Author: Dick Mangrum

South Carolina is beginning a once-every-ten-year process that decides where the political clout rests within the state’s legislative chambers.  Chairman Luke Rankin of the Senate Judiciary Committee announces a re-organization meeting takes place tomorrow for the redistricting subcommittee.  Rankin is a Republican state senator from Horry County, but the subcommittee is bi-partisan.  And Rankin declares, “I look forward to our […]

A pickup truck accident early yesterday morning in rural Anderson County took the life of a 23-year old Clemson man.  The accident that claimed Deandre Nathaniel Mansell occurred on the Pelzer Highway, 10 miles north of Williamston.  According to the state patrol, the pickup truck left the highway and hit a guardrail and a tree.  The driver was ejected.

An autopsy is planned today in the death of a 47-year old man whose body was retrieved Saturday afternoon from Lake Hartwell.  Coroner Addis quoted family members as saying Wayne Michael Reynolds was wading in the lake at the Fair Play Recreation Area when he disappeared.  Reynolds, who was believed to have been a swimmer, did not appear in any […]

Westminster is gathering ideas on the future recreation offerings by the city.  City Council’s newly formed recreation planning committee invites interested members of the public to take part in an input meeting next week at the Westminster Depot on Main Street.  That committee is working toward a conceptual plan and design for a new recreation complex.  Representatives of Seamon White […]

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri want a hearing on what they see as the ongoing crisis at the U-S-Mexico border.  The two Republicans in a letter are urging Democrat Chairman Dick Durbin of the Senate Judiciary Committee to schedule the hearing to allow those tasked with managing the border to testify.    According […]

Five and one-half acres of Seneca private property is up for re-zoning consideration during a hearing to be held next week at city hall.  The planning commission will sit in judgement of Chad Kirby’s application for a residential-6 zone for acreage on S. Fairplay and Townville streets, south of 7th Street.  The property, now owned by the real estate investment […]

In today’s South Carolina DHEC report, 314 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed across the state.  Nine of those cases were Oconee County residents.  Statewide, there were five new deaths including a Pickens County resident who died July 3.  Of 7,694 test results received, the state positivity rate was 5.5%.  The numbers reported today reflect the data count by […]

Customers have created such a high demand for products from the Oconee Rock Crusher near Walhalla that the county proposes to close the quarry early on Fridays to allow staff time to keep up with maintenance and inspections to ensure the new plant is running properly.  At its meeting next week, county council will receive a recommendation to set the […]