Author: Dick Mangrum

A late night fire at the Lakeside Lodge at Hartwell Village. Oconee Rural Fire Control dispatched units just before 11:30.  The fire was reported in one of the rooms at the lodge.  No injuries reported.

A Valentine’s Day accident in rural Anderson County took the life last night of a pickup truck driver.  The state patrol reported the accident at 7:59 pm on the Dobbins Bridge Road involved a 1998 GMC pickup truck that left the road and hit a tree.  The driver was killed and the patrol is deferring to the coroner’s office for […]

Oconee County resident Jimmy Sanders, driving 123 from Clemson into Oconee, looked to his right Friday morning and was surprised to see someone walking across the railroad trestle above Lake Hartwell.  But it was just moments later when Sanders spotted a freight train headed toward the walker trestle, and he immediately feared for the worse.  “I told myself, ‘Man, that’s […]

If gambling supporters win approval in Georgia, property just across Lake Hartwell from Oconee County potentially could see a casino resort.  Lake Hartwell WLHR in Lavonia reports an Atlanta developer has a lease agreement for 500 acres along the lake next to the Harbor Light Marina.  If two-thirds of Georgia’s state lawmakers favor a constitutional change, the proposition for a […]

A recommendation will go before the county fathers on Tuesday night to remove a trustee from the Oconee Library Board of Trustees for failure to attend meetings.  The council is being told that Kathryn Campbell Smith has failed to attend a meeting since May of 2019.  County staff regard Smith’s seat as a de facto vacancy and seek permission to […]

South Carolina DHEC counts 2,735 new cases of COVID-19, including 54 new cases of Oconee County residents.  Statewide, there were 11 new deaths.  Of 38,482 test results received from across the state, the positivity was 11.4%.