Category: News

December 18, 2018 Dick Mangrum A development to build homes at Lake Keowee at Seneca’s northwest border cleared a regulatory hurdle last night at City Hall. The planning commission approved a “PDR”—a planned development residential zoning classification for 91 acres. There, Jon Boyd’s Greenville development company wants to build 235 one-story, patio homes that’ll allow the homeowners to enjoy lake […]

December 18, 2018 Dick Mangrum A midnight hour house fire last night in the Utica Community near Seneca. Fire fighters were sent to an address on Hope Avenue. No injuries reported. The address remained a fire scene for two hours.

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies are asking for your assistance to identify and locate suspects involved in at least two armed robbery incidents. On the mornings of December 4 at approximately 2:00 and December 10 at approximately 1:30, a male subject entered the 7-Eleven store on Highway 153 in Greenville and demanded cash from the attending […]

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum An organizer of this year’s Christmas parade in Seneca gave his reaction to the idea that the Yuletide parades would be enhanced by the appearance of the mascots from the three Oconee high schools. Julian Davis says, “I would also like for all the bands to march as well.” Davis concedes it’s difficult for the […]

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum All it took was a deputy spotting car that ignored a stop sign for a chase that started in Utica and ended in Newry. A 32-year old Oconee County man was jailed Sunday on five charges. The Sheriff’s Office announced the following charges against Joseph Coy Kilby: failure to stop for a blue light, driving […]

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum The field is set for the special February 12 election in West Union. When the qualifying expired at the noon hour, the field remained two ballot candidates: Kathy Frederick and Dixie Meeks. Meeks and Frederick are placing themselves before the town voters for an open council seat.

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum Imagine Christmas parades in Oconee County in which the mascots of the three county high schools march together in a spirit of unity for the season? One Walhalla parade spectator on Saturday says she would have like to have seen the mascots of Seneca, Walhalla, and West-Oak marching together, and she wonders whether her suggestion […]

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum As one year passes into another, Seneca gets closer to finally seeing something done in a major way to improve the 123-130/East End intersection—frequently clogged by traffic and backups. Lance Estep of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments lays out the potential of a two-to-three-year timeline before funding is recommended. Considering how commercial development […]

December 17, 2018 Dick Mangrum At this time, South Carolina DOT regards too expensive a project to grade down a hill approach to a major Oconee County traffic intersection. So, for now, it means Davis Creek Road motorists headed from the south for the busy 123 intersection across from the Food Lion shopping center will still encounter limited visibility as […]

(Walhalla) – All branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed for the Christmas holiday from Saturday, December 22 through Wednesday, December 26. Book returns will be open at all locations, and the website, oconeelibrary.org, will be available to download e-books, e-audiobooks, and magazines. All branches will reopen at their normal times on Thursday, December 27. All branches […]