Author: Dick Mangrum

SC Works and Tri-County Tech are reaching out this week to the unemployed and the under-employed by holding a job fair and training expo. The event is for residents of Oconee, Anderson and Pickens counties from 9 a-m to noon Friday at the Industrial and Business Development Center on Tech’s Pendleton campus. The goal is to connect participants with potential […]

A New Year’s greeting from the IRS means the tax season is approaching. And, one of the first decisions that taxpayers must make is how they plan to file. If you plan to use the services of a paid tax professional, as more than half of taxpayers do, make sure you pick a professional you can trust. Check to be […]

If you have been to the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport lately, you know the airport is no longer a country airport. Its president/CEO, Dave Edwards, will be in Oconee County this week to make a public address. The public is invited to hear Edwards at 8 o’clock Thursday morning at Thrift Development, as he speaks to the January business forum of the […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office will host a blood drive Saturday to benefit the county’s Animal Shelter. The event will take place noon until 4 o’clock at the shelter, off highway 123. A TBC donor card or a photo ID is required to donate. Individuals can donate blood every 56 days and you must be at least 16 years old to donate.

A road work project is underway today in Anderson County along a 1.5 mile stretch of U-S 178. The contractor is doing work inside a lane closure and motorists should be prepared to slow down and stop between the 178 intersections with Levis Smith and Five Forks roads. All motorists along this section of state roadway in Anderson County are […]

The Oconee Heritage Center in Walhalla ushered in 2015 with new and expanded hours. It’s an effort to better serve Oconee County residents and visitors. The heritage center, on Brown’s Square in Walhalla, will follow 11 a-m to 5 p-m hours Tuesday through Saturday. The center is closed on Sundays and Mondays. However, special appointment may be made for group […]

The first 2015 baby born at the Oconee Memorial Hospital was a boy who weighed in at five pounds, seven ounces. Yasmin Garcia Zapata gave birth to Aaiden Abimael Guzman Garcia at 7:18 Friday night.

The Oconee coroner says a shot to the head from a small-caliber gun was fatal to a Westminster woman.  The autopsy, ordered yesterday by Coroner Karl Addis, helped confirm that the death of Kathy Elaine Owens was a homicide.  In the meantime, Sheriff Mike Crenshaw announced the arrest of Roger Lane Qualls on the charge of murder.  According to Crenshaw, […]

An Oconee County woman was shot dead allegedly by a man whose home she visited for the purpose of obtaining prescription medication. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw made the announcement Friday evening as the investigation by his office led to the arrest of Roger Lane Qualls on the charge of murder. The victim in Thursday night’s shooting at the Qualls home near […]

A woman found shot dead last night inside a rural Oconee County home has been identified. Coroner Karl Addis said the victim was Kathy Elaine Owens, 54, of 100 Sunshine Circle, Apt. 42, Westminster. Addis says an autopsy will take place Sunday to help his office and the Sheriff’s Office with the death investigation.