Author: Dick Mangrum

After being arrested on Thursday night last week, a 19-year old Seneca man faces charges in traffic and sex crime investigations.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Dominick Vincent Falsitta was charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree, kidnapping, reckless driving, assault and battery third degree, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.  The criminal sexual […]

A Clemson senior from Spartanburg, Louise Franke, became the university’s first student yesterday to be named a Rhodes Scholar.  Clemson is celebrating her achievement as historic for the university.  An Honors College student majoring in bio-chemistry with minors in political science and philosophy, Franke is one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars selected through an intensive application and interview process.  The […]

The body of a 24-year old man was found early yesterday afternoon in the waters of a northern Oconee County lake.  Coroner Karl Addis says an autopsy will be conducted tomorrow to help in the investigation of Austin Wade Campbell’s death.  The coroner says Campbell’s body was found in the Upper Whitewater Lake at Tamassee.  A Tamassee resident, Campbell was […]

The case file of a Seneca police investigation from Friday will be sent to the state police for their review, according to an announcement by Casey Bowling, city police chief.  The city police were called Friday afternoon to the scene of what Bowling says was an altercation on S. Fairplay Street.  No charges were made and no one was hurt; […]

Oconee Coroner Karl Addis announced the fatality in this morning’s accident near West Union — Kaitlynn Elizabeth Worley. The state patrol said Worley, 28, was at the wheel of a 2003 Dodge SUV–one of three vehicles in this morning’s accident.  Other details of what happened can be found elsewhere on this WGOG news link.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicts “Build Back Better” will be transformational for the climate and health and family care, but South Carolina’s 3rd District member blames the Democrats.  Republican Jeff Duncan of Laurens is worried that the spending measure is radical and irresponsible.  Democrat Pelosi and the other bill supporters say Build Back Better will allow for increased child care […]

The folks who work at Lowe’s Electric just below the Poplar Springs bridge have known for many years about traffic accidents, some of them fatal, that have taken place on SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard, at the West Union Road juncture.  There was another one shortly before 9 this morning, and it took the life of a 28-year old West […]

On Saturday, November 6th, 2021 at approximately 2:15 pm, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Department, Oconee Emergency Services and Oconee County Coroner’s Office were dispatched to a home on Jennifer Lane, Seneca.   This physical address is located in the Oakway Community near Seneca. The body of a decomposed male was discovered deceased in this home; based on evidence observed at this […]

On Nov. 6, a concerned neighbor conducted a welfare check on an elderly man not seen in weeks. At the home, located on Jennifer Lane, Oakway, the neighbor made the grisly discovery of a decomposing body and called authorities. During the death investigation, authorities made their own discovery – the dead man was 15 Most Wanted fugitive Frederick Cecil McLean […]