Author: Dick Mangrum

An autopsy has disclosed blunt force chest trauma the cause of death of an 82-year old man involved in Wednesday afternoon’s car accident on Walhalla’s W. Main Street. Coroner Karl Addis said of the autopsy on Will Kelley of Mountain Rest: “Although pre-existing medical conditions were found at autopsy; no definitive event could be documented to support or explain why […]

Clemson has issued a boil water advisory affecting customers in five neighborhoods. Those in Lynwood subdivision, Chimney Ridge Apartments, Old Shirley Road, Tabor Street, and Spring Street should vigorously boil their water for at least one full minute before drinking or cooking, until otherwise notified by the city. Any ice made from water that has not been boiled should not […]

Now that its runway is longer, Oconee Regional Airport is seeing an increase in larger aircraft, such as a small passenger jet that arrived yesterday. It was a Gulfstream 5 jet, piloted by the father of a Clemson student. Friday, May 13, 2011—the date five thousand foot runway opened—proved a lucky day. Short estimates a 10 to 15 percent increase […]

An anti-litter project that got off the ground this year ranks as the number one for next year for the executive director of Keep Oconee Beautiful. Nicci Hanewald says it’s the prohibition of small metal wire signs, on public right of way where those signs are illegal. Keep Oconee Beautiful is an officially recognized player in the continuous plight of […]

Dean Awalt is in his final day as a Seneca police officer. Tomorrow he takes over as the new chief of the Westminster department. Awalt leaves behind a corporal’s position in Seneca. John Covington, Seneca chief, says he’ll be advertising to fill Awalt’s vacancy.

The year 2012 in Oconee County would be highlighted by what was, for modern times, an unprecedented free-for-all for the office of county sheriff. And, sadly, it would a year known in Oconee for carnage on the highways, as drivers lost their lives at a rate of nearly two a month. All the highs, the lows, and the in-between can be […]

Authorities in two states are on the lookout for a 29-year old man who they say led them on a high-speed chase Christmas night. According to Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR in Lavonia, Georgia it began about 7 p-m with a call about an erratic driver in a Chrysler 350 and a case of road rage. The chase reached speeds of […]

Among those spending Christmas week with loved ones in Oconee County are snowbirds. And they have winter weather stories to tell. An Arkansas woman says she left behind five inches of snow in her hometown of Little Rock. An Indiana woman says she managed to avoid eight inches of the white stuff where she lives by paying attention to the […]

A pickup truck hit a utility pole at a Walhalla intersection, and the coroner says the driver suffered cardiac arrest at the accident scene. Coroner Karl Addis says Will Kelley, 82 years old, died in the emergency department at the hospital, about 45 minutes after the accident. Kelley listed two addresses: the Whetstone Road in Mountain Rest and Easley, where […]

SC Third District Representative Jeff Duncan is due back tomorrow in Washington, along with his other colleagues, as the day draws nearer for the potential for government to fall off the fiscal cliff. A spokesman for the Laurens Republican said early this afternoon Duncan’s office is, as yet, unaware whether any of the plans discussed will be presented in the […]