Author: Dick Mangrum

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined that the automatic shutdown last winter of an Oconee reactor was the mechanical failure of a fuse.  It was an Oconee Unit #2 reactor trip and the loss of four coolant pumps, according to NRC findings.  The government watchdog agency concluded no release occurred and the plant response was normal and the “unusual”event did not […]

Dari Mullins will succeed Crystal Romanyszyn as executive director of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce.  By the end of the month, Mullins will step into her new role.  She has been working with Romanyszyn to help ensure that programs and events will go uninterrupted.  According to the departing executive director, the new hire has years of experience in marketing and […]

An Oconee deputy spoke with a victim of what appears to have been a recent sweetheart scam.  In these times, the use of social media can be an avenue to true romance, but can lead to a scam.  The deputy learned that the victim, a female, met someone on a dating app and started to form a relationship.  She sent […]

Now that a roundabout is ruled out for a tricky Oakway intersection, what’s the status of an overall project to improve public safety along SC 24–from Westminster across the water into Anderson County?  Another question is:  Without a circular intersection to move traffic, how might the DOT address 24, 182, and Oak Creek Road at Oakway?  Julian Davis has been […]

For football fans who park in city of Clemson parking decks, you might have to pay more in season 2022.  Discussion of a proposed fee increase to apply to the downtown parking decks is an item on this Monday night’s meeting of the Clemson City Council.  The city’s elected officials are scheduled to hear about this from their community and […]

The police in Lavonia, Georvgia believe as many as three people, in form or another, took part in the Tuesday robbery of a Truist bank.  Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR quotes the police chief as saying the suspects are not from the Lavonia and do not pose a further threat in the community.  The man who robbed the bank is described […]