Author: Dick Mangrum

Fire devastated a home under construction last night in the Cliffs development near Salem.  Fire Chief Kevin Wilbanks says there’s no indication where in the house the fire started and the cause is under investigation.  Fire fighting efforts were complicated by flying embers that damaged a pair of neighboring homes.  Rural Fire Control reported the fire scene as the vicinity […]

It’s special when Oconee County’s leaders sit down with their advisory planning commission.  The reason for Tuesday’s meeting next week will be for a workshop between the county council and the planning commission to talk about a highway 123 corridor study.  Much attention is being paid to the section of 123 that connects Seneca with Clemson.  Properties bordering the highway […]

The director of Oconee’s public libraries, Blair Hinson, had been led to believe to anticipate a financial donation from an estate. But he was pleasantly surprised by the amount. The announcement of a $27 thousand dollar donation came during a meeting this week of the county library trustees. According to Hinson, the thinking is to take the $27 thousand, combine […]

A hearing before a civil judge could be held as early as next week to approve a financial settlement for a boy who fell and broke a shinbone while getting off an Oconee school bus. Documents filed yesterday in the Common Pleas Court show the accident to have occurred on January 10, 2018. According to a petition filed by the […]

Fire last night devastated a home under construction at the Cliffs. The upper Lake Keowee fire brought out fire fighters from two counties and is said to have been spotted and reported by boaters in the lake.

Walhalla Water Department advises customers under an advisory of the need to no longer boil water before drinking or cooking purposes.  The water department made this announcement last night:  “After an intense flushing of the distribution system, bacteriological samples were collected and analyzed by the City of Walhalla Water Department.  The results of this sampling indicate that the system is […]

A candidate for Walhalla mayor, Tjay Bagwell, has scheduled a town hall meeting where he will speak and answer questions about issues facing the city.  In a social media post, Bagwell says the meeting will be held at 6 tomorrow night at the restaurant Gather 205.  One question that Bagwell said he’d look forward to answering is how his city […]

Senator Lindsey Graham believes that if the House is so interested in an impeachment inquiry, it should schedule a vote to see where its members stand.  But the South Carolina Republican from Oconee remains a strong President Trump ally. In a statement today, Graham said, “In the phone call everybody is talking about, there is not one scintilla of evidence […]

Third District Rep. Jeff Duncan says he’s glad President Trump is releasing an un-redacted transcript of his phone talk with the Ukraine president so that Americans can see what was said. The Laurens Republican accuses his Democratic House colleagues of proceeding with impeachment without evidence of wrongdoing. House Speaker Pelosi has launched a formal impeachment inquiry, according to an Associated […]