Author: Dick Mangrum

The night before he graduated from Seneca High School in 1946, Oatha “Skeet” Vaughan accomplished a childhood dream.  He made a solo flight in a Piper J-3 Cub from what then was the Seneca airport.  His interest in aeronautics would lead to a 45-year career with “NASA” that started on a team led by Werner von Braun at Huntsville, Alabama.  […]

A Saturday morning crash in rural Oconee County took the life of a 19-year old Seneca man, Luke Jeremiah Davis.  Coroner Addis said the accident that claimed Davis’s life occurred just before 9 o’clock in the morning on 123/the Toccoa Highway, in the Madison Community.  State trooper Brandon Bolt said Davis was driving a pickup truck.  The second driver, Samuel […]

A 43-year old man reported missing by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office May 28 is no longer missing, according to the law enforcement agency.  Investigators were told yesterday morning that William Sidney Brown was located out of state and that he has made contact with his family.

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) is currently working to repair a collapsed sewer line on Sandifer Boulevard (U.S. Highways 76 and 123) near Richland Creek in Oconee County. It is estimated that 100,000 gallons of wastewater entered Richland Creek before the break was secured earlier Friday. Tugaloo Pipeline, a contractor assisting the OJRSA with the repair, installed a […]

A preliminary report by an FAA inspector reveals  the crash of a small, two-seat plane in late April at Mountain Rest does not reveal any catastrophic failures that would have prevented normal operations.  The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board noted serious injuries April 25 by the pilot and passenger.  At the time the two aboard flew in […]

According to reports, the number of U-S deaths from COVID-19 has fallen to their lowest level since March 2020, the first known month of the world pandemic.  But, in South Carolina, the number of deaths went from four on Tuesday to 10 on Wednesday–the latest two days for which numbers are available.  The newest South Carolina DHEC report confirmed 119 […]

A teenager was assaulted Memorial Day weekend at a student apartment complex near Clemson.  Now three Anderson County men are under arrest by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  The assault was reported Saturday, May 29 at the View at the Pier on Highpointe Boulevard.  The following young Anderson residents were arrested and jailed this week on charges of assault and battery […]

The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District has announced several changes impacting the location and availability of parking at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP.) Effective today, Friday, June 4, 2021, the entrance to the Economy Lot 2 will be relocated. The previous entrance from GSP Drive will be permanently closed and a new entrance will be opened off of Aviation Parkway at the newly […]

Changes within the Oconee office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor.  David Wagner, solicitor for Oconee and Anderson, has confirmed that Assistant Solicitor Jason Alderman has been elevated to Deputy Solicitor, in place of Lindsey Simmons who is leaving to take a judgeship at Clemson University.