Author: Dick Mangrum

Frank Strait, South Carolina’s severe weather expert, forecasts the risk of severe storms over the Upstate and later for most of the state on Thursday.  Tomorrow’s storms are to be triggered by an upper-level disturbance currently over Mexico and Texas.  The primary concern for tomorrow is damaging wind and hail, and there’s a low-end tornado risk in the Upstate.  There’s […]

Terry Pruitt, the Pioneer Rural general manager, presented calculations for the retail supplier of water in parts of Oconee and Anderson for the 12-month period to start on July 1.  And the board of directors responded with approval.  The pro forma budget, as it’s called, will be placed before the water district membership during the annual meeting next month.   Figure […]

Pioneer Rural Water is fielding an offer to sell property.  At its meeting today, the board of directors entertained Scott Schaeffer’s offer to buy three acres at Tugaloo Heights.  Terry Pruitt, Pioneer general manager, said Schaeffer is offering $39 thousand for “basically a patch of woods.”  Schaeffer says the three acres would make for an idea outdoor play area for […]

A volunteer for Oconee’s Rosa Clark Medical Clinic is being remembered and missed.  From the federally-chartered clinic this:  “It is with a heavy heart that I write you today that one of our Rosa Clark family members, Marlene Edlund, passed on April 9, 2024.”  She was known as “the flower lady” and her contributions insured that the Rosa Clark grounds […]

A Clemson graduate this week saw his life change 10 years ago when he seriously hurt his head in a Lake Keowee accident.  And this week, thanks to a number of his supporters, Joseph Bailey Jr. will receive a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering.  On March 16, 2014 Bailey, who had been an accomplished high school swimmer, dove off […]

Oconee’s sewer commissioners revisited – without a decision – the allowance they are given for their service in their part-time roles.  The commission currently receives a per diem allowance of $60 dollars a month.  Yesterday their executive director, Chris Eleazer, introduced the idea of possibly raising the amount.  No firm conclusions were reached, although there was the suggestion that the […]

A 1989 Clemson graduate owns the horse that nearly won the Kentucky Derby.  Sierra Leone, owned by Brook T. Smith, was just a nose behind derby winner Mystik Dan.  According to Clemson University, Smith graduated with a bachelor of science in management and spent 30 years in the surety-bonding sector.  However, national news reports, say Sierra Leone’s jockey, Tyler Gaffalione, […]

Oconee’s sewer commissioners received a complaint suggesting heavy-handedness on the part of their inspectors.  Delivering the complaint yesterday was the county’s District Four councilman.  Julian Davis said he was speaking in the capacity of a private citizen, on behalf of a handful of restaurateurs whose businesses were inspected for compliance with fats, oils, and grease regulations.  Davis focused on two […]

A 30-year-old Greenville man was jailed Friday morning in Oconee County, the subject of a police chase around 1 am Friday on highway 11 that reached speeds, the police say, of 100 miles an hour.  It ended when the car, reported to have been stolen in Westminster, wrecked in brush on the side of 11 near the Collins Road.  Authorities […]