Author: Dick Mangrum

According to the motor club AAA, escalating gas prices and gloomy weather predictions because of Hurricane Isaac are expected to dampen Labor Day holiday travel this weekend by South Carolinians. State residents planning to travel more than 50 miles from home during the five-day holiday travel period amount to 424 thousand, but that’s the same number of travelers as last […]

In line with a recommendation from a group of Oconee residents, money spent on accommodations by visitors to Oconee County will be spent by a variety of organizations in the business to bring more visitors to the county. At a meeting yesterday, the county Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission recommended a total of 30 thousand, 269 dollars, 51 cents be […]

Law enforcement in South Carolina and its two bordering states are drawing attention to the need to drive safely this Labor Day holiday weekend. State troopers from the S.C. Department of Public Safety joined fellow law enforcement officers from Georgia and North Carolina for a Hands Across the Border highway safety awareness event last night in Rabun County. There, among […]

An attorney for Oconee County has answered the latest legal challenge to the county’s zoning rules and regulations. James Logan Jr., the attorney, is mounting a defense on 10 grounds to the suit filed last month for Lillie Davis, Jean Jennings, David and Michelle McMahan, and the estate of Wallace McMahan. The plaintiffs want a judge to strike down Oconee’s […]

A circuit judge has signed an order scheduling a civil court trial to settle a dispute that arose over the completion of runway extension project at the Oconee Regional Airport. Tenth Circuit Judge Alex Macaulay’s order sets the case for trial March 11, 2013. The lawsuit involves the project contractor, the project consultant, and Oconee County. Georgia’s Plateau Excavation seeks […]

Two Oconee County school trustees are recognized by the S.C. School Boards Association for achievement during the association’s boardmanship institute. Jerry Lee of District One and Buddy Herring of District Five took advantage of a year-round training curriculum that helps board members develop skills and stay abreast of state and national educational issues. Lee is a Level Four achiever by […]

Oconee sheriff’s officers have arrested a 52-year old man in the investigation of a work truck stolen last week from a contractor’s office. Law enforcement records show Gregory Asvyle Bates of the Stamp Creek Landing Road charged with the theft of a 1991 Ford flatbed work truck and malicious injury to personal property at Hutch ‘N Son Construction office, W. […]

The Clemson University Experiment Station has approved funding for research on arsenic in water resources. A worldwide problem, there are coastal areas in South Carolina with above-average levels of naturally occurring arsenic. Clemson biologist Lisa Bain studies killfish, using it as a model to see the effects of arsenic on early stages of growth. Her research indicates that even low […]

A group of Oconee County officials and citizens have a consensus toward an economic development strategy. The county’s capital projects advisory committee recommends construction of Oconee’s third speculative building, as soon as it is practicable. County councilman Paul Corbeil, the committee chairman, says the recommendation will go to the county planning commission for further consideration. County leaders are heartened by […]

The annual bill to dispense medication to Oconee County’s prison population ranges from about $80 thousand to $160 thousand. County staff have settled on $100 thousand as the estimated prescription costs for another year at the county detention center. A recommendation to renew a contract with an Alabama company goes before Oconee County Council next week. Recommended for the contract […]