Author: Dick Mangrum

An Oconee County councilman has an idea to save jobs, if the rumors prove true that the Seneca area is about to lose a major employer. But to make his plan happen, Wayne McCall says, he needs some dialogue with those who can make it happen. He is talking about Covidien employees about banding together and buying their workplace, something […]

The victim of yesterday’s fatal crash near Walhalla is a 55-year old woman. Deputy Coroner Greg Long said Joyce Grant of W. Bear Swamp Road was the lone occupant of a 1995 Ford Crown Victoria sedan. Long quoted witnesses as saying that after stopping her car at Bear Swamp Road and highway 11, Grant began to cross the intersection and […]

West Union Town Council gave preliminary approval last night to raising the basic tap fee for a standard three-quarter inch line into the town’s water system. For customers inside the town, the increase will amount to $500 dollars. Outside customers would be charged a fee of $1,700. Council members say the new schedule brings West Union in line with other […]

Seneca’s Bob Faires says it’s a big job to replace the flat roof on the sprawling manufacturing building the city recently bought for job-creation purposes. That’s why last night the city chose an out of state company that specializes in such work. The job goes to Dixie Roofing of LaFollette, Tennessee. For the job, Dixie is to be paid $2.6 […]

Seneca leaders have no objection to what’s in a revised county project list which ranks prominently the long talked about sewer service for Golden Corner Commerce Park. One night after the matter was discussed by the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, Greg Dietterick brought the plan to the mayor and council. The city administrator referred Seneca’s leaders to a letter of […]

Greg Long, deputy coroner for Oconee, says before noon today he will release the name of the Walhallan killed in a mid-afternoon traffic crash yesterday near Walhalla. Long says at the family’s request her name is being withheld for now while other relatives are being notified. The accident occurred at 3:03 p.m. at S-C 11 and Bear Swamp Road. Troopers […]

Several matters of business are on the agenda tonight for the West Union Town Council for discussion and action. The council meeting begins at 6 at Town Hall. Under new business tonight, the West Union leaders are to vote on fees for water and sewer taps and on bids for renovating Town Hall. A report is to be given on […]

DHEC is working with Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health to help prevent the possible spread of the newly identified H3N2v influenza virus at this year’s S-C State Fair. Dr. Linda Bell, interim state epidemiologist, says, “H3N2v is a new strain of the influenza that is circulating in pigs and has infected a number of people in several states.” So far, […]

On this anniversary of a series of tragic events in American history, Congressman Jeff Duncan said, “As we pause to remember the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we are reminded of those who perished on that day, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice while defending our freedoms during the War on Terror.” The Republican from Laurens said, […]