Author: Dick Mangrum

Kristi Burr, Oconee elections director, says hand-count audits of three randomly chosen county voting precincts yesterday matched the automated voting counts on Tuesday night.  The audits were completed at the Mountain Rest, Tamassee, and Westminster No. 2 precincts as well as, Burr says, the Early Voting precinct on day one of the early voting period.

Walhalla is requesting water users temporarily restrict outdoor water use and implement conservation measures.  Because of excessive water use, the water department is experiencing issues with system pressure.  The high temps and dry conditions have led many users to activate their outdoor irrigation systems.  The restriction until further notice is considered a temporary measure to ensure adequate supply for household […]

In an approximately 30-minute meeting, Oconee election officials certified and made official the ballots cast Tuesday in the runoff election to decide the Republican nominee for U-S House of Representatives, South Carolina 3rd District.  The officials, in their capacity as the board of canvassers, counted three challenged votes cast on Tuesday and rejected two others.  By adding those three votes, […]

Today’s special at the Oconee Humane Society on Sandifer Boulevard is a “Summer of Love” adoption event for six hours, from 10 am to 4 pm. The kennels are again crowded and today’s adoption fees are reduced to $10 dollars.  Four puppies are said to be in urgent need of homes.  They are Max, Sassy, Aries, and Atlas.  You can […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office received many reports yesterday of a law enforcement scam.  Sheriff Crenshaw says someone has been calling county residents claiming to be “Lt. Kyle Davis” warning them that they’ve missed jury duty.  “First of all, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office does not have an employee named ‘Kyle Davis’”, according to Master Deputy Jimmy Watt and public information officer […]

An Anderson County man has been jailed, charged by the state police with lottery fraud.  Caleb Crews is charged with intent to defraud, counterfeit game tickets.  An arrest warrant released by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division alleges that Crews on May 9, while working at a highway 28 bypass convenience store, “did attempt to influence the winning of a […]

The Walhalla Library on S. Broad Street is the setting today for a workshop to learn how to navigate the website of the city of Walhalla.  There’ll be presentations in both English and Spanish from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. Everyone is invited.  You may bring your lunch and your devices.

Walhalla believes it is working its way through a problem of discolored water that was discovered Saturday.  And by yesterday morning, the city reports, the water leaving the treatment plant showed no discoloration.  Meantime, with the knowledge of state DHEC, the city is continuing flushing maintenance.  The recent temperature inversion in Lake Keowee appears to have brought small amounts of […]

Never before to Terry Ballenger does it seem that more people are moving to South Carolina than are now moving to the state.  And that’s creating larger demands for electric power service at a time when providers worry about the availability of electric generation.  Ballenger is the spokesman for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative at Pickens, and he spoke today […]

The FBI seeks the public’s help to obtain identifying info of an unknown male who may have critical information on the identity of a child victim in an ongoing investigation of sexual exploitation.  Photographs and a poster depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 48, are being disseminated to the public and can be found online at the […]