Author: Dick Mangrum

Houston Texans’ pass catcher DeAndre Hopkins returns home next week to give back to his native Central. Hopkins announces he will sponsor this year’s Central Hurricanes. The 12-and-under team belongs to the Tri-County Football League and will begins its season April 15. Hopkins, as a boy, played on the same fields as the Central Hurricanes before becoming a star at […]

This is Spring Jubilee weekend in Pendleton. Organizers of this 38th annual event hope for sunshine, warm breezes and two good days on the village green. The jubilee, known for its artists and craftsmen, officially starts at 10 tomorrow morning. The weekend will include bike rides through the countryside.

 The pantry of the Salvation Army in Walhalla is in better shape, thanks to a donation from the Local Emergency Planning Commission of Oconee County. From a food drive by commission member organizations, about 200 cans of food were delivered yesterday to the Salvation Army at its location on S. John Street. Commission members Scott Krein and Jimmy Watt delivered […]

The police in Seneca say a car they stopped this week in search of an auto break-in suspect started as a case of driving under suspension. But it escalated. The police say in the vehicle driven by Orin Kemp, 38, of Whittle’s Trailer Park, they found incriminating evidence. That evidence included identification documents belonging to others and tools that the […]

The school calendar shows this Monday, April 6, as an off day for Oconee public schools. But Monday has become a snow make-up day, and a district official says schools will resume at regular time. They have been closed this week for spring break.

The first Jazz on the Alley for 2015 is a casualty of today’s rain. The Ramcat Alley event in Seneca will not take place tonight.

So far, the project is known publicly as “Project Point.” Jeff Lord, city administrator for Westminster, said yesterday that his city is pursuing grants to help make the project a reality.

Oconee County is completing deals to lend a hand to two of the county’s employers, and the public will have a say beginning Tuesday next week. At its 6 o’clock Tuesday evening meeting at Pine Street, the council has scheduled hearings on an amended and re-stated fee-in-lieu of tax agreement with Borg Warner Torq Transfer Systems and a FILOT for […]

One dozen young ladies are in the field to compete to be the first Miss Oconee Belle. The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the pageant, Saturday April 11 at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium. The doors will open at 4:30 for a 5:00 start. Tickets are $5 and available at the door. This pageant was created as an opportunity for […]

A week from now, Oconee will host an annual get together of the Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies. In a meeting this morning at the Lunney Museum on Seneca’s Silk Stocking Hill, finals plans for the April 9-11 event were being reviewed. Besides the normal business of the group’s membership, the three days next week will serve to […]