Author: Dick Mangrum

Clemson police say everyone should be on guard because counterfeit money once again is circulating in the area.  These bogus bills should be easy to spot.  Among the many discrepancies is a missing Liberty Bell that is supposed to be on a $100 bill.  It even reads:  “This note is for motion picture purposes only.”  On their Facebook page, the […]

“It has just become a total…horrible place.”  That’s the description that the president of “FOLKS”, Friends of Lake Keowee, gave this week to describe the litter that scars the beach and the boat ramps this summer at Fall Creek Landing near Salem.  Dale Wilde pressed the Oconee Planning Commission this week to jump start an effort for the county to […]

Four city of Seneca employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and the city, out of caution, has temporarily closed city buildings.  The plan is to re-open the offices and buildings at 8 o’clock Monday morning after the facilities undergo a deep cleaning.  Essential services, including the police and fire departments, remain on normal schedule.  The buildings housing police, fire, and […]

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 704 new confirmed cases and 26 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 17 additional confirmed deaths and one new probable death.  In today’s report there was only one new case reported from Oconee and no additional county deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 107,274, probable cases […]

A Walhalla man has been arrested and charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor – 3rd degree.  Barry Dean Neal was jailed yesterday and, according to the sheriff’s office, if he is released before trial he will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device. Investigators executed a search warrant yesterday at the home of the 36-year […]

Contrary to word that spread yesterday, Stacy Jackson says a decision on whether to hold or cancel this year’s Walhalla Oktoberfest is not final.  Jackson is part of the 13-member Oktoberfest Committee that will meet Sunday to make the decision.

History will be re-told next week in Walhalla during a free, online program highlighting the centennial of the 19th amendment which allowed women the right to vote.  The program will run 7 to 8 o’clock Wednesday night, August 26–the official 100th anniversary that the amendment became part of the U-S Constitution. For details on how you can join the Zoom […]

A car left an Oconee County country road and hit a tree.  From last evening’s accident inside the Picket Post/Camp Oak Volunteer Fire Department territory, the driver was flown by helicopter for medical treatment.  The accident occurred on the Jumping Branch Road.

Fire broke out last night in an abandoned mobile home near the city limits of Seneca.  The fire was reported shortly after 9:30 in an abandoned mobile in the B-and-B Trailer Park near Utica.