Author: Dick Mangrum

All Oconee County recycling centers are open today, but they’ll close both tomorrow and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidays.  The recycling centers, formerly called manned convenience centers, will reopen on Saturday to deposit post-Thanksgiving Day waste.

Fire fighters around 6 this morning determined no fire in the McDonald’s restaurant at West Union.  But they discovered the belts running the air handler overheated and spread smoke to the building, isolated to the playground area.

Investigators say they have videos that depict a 19-year old Seneca man having sex with an underage teenager, and the charges against the accused have begun to accumulate.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement states that, in its continuing investigation, Dominick Vincent Falsitta now faces eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor second degree. According to the sheriff’s office, a […]

The results of an autopsy are inconclusive, and Coroner Addis says more forensic testing is needed before a cause can be determined in the death of Tamassee resident Austin Wade Campbell.  The body of 24-year old Campbell was found Sunday afternoon in the Upper Whitewater Lake near his home.  A missing person alert was issued for Campbell two weeks ago.

State troopers are trying to track down the driver and vehicle that struck and killed a moped operator early today near the Pickens County city of Liberty.  Trooper Gary Miller said it was a highway 178 accident near Knoll Street, about one-half mile south of Liberty.  The accident took life of a moped operator, who was not wearing a helmet. […]

On this Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, Walhalla Methodists will hand out free food.  The food giveaway at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main Street will run 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon.

A South Carolina chiropractor potentially could be sent to federal prison for five years and pay a fine of $250 thousand dollars.  On November 8 the U-S District Court of South Carolina entered a $9 million civil consent judgment for the U-S against Daniel McCollum under the False Claims Act.  On the same day, the government filed an information and […]

About 100 people helped celebrate an achievement for Salem.  On Friday night grand opening took place for the Eagles Nest Art Center, in the renovated Tamassee-Salem school auditorium.  The celebration featured a blessing delivered by a former school alumnus, pastor Frankie Porter.  The facility is now rated at 299-seat capacity and is to be the venue for a variety of […]

Fire fighters required four hours early this morning at the scene of a fire south of Seneca, in the Tokeena community.  There’s belief that what caught fire around midnight on Deer Knoll Drive was an old farmhouse.  No injuries reported.  

Walhalla city offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 25 and 26 for the Thanksgiving holidays.  Those offices will re-open 8:30 Monday morning, November 29.  Trash pickup is being adjusted.  Collections remain normal through tomorrow.  Those whose pickup day is normally Thursday will instead be required to have their roll carts out by 7 tomorrow morning for pickup tomorrow.