Author: Dick Mangrum

An employee of the Anderson Regional Joint Water System died this morning after apparently electrocuted while working on an air conditioning unit.  He was Tristan Garrett Stone, 25-year-old Anderson resident.  Coroner Greg Shore said Stone was working on an air unit at one of employer’s facilities and apparently cut a live wire, while trying to replace the fan motor in […]

A 40-year-old Pickens County man has been directed  to serve 25-years – the result of his recent drug conviction by a jury in his home county.  The sentence was handed down this afternoon by Judge McIntosh to defendant William Oliver, as part of a day of state grand jury proceedings held at the Oconee County Courthouse.  Oliver was described as […]

A pickup truck belonging to a business on 123 Seneca ByPass caught fire early this afternoon and required the assistance of the fire department to extinguish.  The damage occurred in the parking area in front of Pike’s Seafood in the Golden Corner Plaza shopping center.  Reports from the scene indicate no one hurt and, although there was concern the fire […]

The South Carolina DOT commissioners updated their bridge program today, to reflect an extra $200 million approved in the new state budget.  The current program is $239 million, so the additional state funds increase the total program for bridge replacements and rehabilitation for the coming year to $439 million.  The statewide list shows Oconee County for five bridge projects, four […]

  AQD – Advocates for Quality Development – applaud Oconee’s decision to change the change the county code addressing minimum lot size and maximum lot density.  A large audience was there Tuesday night when the county council, in a 4-0 vote, gave the final OK to ordinance 2024-18.  The AQD’s Gary Owens says, “I think it’s a significant move forward […]

Attorneys in the prosecution and the defense of accused drug law violators are gathered at the Oconee Courthouse for a day of handling South Carolina state grand jury indictments.  The Attorney’s General spokesman says several cases are to be handled today that arose from two initiatives:  Rocket Fuel and Prison Empire.

Heavy fire damage to a parked car near Walhalla.  According to the city fire department, the fire burned a Cadillac parked yesterday on a Rock Crusher Road driveway.  A bystander required medical attention for smoke inhalation.

Duke Energy seeks a special exception to construct a new communications tower 60 feet higher than Oconee County rules.  At 7805 Rochester Highway, SC 130, Duke will ask the county board of zoning appeals for the exception during a 6 o’clock meeting Monday night at the county’s administrative offices in Walhalla.  Under Oconee rules, there is a 250-foot height limit […]

Northeast Georgia is considered in a moderate drought.  And one of its counties bordering Oconee — Franklin County — is asking its water customers to conserve.  The cut back through August 31 is directed at watering lawns, filling swimming pools, and washing cars.  Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR at Lavonia reports June was the 8th driest in Franklin County in 130 […]