Author: Dick Mangrum

Deputies tried to capture a motorcycle operator who fled last August in the Townville area.  In the middle of that month, they could not apprehend him. He drove a chopper that matched the body style of a motorcycle reported stolen that same week in that area.  But, according to an Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement today, deputies recovered evidence which they […]

Dr. Campbell of Westminster admits the prospect of being the next Oconee County coroner would be interesting to him, but he is separating himself from talk that he might make the race to succeed the retiring Karl Addis, effective January 1, 2025.  Last weekend Jody Gaulin, chair of Oconee Democrats, expressed hope that Dr. Billy Campbell could be talked into […]

Judge Sprouse showed empathy yesterday for a lawyer defending a murder suspect from Utica.  The judge remembered the time as a private practice lawyer, he had trouble securing appointments to confer with clients in jail awaiting trial.  That’s the exact problem that Sara Drawdy, an attorney for murder defendant Braxton Earl, complained of yesterday during a motion hearing in the […]

A young man will remain jailed until his murder case is called for trial, likely in December, in accord with a ruling by resident circuit judge Scott Sprouse yesterday in the Oconee General Sessions Court.  A street corner shooting a year ago in Westminster took the life of Annalyssa Marie Bionoilillo Rodriguez, an incident that the prosecutor ascribes to a […]

Fire this morning at a poultry house near Westminster.  Chief Smith of the Westminster Fire Department says the fire off Weldon Road was small in size and occurred in poultry house empty of chickens.  A cause has not been immediately determined.

After a power failure earlier today, Oconee’s Ebenezer manned convenience center and re-cycling center has re-opened, according to announcement a few minutes ago by Amanda Brock, county administrator.

Much of a large government building that has sat idle for years in Walhalla has received a new purpose, and it’s a purpose in line with why it was built a half century ago.  A ribbon-cutting this morning officially allowed for grand opening of the Clemson University Public Health Clinic.  The building, along with Clemson’s mobile units, will serve the […]

With reports of tree limbs starting to fall, Walhalla will close Stumphouse Park (Tunnel and Falls) and the Bike Park starting at 8 o’clock tonight.  A decision on this weekend will be made closer to that time.