Author: Dick Mangrum

The police in Seneca have arrested two people in the investigation of home burglaries on opposite sides of the city. Both were arrested Thursday on charges burglary first degree.  According to law enforcement records, 37-year old Allie Marie Hoover is charged with burglary Wednesday on Lindsay Road; and 28-year old Keith Antwane Jackson is charged with burglary November 24 on […]

  Here are today numbers from Oconee public schools.  By this morning, the district had counted 293 COVID-19 cases among both students and employee since the start of the school year. We asked the district spokeswoman to contrast those numbers with total student and employee numbers.  And here’s the statement from Jennifer Dodd, district spokeswoman:  “We have approximately 8,000 face-to-face […]

One dozen additional COVID-19 cases are reported by the Oconee public schools.  The new cases, dated Thursday, are 10 students and two employees.  The district’s tracking page breaks down the cases this way:  two students at West-Oak High School; three students at Walhalla Middle School; two students at Seneca High School; one at James Brown Elementary; one at Seneca Middle […]

You can imagine that come New Year’s Eve officials of Seneca will wish good riddance to a turbulent year.  Like everyone else, the city is dealing with the pandemic.  Added to that are the expensive difficulties Seneca in recovering from an EF3 tornado and fire that nearly destroyed the city’s fleet of garbage trucks.  One or more has impacted an […]

A meet and greet and support event for Tamassee and Salem businesses will take place 11 am to 2 pm tomorrow at Keowee Towne Market on n. highway 11.  The day will include a classic car and Jeep show. The 2020 Salem Christmas parade will travel Main Street at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon.  The lineup will form at the Eagle […]

In his winning bid for a new term, Senator Lindsey Graham’s campaign raised more than $109 million, which the campaign states was more than any incumbent senator in history.  Not all of the money was expended to help persuade voters to make the Oconee Republican the choice over his Democratic opponent, Jamie Harrison.  According to the Graham campaign, $6.6 million […]

Fire around midnight at a home in Salem.  According to Rural Fire Control, the home fire occurred on Sunrise Drive.  Earlier in the night, fire fighters attended to a shed fire on S. Spring Street in Westminster.  No injuries reported in either fire.

South Carolina health officials began this afternoon to disseminate information to prepare the public for the arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine, accompanied by an explanation of who will have top priority to be inoculated first.  Stephen White, DHEC immunizations director, told reporters the state can expect the arrival of a “very limited” supply during the period of […]

It’s not unusual for a criminal to break-in to a manned convenience center to try to steal clothing left in the Goodwill Industries box.  The burglar who cut a hole in the fence of the Safety Harbor Road convenience center apparently had his designs on more than clothing.  He’s accused of stealing hand and power tools belonging to Oconee County.  […]

  Multiple charges have been placed against a 21-year old Townville man in an Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation that dates as far back as last summer when a camper fire occurred on Mark Lane, Townville.  Shawn Lee Foote II was arrested Wednesday and, as late as this afternoon, remained jailed under a surety bond of more than $38 thousand.  According […]