Author: Dick Mangrum

Human remains were found in a North Carolina county north of Salem (Transylvania County), and investigators believe those remains are those of a woman named Kandace Nicole Adams.  And, Oconee Sheriff’s Office, announces the arrest of a 35-year-old man.  The accused is identified as Dustin Wayne Wesley Turpin of N. Lake Drive, Salem – in the vicinity of Whitewater Lake. […]

State grand jury indictments are unsealed today in a narcotics trafficking investigation titled by the office of the attorney general as “Devil in Disguise”.  So far, according to the announcement by Attorney General Alan Wilson, five indictments have been issued in three Upstate counties, Pickens County included, against 64 defendants.  Those defendants will face a total of 327 narcotics and […]

A CDC posting shows South Carolina in a tie for the highest rate of influenza, and Oconee tops a list of 20 South Carolina counties struggling the most with flu cases.

David Root may not altogether be leaving the employ of Oconee County government by the end of the week.  After a closed-door session, the county council gave its administrator the authority to negotiate an agreement by which Root will continue as county attorney for the interim until the county completes a search to find his permanent replacement.  Root is in […]

Savannah, Georgia resident Colin Edwards believes the highest and best use for a piece of property on SC 93/Clemson’s Old Greenville Highway is a Class A climate-controlled storage facility.  Edwards is scheduled to appear before the Clemson Planning Commission for a zoning change to allow for a boat/RVstorage facility.  According to the applicant, one reason that the property has not […]

At their first 2024 meeting, Oconee sewer commissioners are to renew discussion of county government’s plan for a $25 million planned sewer expansion, linked to the southern part of the county.  The commission board meets tomorrow afternoon at the Seneca Water Plant.

The state says if you’d like to vote in the Democrats presidential primary February 3, you must be a registered voter by tomorrow.  There are several ways to register including online and in person at your county voter registration office.  If you’ve already registered, you should make sure your address is up-to-date.  Information helpful to get prepped for the polls […]

Oconee County Council heard new complaints last night from two neighbors of a Stamp Creek Road gun range about the noise of gunfire.  The complaints voiced, as part of the council’s public comment session, were aired during the public comment section of the meeting.  The councilmen received those complaints without making any comments in response, although there was some direct […]

Nearly two years after ground was broken, an Oconee fire substation in a Seneca bedroom community has yet to be placed into operation.  But Amanda Brock, county administrator, says stayed tuned.  Acknowledging that the Bountyland fire station building has been finished, Brock says the county fire service is still in the process of appointing fire battalion commanders to man the […]