in thought and prayer.  Salem’s just one of several such events today across Oconee.