Author: Dick Mangrum

  Here’s a breaking story development:  “The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to an address on Fields Avenue in rural Anderson County (between SC 24 and the Portman marina) for a civil disturbance. On arrival, an adult male entered the structure and started a fire. While inside, it is believed that the male took his own life. County Fire, […]

Painting the front of a downtown Seneca building in question last night during a city hall hearing – with the result that the regulatory board tabled the request to paint the front of the former Bell photography building the color black.  It now is a yellow brick shade, something that city official Ed Halbig laments has been disappearing from the […]

When Westminster voters fill out their General Election ballot in November, they will also decide who gets to fill the unexpired term of Yousef Mefleh, the city councilman who died unexpectedly on Saturday.  Kristie Burr, the elections director, says they have permission to combine filling the council seat and the November 8 General Election.  Westminster city residents with interest in […]

A city department head and a former law enforcement worker are among those requesting Oconee County to abandon part of two rural roads near Westminster.  Their wishes, according to officials, shall be balanced against others why may see a need to keep open parts of Thornburg Road and Dinky Line Road as a vital transportation route for any impacted resident.  […]

When she checked the weather gauge this morning, Barbara Wilson of Walhalla looked up to see a beauty of a sunrise — colors of gold and pink.  The official weather watcher recorded 85 as the high temperature yesterday in the county seat; 64, the 24-hour low temperature.  And not one bit of rain.

A recent Clemson Ph.D graduate, Rhett Rautsaw, created an app of distribution maps and niche models for all 158 pit viper species in North, Central and South America.  Pit vipers are venomous snakes, including rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths.  Venomous snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.  The ones most injurious or death to humans are cobras, mambas, and their […]