Author: Dick Mangrum

The Oconee County shelter on the Sandifer Boulevard is supposed to be a place where there’s humane treatment of unwanted animals, but an investigative report by The Journal has found otherwise. And Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, under whose direction that the shelter operates, is announcing sweeping reforms, including personnel changes.  This follows an independent assessment done by an Anderson veterinarian.  Her […]

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers reported today by South Carolina DHEC that reflect a 24-hour count that ended 11:59 Sunday night:  New cases:  192, seven of them in Oconee.  No new deaths statewide.  Of 10,202 test results, the positivity:  4.1%.  

A 33-year old Anderson man has been arrested in a two-month investigation of thefts reported at the property of an abandoned home in Townville.  Derrick Robert Ledford was arrested over the weekend and charged in two cases of grand larceny.  Sheriff’s officers traced a stolen car and a stolen motor home as property that belonged to an address on Townville’s […]

A fifth grader at the Fair-Oak Elementary School, Aubree Davis, is the Elementary Division winner in a youth art show of the state Art Education Association.  Aubree’s acrylic painting, “Donkey”, was first place among eight elementary finalists statewide.  Her piece was awarded first among 75 elementary entries in the western region, and that qualified her for the state show.

While supplies last, food is being given away in downtown Westminster.  A USDA Farmers to Families food box distribution is taking place at the Depot, at 129 E. Main Street.

Courtesy of federal government waivers, Oconee public school children are going to continue to eat free through the end of the year and into next year.  April Howe of the school district’s food service provider Sodexo made the announcement at last night’s board of trustees meeting.  The free meals will also be extended to this summer’s feeding program.  While breakfast […]

  A Seneca teacher says her fellow blacks make up the largest minority within the student population of Oconee public schools yet, in her view, the district is not doing enough to promote equality and anti-bias.  In remarks delivered in public comment, middle school teacher Kimberly Alexis Shepard called for the county trustees to amend their strategic plan and mission […]

The Westminster police request the public’s help with information on a suspect they consider to be armed and dangerous.  According to the police, Noah Elijah Cleveland is wanted by the department to answer to two counts of attempted murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The police department alert states:  “Please do not attempt […]

City of Seneca has announced a public hearing Wednesday involving a grant application to the state DOT to continue bus service in Seneca and area surrounding the city.  The transportation service is provided through a contract with “CAT”– Clemson Area Transit.  Federal and state monies are to be allocated by the DOT in 2021-22 for the service.  Wednesday’s hearing will […]