Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
November 30, 2018 Dick Mangrum A three-member committee is in place to find the successor to Dr. Ronnie Booth, who retires as president of Tri-County Technical College at the end of next June. That committee includes John Powell of Walhalla, chairman of the Tech commission covering Oconee, Anderson and Pickens counties. Joining Powell is Murph Fore, president of the Horry-Georgetown […]
Read moreNovember 30, 2018 Dick Mangrum Paul Harris likely hopes the last impression made will help him land the job of Walhalla chief of police. Harris, the interim police chief, is scheduled to be the last of the six finalists granted interviews to be interviewed. And that interview is scheduled for Tuesday next week. Applicant interview number five was scheduled yesterday. […]
Read moreNovember 30, 2018 Dick Mangrum Entrepreneurs behind new businesses in the Walhalla Brown Square building used as an incubator for start-ups gathered around a table for yesterday’s visit from a representative of the Ewing Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. In some circles, Ewing Kauffman is a name associated with major Kansas City sports teams, but his foundation focuses on […]
Read moreNovember 30, 2018 Dick Mangrum The police in Seneca say four people are in custody after a seizure operation that took place Wednesday at a home on Lindsay Road. The police say they confiscated several grams of narcotics as part of an investigation that’s ongoing.
Read moreFourteen times during October the K-9 teams of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources were deployed. In Region One, Lance Cpl. Brian Welch and K-9 Max of Clemson were deployed five of those times. They investigated baiting in wildlife management areas, trespass to hunt, and failure to tag deer at the point of kill, over the limit of deer, […]
Read moreNovember 27, 2018 Dick Mangrum When it comes to an Oconee car dealer’s passion to lessen the scourge of breast cancer, the battle is personal. Breast disease has affected two members of Mark Williams’ family. That’s why, according to Oconee Memorial’s Hunter Kome, Williams’ Lake Keowee dealerships are annual donors to the hospital’s breast care center department. At a recent […]
Read moreNovember 28, 2018 Dick Mangrum A 21-month old boy died late yesterday afternoon in an accident outside a home in Mountain Rest. Coroner Karl Addis says the boy’s father had arrived home from work and was backing up his truck to park when it appears the boy ran from the home toward the truck. The scene was Beulah Land Drive […]
Read moreNovember 28, 2018 Dick Mangrum A moped operator was knocked from his bike in an accident that the Seneca police say occurred shortly before 4 pm yesterday at S. Walnut and W. Crescent Street. Capt. B-J McClure described what happened as a turning accident involving the moped and a car. The car driver was uninjured, but McClure said family members […]
Read moreThe Seneca High School Choral Department will present “Sounds of the Season” Thursday, December 6 at 8:00pm. The program will feature the Women’s Chorus, Mixed Chorus, Honors Women’s Chorus, Honors Chorale and Madrigal Singers. The concert will open with the Madrigal Singers singing a beautiful German rendition of “Stille Nacht” from the balcony of the church, followed by the Women’s […]
Read moreNovember 27, 2018 Dick Mangrum Two charges were issued by the Seneca police after an early night time accident in the East End intersection. The police yesterday released details of their investigation of an accident at 6:30 pm Wednesday, November 21 which involved a Toyota pickup truck and a Nissan Frontier. Law enforcement reports show the driver of the Toyota—Jared […]
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