Author: Dick Mangrum

A fight in Westminster landed one man in jail and two others in need of stitches. The police report that a dispute yesterday over the possession of an X Box game apparently caused one man to strike two others, using a glass bottle and a Christmas tree pole as weapons. The police served warrants charging Derris Antonio Walker, 23, of […]

If you have an opinion or question about the feasibility to expanding Clemson Area Transit bus routes in Oconee County, you’ll want Ernie Boughman to hear it. Boughman and his associates are working on an updated passenger bus service study, the results of which could make their way to the Oconee County Council by the end of the year. Salem […]

A fallen electric power line created a temporary outage this morning on Walhalla’s Sherwood Drive. City fire fighters answered the first call at 4:14.

Army Pvt. Brandon L. Phillips has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia. He’s the son of Lisa and Ed Phillips of West Union. Pvt. Phillips is a 2009 Walhalla High graduate.

South Carolina released End-of-Course test results for Algebra, Biology, English, and U-S History and the Constitution. The exams count 20% of a student’s final course grade in these classes, and the exams were given at the end of the semester in which the students were scheduled to finish the course. Among the Oconee County highlights, Oconee students met or exceeded […]

No matter under which corporate umbrella and in spite of an occasional down business world, Oconee County has learned to count on what has been a staple in its industrial community . . . and vice-versa. An event next week marks the 50th year of electric meter and electronic equipment manufacturing at a large complex in West Union. Itron Incorporated […]

A soaking rain yesterday canceled a groundbreaking event for Seneca’s new hotel, but nature did not stop the paperwork from going through to complete the deal. Documents filed yesterday afternoon in the office of Oconee Register of Deeds show approximately two acres changed hands between the property owner and the developer for the Hampton Inn and Suites. From the development […]

An announcement this afternoon by the S.C. House Speaker states the South Carolina Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of a federal panel of judges that found S.C.’s redistricting plans to be “fair, just and within the guidelines of the Voting Rights Act.” Speaker Bobby Harrell, a Republican, called a legal challenge to the plans by the chairman of the state […]

A 24-year old Westminster man was jailed at Walhalla over the weekend after authorities investigated an attempt to set fire to a pickup truck. Charges by the city police and the Oconee Sheriff’s Department against Richard Shane Welch were listed as burglary second degree, malicious injury to personal property, and attempted arson. Ronald Wilbanks, Walhalla interim police chief, said Welch […]

At the deadline last week, Salem had a pair of candidates for a vacant seat on the town council. At the deadline, the candidates were Russell Patterson and Ray Cameron. They will square off during a special November 13 election to fill the unexpired term of Tony Moore, who moved to Michigan.