Author: Dick Mangrum

Buildings that surround a Seneca intersection are part of a wave of re-development downtown.  The intersection is E. Main and N. Walnut.  And the address of 403 E. Main is to be renovated for a new pizza restaurant that will be a neighbor to the corner location of the Keowee Brewing Company.  Last night city council passed a resolution that […]

Seneca is contracting with a private company to help it expand the city’s historic district downtown. The city council last night voted to employ the company Preservation South to assist. City Administrator Scott Moulder says the end game will be qualifying Seneca for tax credits to help restore the former Harper 5 and 10, one of the city’s oldest buildings […]

Two women in Travelers Rest are sending trees to Seneca to help replace some of the trees that were casualties of the EF3 tornado. April Bapties and Dede Godsey, who works at a nursery, brought a vehicle loaded with small Japanese red maples and went door-to-door and gave residents the trees, along with a note of encouragement.  In part, the […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has introduced The COVID-19 Accountability Act which authorizes the President to impose sanctions on China if China fails to cooperate and provide a full accounting of the events leading up to the outbreak of COVID-19. “I’m convinced that without Chinese Communist Party deception the virus would not be here in the United States,” said […]

Here’s an announcement received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS this morning:  “Sandvik Coromant’s Westminster, South Carolina Production Unit donates $25,000 to the City of Seneca Tornado Relief Fund after an EF3 tornado touches down in Seneca, SC destroying homes and properties. Approximately 30% of Sandvik Coromant employees at the Westminster facility live in Seneca and were affected by the tornado. On April […]

At her office, Gloria Moore spends her days immersed in the financial numbers that come with running a public school district. But with the cancellation of the rest of the school year because of COVID-19, Moore is one of many district workers who have been pitching in to help in other areas. She’s involved in handing out packaged meals to […]

Gas prices throughout the Carolinas have risen slightly compared to last week. The motor club AAA says they remain relatively low despite more demand. South Carolina’s average increased by two cents at $1.57–nine cents less than one month ago and 93 cents cheaper than one year ago.  Crude prices increased last week among growing market optimism that crude demand is […]

The Humane Society’s distribution of free pet food moves today to Fair Play.  From 11 am to 1 pm dog, cat, and small pet food will be available at no charge at the Diamond T. Promotional Gear store. The giveaway is designed for pet owners who, in this time of COVID-19, could use a little help.

The delay in and uncertainty over state aid for local education has complicated the new budget for the Oconee public schools. That’s the job of Gloria Moore, finance director for the Oconee School District. Her latest projection is that, for the 2020-21 year, the public schools face a deficit of $2.4 million. Talks with the Oconee County Council have started […]

To eliminate confusion, Oconee school trustees have given a new name to a Bountyland school building that has been around since the middle part of the last century. The Hamilton Career Center in Bountyland, starting with next school year, shall be known as the “Bountyland Education Campus.” A new career center, already named for retired educator Fred Hamilton, is in […]