Author: Dick Mangrum

This afternoon this statement from Oconee Coroner Karl Addis: “A 5 year-old Westminster boy died early Saturday morning (August 5, 2023) in the pediatric intensive care unit at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital.  He died at 12:27 am. Daniel Elijah Stancil, of Westminster, sustained a cardiac arrest event at his home on Thursday evening, August 3, 2023 at approximately 6:00 pm. […]

Part of SC 93 to Keith Street in Clemson will be closed Sunday.  According to city hall, the street crew will paint streets in the downtown from around 5 am to 11 am.  “We apologize for the late notice but weather complications have made choosing dates tricky,” according to city.  Have questions?  Call 864/653-2053.

A 101.7/WGOG NEWS story referred to a planned project at Seneca’s 928 E. Main Street as a “Clearinghouse for Humans”.    As the founder explains, the New Horizon Social Club is to be much more than a place that helps humans down on their luck.  And the club project founder, Jessica Mallows, explains today on 101.7/WGOG airwaves the multiple benefits envisioned […]

More than 1,000 students are set for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees this week in Clemson University graduation ceremonies.  Doctoral hooding takes place at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon in the Brooks Center; commencement for bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates is scheduled for 9 am and 11 am Friday in Littlejohn Coliseum.  Doors open two hours prior to ceremonies. The ceremonies […]

Oconee’s chief recruiter for economic development, Jamie Gilbert, can now arm himself with financial information requested by a top valued prospect for the county’s Golden Corner Commerce Park at Fair Play.  A vote yesterday by the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority sets the charge that would be made for sewer service should a developer decide to locate in […]

A couple of Walhalla trees were downed in yesterday’s storm.  The worst incident was late last night, after the storm passed, when a branch from a tree fell on a car parked on Walhalla’s Cedar Street.

An outside grant is the funding mechanism for a $1 million project to replace the leaky Flat Rock sewer pump station near Walhalla.  The county sewer commissioners yesterday approved a $1.2 million contract to a one-year old company, Cove Utilities.  The principals of Cove Utilities left a larger company to form their own business.  Besides leaks, the existing pump station […]

A hearing tonight in Seneca.  At city council’s 6 o’clock meeting at city hall, the public may comment on and ask questions about an ordinance to close and abandon right-of-way, transfer real property of the city, and other matters.  Tonight’s meeting will follow an agenda and serve as Seneca’s August city council meeting.