Author: Dick Mangrum

In one swoop, five Westminster women signed up this afternoon as candidates in their city’s November election. They are Susan Ramey for mayor; and Andrea Harbin, Theresa Olaes Noe, Victoria Roach, and Wendy Golten for the three available city council seats. Councilwoman Ramey’s run for mayor at least, for now, will put her up against Brian Ramey, the incumbent. The […]

An early morning incident at a Walhalla home landed a 29-year old woman in the county jail. Arrested by the city police, Catherine Arizona Crowley was charged with domestic violence first degree. Chief Sean Brinson says the police responded to an in-progress incident at 3:45 Friday morning at 26 Susie Circle. Authorities allege Crowley struck a member of her household, […]

Some 10,600 Oconee school age children bid farewell today to the summer recess and reported for a new year of learning. Today’s first day enrollment of 10,647 was 25 students higher than a year ago, but officials note the attendance figures will fluctuate in the coming days. Attracting adequate numbers of bus drivers continues to riddle the district. Today the […]

A Spartanburg County man died Sunday night at Fall Creek Landing on Lake Keowee near Salem. He was swimming in an area near the main boat landing; he was swimming away from shore when according to bystanders he appeared to struggle and then disappeared. He was recovered by divers approximately 45 minutes after the initial 911 call was received. The […]

Here is an update on a story posted earlier today.  According to Bob Faires of Seneca Light and Water, work crews determined today that the source of water emanating from beneath the 123 By-Pass near Short Street is not groundwater.  Rather, Faires says, earlier suspicions are now realized that the water is caused by a water line leak–the origin of […]

All you have to do is to take a look at the progress construction workers are making on the Foothills YMCA on the grounds of the Oconee hospital and you realize it’s not a stretch to imagine the complex could be ready by early 2020. January or February, is the belief of Christle Ross, the “Y” executive director. Concrete is […]

Lynn Towe has signed up to seek his first, full term as mayor of Salem.  In the running for two council seats, so far, are incumbents Judy Hines and Kevin Talley.  By the 11 o’clock hour this morning, there had been no filers for the Westminster election and no new qualifying in either the Walhalla or West Union candidate fields.  […]

At any moment, a planned electric power outage affecting part of Westminster should come to an end.  Marty Reid of the city Public Works Department says the outage was necessary as workers today switched a section of the city to a new electrical circuit.  The outage affects customers on E. Main Street to Westminster East Apartments to the former golf […]