Author: Dick Mangrum

A sign on the 123 Bypass near Miracle Circle heralds the coming of a Dunkin Donuts restaurant.

If you are going to one of the events to take place this Saturday at Walhalla Middle School, finding a parking spot might be difficult.  This Saturday–May 13–an event takes place in the school auditorium.  Another event, the Walhalla Men’s Group fish fry, takes place in the cafeteria.  If you are going to the fish fry, organizers recommend parking on […]

Clemson Are Transit is proposing a new route. According to an announcement, it’s called the Gold Route. Changes are in store to the Red Route. Public hearings will be held Wednesday, May 24, 2023 from 10am to 11am and 4pm to 5pm at CATbus headquarters (200 West Lane Clemson).

The utility work on a corner of a busy Seneca intersection is just about complete, according to the city utilities director.  In front of where a number of drug stores that used to do business, utility crews have been digging to fix a sewer problem.  Bob Faires, Seneca utilities director, credits “ARPA” (the American Rescue Plan Act) monies for making […]

At the outset today, here’s how the meeting moderator framed sewer issues involving three Oconee entities:  the county council, the county planning commission, and the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  Chip Bentley said, “The hardest question to define is:  Where’s it (sewer lines) going to go, when’s it going to be needed, and how you can allocate your resources to get […]

On behalf of the Westminster Police Department, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a release today in regards to the search for a missing teenager. A Deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau of the Sheriff’s Office took a report this morning in regards to a missing juvenile. According to a family member, 14 year old Kierra Williams left her […]

The weeks and months before the start July 1 of a new local government year are full of financial numbers.  It’s budget time for the many government bodies across Oconee.  And Monday night is a chance for Oconeeans to speak directly to administrators and county trustees on the level of spending projected for the 2023-24 school year that will start […]

The office of Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley has begun a new awareness program—Infant Safe Sleep.  One of the most difficult parts of the job is when a coroner arrives at a home where a baby has suffocated in sleep.  Andrew Wilson, deputy coroner, is the guest tomorrow morning on ‘Community Sound Off” – airing just after the ABC NEWS […]