Author: Dick Mangrum

The outdoor recreation of boating seems to be in high swing during this pandemic summer.  One dealership is on its way to re-position itself to capture more of the business.  The dealership has its sight set on property at the east end of the Seneca corporate limits.  The city council last night gave first reading to an ordinance that changes […]

A fire truck siren sounded throughout the Seneca downtown early last evening.  Near the city limit on 123 and Lindsay Road, a car suddenly burst into flames.  But Chief Richie Caudill said the fire department needed only one truck to put out the fire.  The driver was not hurt.

Three current members of the Oconee Board of School Trustees have entered the political fray for the November General Election.  They are Joe Rukat in District Two, Denise McCormick in District Four, and Buddy Herring in District Five.  At least two of them will face General Election ballot opposition.  So far, Megan Ketterman is challenging for the District Two seat; […]

Part of the Seneca police investigation in a spree of crime in a tornado-damaged subdivision will focus on whether the two out-of-county suspects might have been introduced to the neighborhood as part of storm repair crews.  “That is an aspect they (the investigators) are still looking into,” says Chief of Police John Covington.  Addresses given for the two men arrested […]

Walhalla High School will be the location this week for five-hours of COVID-19 testing.  The tests will be conducted by the Healthy Me Healthy SC Alliance, whose partners are Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina.  The tests will be given at Walhalla High School from 10 am to 3 pm Thursday.  No appointment is needed.  There’s no […]

The re-elected Oconee County councilman, Julian Davis, has been in government long enough to know that regardless of the importance and the excitement that a project creates, it can take time to see it become reality.  That’s exactly the case with the county governing board’s top priority—piped sewer to the county’s four miles of Interstate-85.  Undeveloped as much of the […]

Four miles of I-85 across Oconee and Anderson counties are now named for Chrissy Adams, the late chief prosecutor in the 10th Circuit.  Signs are in place on 85 covering two miles of the interstate in Oconee and two miles in Anderson.  Adams, a Seneca resident who died in 2016, served three terms as the 10th Circuit Solicitor.

Oconee public school students will not be allowed to attend school without all required immunizations. The School District of Oconee County encourages all families to review their students’ records to verify they have all immunizations required to attend school.  Students who do not have the required immunizations will not be allowed to attend school until vaccinations have been obtained. Based on […]

A graduate of Tri-County Technical College, Ryan Donald, has moved into the job of vice president/general manager of the Skanska construction group’s new office at Greenville.  And he gives much credit to his alma mater for an education that has allowed him to advance in the corporate world.  Donald enrolled at Tech after Seneca High School in 1989.  An early […]