Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
An arraignment is planned today for an Easley man who was arrested after a stolen Greenville sheriff’s car was found overturned yesterday on the Farrs Bridge Road. According to the Pickens Sheriff’s Office the man arrested, Roy Wood McDonald, was not an employee of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. It was determined that the patrol car was stolen from the […]
Read moreNarcotics agents with the Oconee Sheriff’s Office began the first drug sweep yesterday of 2020. The operation officially began with a briefing this morning. It included not only agents from the Narcotics Division and deputies from the warrants division. In all, 17 people are being sought on drug distribution charges involving methamphetamine and controlled substances and one charge of distribution […]
Read moreSenator Lindsey Graham leads a bi-partisan congressional delegation this weekend to a security conference in Munich, Germany. It’s a forum for international security policy and what’s considered a marketplace for ideas, initiatives, and solutions. Among those in the U-S delegation is Graham’s fellow South Carolina Republican, Rep. Jeff Duncan of the 3rd District. February 14, 2020 Dick Mangrum
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Oconee County Council will be asked next week to give the county administrator the authority to accept a new FAA grant to cover phase three of work at the county airport near Clemson. The federal grant for expanding the airport terminal apron amounts to $1.3 million. Five percent supplements to the grant are required of the county and the state. […]
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Oconee Democrats are now doing business at 110 S. College Street, Walhalla, and they invite the public to stop in next weekend for the grand opening of their new office. That event will be 1 to 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, February 22 and will feature, among others, representatives of Democratic Presidential candidates, as well as the new Walhalla city councilwoman, […]
Read moreThe owner of the Atlanta Falcons, Arthur Blank, has been re-united with his small jet airplane, and the spot on the grounds of the Oconee Airport has been cleared of a large tent under which the Gulfstream G4 was repaired. In November Blank flew into the local airport for a Clemson game, but as the small jet taxied in, its […]
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South Carolina DHEC fined a Lake Keowee home builder $8,400 dollars for violating the state’s Pollution Control Act and Water Pollution Control Regulations. The fine was assessed to Easley resident James Nichols Sr. for a violation notice to Nichols’ Estates at Northampton construction site, a new home development along Northampton Road near the Seneca water tank. According to DHEC, “On […]
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It was one year ago yesterday that a Walhalla area woman, Faith Roach, was reported missing by her family. A year has passed, and apparently no sign of the young woman. She has not been forgotten. An investigator with the Sheriff’s Office told us this week that he and other officers remain busy trying to find Roach, as well as […]
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A quick burst of wind was heard as Blue Ridge Electric Power service failed this morning in the Salem area. Lynn Towe, the mayor of Salem, said the outage started at 5 minutes to 6, and the burst of wind lasted for only a few seconds. Towe speculates there are trees down on power lines. February 13, 2020 Dick Mangrum
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Some disappointing news for those of us hoping to watch the spillway gates open at the Hartwell Dam. On Wednesday, the Corps of Engineers Savannah office announced they would not be opening the spillways this week as planned and might not have to open them at all. Corps spokesman Billy Birdwell says the Corps had planned to open the spillway […]
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