Author: Dick Mangrum

A van struck an overhead awning outside a doctor’s office this morning near West Union. But the damage was minor. At the time, a Senior Citizens’ van was dropping off patients at the Golden Corner Family Practice on highway 11. No one was hurt.

The board of directors at Oconee Memorial Center, during a noon hour meeting today, is expected to take a decision that’ll have far-reaching consequences for local hospital care. And that decision, if approved, will place OMC under the control of Greenville Health System—a larger hospital care system. Some critics of the agreement decry the loss of a community-based hospital, but […]

The Georgia Fire Marshal’s Office has ruled out arson in last weekend’s fire in a Stephens County industrial building. But while the investigators see nothing suspicious, they were at the Heavywood Furniture building Monday to start to try to determine what caused the fire. The Fire Marshal’s Office is working in cooperation with the company’s insurance office. The Saturday morning […]

A rare Wednesday meeting for the Walhalla City Council. Mayor Danny Edwards will call the council into  session at 5:30 this afternoon at City Hall to consider final approval of an agreement with an engineering company for a USDA-funded water project. The company is Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood. Also, up for a second reading is a service and compensation agreement […]

Seneca leaders set in motion last night new budgets to cover income and spending for the next year, but the new budgets include no money toward a plan to find an alternate use for a 12-acre former school property.  And that was somewhat of a sore point between a neighborhood representative and the mayor.  City plans last year to build […]

With the arrest of a 39-year old man who lives near Seneca, the city police believe they have the individual responsible for $30 thousand worth of vandalism since the first of the year. The police yesterday announced the arrest of Calvin Scottie Franks of Singing Pines Road on 10 counts of malicious damage to personal property and 23 counts of […]

Oconeeans who made the effort yesterday cast their lot with the apparent winners in the statewide primary runoff elections. Fewer than three thousand Oconee County voters participated in runoff elections. Here are Oconee’s unofficial results: In the Democratic runoff, Tom Thompson took nearly 66% of the vote for state Superintendent of Education. Thompson tallied 131 votes. His runoff opponent, Shelia […]

Paul Cain, the newest Oconee County councilman, has gotten his first look inside the old county courthouse. And, like others who’ve seen it, Cain calls the conditions a mess. The District 3 councilman said once the developers’ lease expires this summer, the council will be faced with either tearing down the 1956 building or repairing—expensive propositions either way, he says. […]

A water main break near Walhalla has halted service for those customers in the vicinity of South Carolina 183/the Westminster Highway and Oak Grove Road.  City Hall has been swamped with calls.  Nancy Goehle, city administrator, says utility crews have been working on the problem all morning.

Everyone has invitation for tonight’s 7 to 9 o’clock Veterans Appreciation Night at Seneca’s Gigniliat Field. As a tuneup to that event, live reports from Gignilliat will air on 96.3/WGOG from 5 until 7. All veterans are welcome. The assemblage will include those visiting 40 injured Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. They are on rest-and-relaxation this week in Oconee […]