Author: Dick Mangrum

Much remains to rid Oconee County of unsightly litter.  However, Earth Day this month presents an opportunity.  The sheriff’s office and “KOBA” — Keep Oconee Beautiful — have set Saturday morning, April 22, starting at 9 am, as this year’s Great Oconee Clean Up.  Your organization is encouraged to pick a location for clean up.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office can help […]

Preliminary approval was granted last night by Seneca City Council to an ordinance to restrict and confine tattoo parlors to highway commercial zones, such as the 123 By-Pass.  The city’s elected leaders, however, tabled first reading of a second ordinance that would permit businesses such as pawnshops and consumer loans downtown, under certain conditions, including no like business within one […]

Those outdoor warning sirens are to sound today as a test that they are working properly.  The 65 sirens will blast between 11 this morning and 1 this afternoon.  If there were a real emergency at Oconee Nuclear Station, local radio (such as 101.7/WGOG) and TV would broadcast info and instructions to the public.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited is marking 25 years since Jason Knapp disappeared. Jason mysteriously vanished from his university apartment in Clemson, South Carolina on April 12, 1998. Originally from York, PA, the 20-year-old was a Clemson University student studying mechanical engineering. The night before his disappearance, Jason was last seen by his roommates leaving their apartment complex. […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office sees the public’s help in an investigation of a stolen enclosed trailer that was taken from a church. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau began an investigation, after being notified on April 6th, into a white Covered Wagon single axle, 7’x12,’ enclosed white trailer that was stolen from Return Baptist Church, which is located […]

Late at night Sunday, a Dodge truck moving in the direction from Miracle Circle north toward Walhalla caught the attention of a Seneca policeman.  He, with the aid of a K-9, stopped the vehicle and confiscated a pink .380 handgun, along with 12 bags of a white crystal substance, according to a report released by the police department.  Law enforcement […]

Oconee Humane Society is urging the community to consider adopting to help save long-stay shelter dogs and is temporarily waiving adoption fees for many dogs.  Oconee County Animal Shelter, including the humane society adoption center, is experiencing an extremely high volume of dogs in need of care.  The kennels are full and intake appointments for people to surrender pets through […]

Those in need of food are welcome tomorrow at a Walhalla church for a giveaway.  From 4:30 to 5:30 tomorrow afternoon, St. Luke’s pantry on E. Main will open for a regular food giveaway.