Author: Dick Mangrum

Close to 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon fire damaged two rooms in a home near Seneca, not far from the Wells Highway.  No one injured. Chief Caudill reported fire damage to a pair of rooms in a home on Celtic Court and smoke damage throughout the home.

A missing person alert has been sounded for a Tamassee resident missing since the middle of last week.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, a relative says Austin Wade Campbell left the family home on Catfish Pond Road around 10 o’clock Wednesday morning, but did not return.  Campbell is a 24-year old white male, around 6’0″, 220 pounds.  He has […]

An attorney for Seneca says the city’s fellow members of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority have violated terms of the governing agreement that created the authority, specifically the provision in a memorandum of understanding that the voting rights reflect representation based on the number of users of the system.  The letter, from Lane Davis of the Nelson Mullins law […]

A Wednesday night incident in the parking lot of a convenience store on the Toccoa Highway resulted in the arrest by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office of an Easley woman.  Law enforcement records show the arrest of a 29-year old woman on charges of disorderly conduct and assault on a police officer, who had responded to      a request for […]

Walhalla’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee sponsors its first town hall meeting,and community members are invited.  The meeting will be 6 pm Thursday, November 18 at New Galiliee Baptist Church, 209 S. Church Street, for the opportunity to meet city officials and hear about valuable resources in the community, ask questions, discuss concerns.  The mission statement of the committee is collaborating […]

Free COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered tomorrow in Seneca.  DHEC announces that a four hour clinic will take place at the Blue Ridge Community Center, 315 Holland Avenue, from 10 am to 2 pm.  The following vaccines to be provided:  Pfizer (two-dose, age 12+) 1st and 2nd doses available; Moderna (Two dose, age 18+) 1st and 2nd doses available; and […]

Third District U-S Representative Jeff Duncan has joined a letter to push back at what he calls President Biden’s unlawful COVID-19 vaccine mandates.  And the Laurens Republican expressed pride that the South Carolina governor and attorney general are among counterparts in the country who are suing the Biden administration.  Duncan refers to vaccine mandates as “medical tyranny.”

Local and area residents insured by United Health Care are likely breathing sighs of relief at the news that the insurer and Prisma Health have kissed and made up.  Prisma late yesterday afternoon announced a multi-year contract that, in the words of the health care provider, ensures United Healthcare members uninterrupted access to all Prisma hospitals, facilities, and physicians.  The […]

A circuit court judge has rejected a plaintiff’s bid to compel the South Carolina Department of Transportation to make safety improvements to Shiloh Road and Goddard Avenue near Seneca.  The ruling was made by 14th Circuit Judge Robert Bonds of Walterboro.  Bonds ruled against the plaintiff, Triumph Donnelly Studios Corporation, identified in court documents as an Arizona corporation with a […]