Author: Dick Mangrum

Nearly all U-S troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan, as the U-S ends its longest war.  However, South Carolina’s senior U-S senator is worried that the deck is being cleared for a possible second 9-11.  In remarks released yesterday after his Easley speaking engagement, Lindsey Graham said, “I fear that al Qaeda and ISIS will reemerge and we’ll be paving […]

You can call it the community chest.  Or refer to it in modern day as the United Way.  Oconee’s United Way this year observes its emerald anniversary – its 55th year – in serving the needs of Oconeeans.  And there will be an official celebration during the United Way’s annual meeting Thursday evening, August 5 at the Lakeside Lodge hotel […]

The Pickens County coroner says the victim in last Thursday’s house fire in Six Mile was Beverly Harmon, a 57-year old resident of the home at 191 Duncan Road.  She died in the home.  An autopsy has been conducted.  The case is being investigated by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

Oconee sheriff’s officers joined a vehicle chase yesterday morning in the Pickens County town of Central, but word from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is that one of the pursued subjects was not Christopher Lee O’Donald, the man identified as the object of a separate chase on Monday in Oconee County.  Yesterday the Central police, with help from officers from […]

An early morning water main break Tuesday on Arrowood Circle has resulted in low system pressures or complete loss of water service for some customers. As a result, the City of Walhalla Water Department advises the customers in the areas listed below, located in Oconee County, to vigorously boil their water for at least one (1) full minute prior to […]

More South Carolina farmers are applying for permits to grow industrial hemp.  Researchers at Clemson University believe that applying best practices can result in higher quality and increase profits.  During a recent field day, organic vegetable specialist Brian Ward gave an update on the state industrial hemp crop.  One variety discussed was Hurricane Hemp – Florence which was developed after […]

On July 4, South Carolina recorded 68 new cases of COVID-19, including two Oconee County cases.  Of 2,547 test results received by Independence Day, the state positivity was 3.8%.  So far, in the first four days of July, there were a total of 13 new confirmed virus cases among the Oconee County populace, but no new deaths.

The police in Seneca announce two arrests made in their investigation of an apartment burglary.  Multiple charges have been filed against Zachary James Johnson and Ezekiel James Cheeks.  The charges include drug offenses.  The police were told that at least two people were inside an apartment unit on Laing Court the night of Thursday, July 1 when the front door […]

A Seneca man has been identified by the state police as the suspect in the gunfire that erupted yesterday between the suspect and an Oconee deputy sheriff not far from Keowee Key.  “SLED”—the state Law Enforcement Division—says a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Christopher Lee O’Donald.  The incident started when the Oconee deputy became suspicious about a […]