Author: Dick Mangrum

The South Carolina Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on Aug. 12, upgraded the drought status for Oconee County and 32 other South Carolina counties . Nine counties were upgraded from normal to incipient, the first level of drought: Oconee, Anderson, Pickens, Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton and Jasper. Eleven counties were maintained at incipient drought. According to the […]

A Furman University student from Salem, Kristin Nauman, is one of nine Furman students selected for the Millennium Fellowship, a program of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Millennium Campus Network (MCN). Launched in 2018, the Millennium Fellowship convenes, challenges and celebrates student leadership that advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on campuses worldwide. For the Class […]

A Walhalla man was arrested in Seneca after the police investigated sightings of a suspicious person at two locations this morning south of the railroad tracks. The Seneca police investigation started when a WS 2nd Street resident complained that someone vandalized his home by breaking a front door window. After receiving a second report—this one of a man carrying a […]

In an earlier post about tomorrow’s meeting of the West Union Town Council, it was incorrectly reported that one of the business items would be an intergovernmental agreement between town and Oconee County involving a sewer matter.  That was incorrect.  The matter involves the purchase of supplies for magistrate services to the town.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Oconee County Coroner’s Office are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred over the weekend. According to Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis, 49 year old James Brian Tharp of Westminster died Saturday afternoon at the scene of the accident which occurred on Bountyland Road at the intersection of Poplar Ridge Drive. The […]

A former Walhalla councilman admits he has given thought to making the race for either mayor or council in the November municipal election.  But Josh Holliday says his work as a school principal and the father of his sons, for now,  won’t leave enough time to devote to a part time elected post in his city.  The official start of […]

We are forecasting 92 for the high temperature under a partly sunny sky.  Nine-two was the official high recorded yesterday in Walhalla.  The county seat, according to the observations of weather watcher Barbara Wilson, achieved its high temperature of the season–96 degrees on Saturday.

U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan announced this morning that Vice President Mike Pence will keynote a gathering of conservatives this month in Anderson.  Pence will speak at 6 o’clock Monday evening, August 26 during Duncan’s annual Faith and Freedom Barbecue.  Tickets are $35 a person or $60 a couple.  Free tickets are allotted to veterans, guardsmen, first responders, and their families.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced approval last week for a Lake Keowee property owners association, Timber Bay, to construct a 56-boat residential marina. The request of FERC was made on behalf of Timber Ridge POA by the Duke Energy Corporation. The marina is to occupy 1.43 acres and consist of four floating docks. In a statement, the federal agency […]

A 2019 graduate of Pendleton High School is the new State Secretary of the South Carolina FFA Association. Sydney Gambrell served as president of the Pendleton FFA chapter last year and received a state FFA degree during the convention. She recently returned from Washington where she attended a national summit of FFA officers. She’s the daughter of Matthew and Angela […]