Author: Dick Mangrum

This notice appears on the county website:   “Oconee County would like to notify taxpayers that the availability of the annual property tax bills will be slightly delayed this year.   Pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws § 12-2-60, the South Carolina Department of Revenue has granted an extension for the issuance of the annual property tax bills for […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office confirms the arrest this week of a 29-year-old Greenville woman considered a suspect in a burglary at a Tamassee home.  Kayla Marie Moore was arrested Monday in an investigation that started when a sheriff’s officer answered a welfare check and a suspicious vehicle parked behind a barn on the Rock Spring s Drive. Moore is charged with […]

A member of country music’s Little Big Town has commented that people should do business in Walhalla, a town she admires. Kimberly Schlapman, reared in northeast Georgia, on her Facebook page notes the admiration she has for Walhalla and implores others to help the city in its time of need – the result of the devastating fire to part of […]

The Democratic challenger this year for State House District Two, Candace Schutt, at a party picnic fundraiser last weekend, spelled out what’s on her mind as she wages a campaign to defeat the Republican incumbent Adam Duncan.  Schutt’s campaign released the following comments by her during last Saturday’s event at the county’s High Falls Park:  “Locally, my campaign participated in […]

A change is in motion within city of Seneca’s administration, and it involves their top employee, city administrator Scott Moulder.  The following motion by Councilwoman Lekesha Benson was approved unanimously after a closed-door meeting last night:  “I move that the council authorize the mayor to negotiate with the city administrator the terms discussed in  executive session which will nullify the […]

Oconee County voters and the public at large have an invitation to hear candidates in various contested races in the November General Election.  The League of Women Voters of Oconee-Pickens and the Oconee Branch of NAACP are planning a VOTE411 Live event for 6 o’clock Monday evening, October 5 at the Seneca River Baptist Family Life Center, 298 S. Poplar […]

The owners and operators of Ramcat Alley businesses received city hall approval last night when the Seneca Board of Architectural Review granted a certificate of appropriateness for changes at their E. Railroad Street properties. A certificate was approved for Steve and Alison Springs for three, 8-foot privacy fences, a 4-foot wooden picket fence with gate, and a 12-foot by 16-foot […]

Attorney General Alan Wilson is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases and to submit a claim for compensation here. This month, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut granted preliminary approval of a plan, filed by South Carolina and a coalition of 47 other states and territories, to distribute settlement funds […]

An Oconee appeals board could not settle the issue of whether the county planning director made a correct decision in July 2026 that property near Westminster may once again be used as a speedway.  After at times sharp-tongued arguments, the chairman of the zoning appeals board was successful in urging his colleagues to table Paul Bitterman’s appeal.  John Eager, board […]