Author: Dick Mangrum

A regular meeting of the Westminster Planning Commission will be held at 6 o’clock tonight at city hall.

The South Carolina state health agency, DHEC, issued a public health order last week about xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer known as “tranq”.  DHEC’s board voted to defer scheduling of the drug as a controlled substance to allow lawmakers to control the substance without disrupting veterinary practices.  Xylazine, a long-acting sedative with pain-relieving and muscle relaxant properties used as a tranquilizer […]

The annual “Boo with the Blue” of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office takes place tomorrow evening as a community outreach event.  Deputies and sheriff’s office workers will hand out candy to trick-or-treaters in a two-hour drive-thru 6 to 8 o’clock in the main parking lot of the Law Enforcement Center, 300 S. Church Street, Walhalla.  Boo with the Blue is an […]

A bicyclist from Greenville was killed around 1:30 Saturday morning when, according to the coroner’s office, he was hit by an SUV headed north on highway 76 in the direction of Pendleton.  The Anderson coroner’s office said Robert Andre Robinson, 41 years old, died of multiple traumas secondary to blunt force trauma.  The death is being investigated by the coroner’s […]

An early Saturday morning traffic accident in Westminster took the life of a 33-year old Pendleton woman.  Coroner Karl Addis said Kayla Danielle Durham died of a head injury a one-vehicle accident at Main and Windsor streets.  The accident was reported at 2:05 in the morning.  According to Addis, motorist Durham failed to negotiate the downtown intersection and the vehicle […]

Thanks to Mark Fischer at the office of the Oconee Soil and Water Conservation District, here’s an account of the banquet last night at South Union that served as the 2023 Celebration of Agriculture in the county: The event was attended by councilmen Glenn Hart and Matthew Durham. SC DNR representatives Tyler Brown and Jessica Egan attended from Columbia. 40 […]

A 26-year old Walhallan, Luis Hernandez, manages both a full-time work schedule and a full-time education load.  Last summer Hernandez’s life changed over the course of a week when his supervisor at JTEKT North America asked if he’d like to enroll at Tri-County Technical College and expand his skill set.  In the last six years, he has worked in the […]

Kenny Johns, candidate for Walhalla City Council, explained his strategy today behind running in two separate elections.  Mounting a political comeback in his hometown, Johns is actually running for a full, four-year seat, as well as an unexpired term with two years left.  Should he win both seats November 7, he’ll have the choice of picking one.  But the one […]