Author: Dick Mangrum

Veterans from all branches of the U-S Armed Forces are to be honored during a breakfast this morning at Walhalla Middle School. All veterans and their families are invited at 8:30.

The victim of the early yesterday pickup truck accident on Oconee’s Blackjack Road was a 35-year old resident of the Crossroads area. April Craig of the Williams Farm Road died at 12:20 a-m of what the coroner said was asphyxiation after the vehicle came to rest atop her. Coronel Karl Addis ruled the death of April Craig accidental.

A 41-year old Pickens man is under arrest, accused of indecent exposure in his home county in incidents that allegedly began last summer. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Department this afternoon announced the arrest of Douglas Dean Evans who, it said, was seen in and around the Easley and Liberty post offices wearing ladies lingerie only, high heel shoes, and a […]

The office of Oconee Elections announced this afternoon three men won office on write-in efforts during this week’s countywide elections. L-J Jones won a seat on the Soil and Water Conservation Board, while Steve and William Hunt won seats on the Beaverdam Creek Watershed Board. Apparently lots of people received write-in votes for all sorts of offices Tuesday. 96.3/WGOG NEWS […]

Senator Lindsey Graham at Seneca today said Republican conservatism has a stronger appeal than that which it attracts in followers, and the Republican from Oconee said his party must begin to appeal to Latinos and African-Americans if it is to thrive. At the Rotary Club, Graham used the issue of illegal immigration as an issue his party isn’t winning. Graham […]

At Seneca this afternoon, Senator Lindsey Graham, a Walhalla Rotary Club member, said the federal government would be a lot better off if it applied the 4-way test motto of the service organization. Two days after his party lost a second straight try for the Presidency gave the Seneca Rotary Club his views on how his party needs to change, […]

The security breach at one South Carolina state agency has prompted another to offer information to help protect taxpayers potentially affected. According to State Senator Thomas Alexander, the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs has a direct role to play and is doing that by offering information about the availability of fraud alerts on credit reports and security freezes. Alexander […]

A 43-year old woman has been jailed in Oconee County on the accusation that she fired a gun shot at her husband, as he was walking away from a domestic fuss at their Tamassee home. The incident is alleged to have occurred late Tuesday night. Investigating officers quoted William Darrell Trull as saying he heard the gun shot pass by […]

A South Carolinian first, a Republican second is how a political analyst at an Oconee County meeting today described his bent as he Monday morning quarterbacked what happened Tuesday across the country. Chip Felkel runs a computer and consultant company and serves as a political analyst for a Greenville TV station. Before the Oconee Alliance, Felkel spoke of the millions […]

The public is invited to Walhalla for the swearing-in of three re-elected Oconee School Board members. Rosemary Bailes in District Two, Denise McCormick in District Four, and Buddy Herring in District Five all ran as unopposed ballot candidates in Tuesday’s elections. The trustees take the oath of office at 6 Monday night at the district office. Bailes, McCormick, and Herring […]