Author: Dick Mangrum

Two of three people killed in an I-85 accident late last week in Cherokee County, South Carolina were Townville residents.  They were husband and wife, Thomas and Ruth Ann McElroy.  Both were members of Townville’s Oakdale Baptist Church and Mrs. McElroy was a frequent booth operator at the Oconee Farm Center near Seneca.  The third fatality in the accident was […]

  A “Boil Water Advisory” to certain customers of the City of Westminster is now being issued. Areas affected include the following subdivisions and secondary roads specifically and to any area that may have experienced loss of water this morning at approximately 4:00am. Welcome Church Rd Unity Church Rd Old Unity Church RD Elizabeth Cox Rd Johnny Cox Rd Holly […]

  The assistant director of Oconee Public Works, Kyle Reid, says a 13-year old county ordinance effectively took Oconee County government out of the business of sidewalk construction.  But that doesn’t mean there is no interest on the part of county policymakers in sidewalks along county roads.  At a planning commission meeting this week, Reid conversed with planning commissioner Mike […]

Widespread haze is forecast today after the 11 o’clock hour this morning, and South Carolinians are being advised about possible health effects related to smoke from wildfires burning across parts of central and western Canada and the western U-S.  Smoke from the fires that has drifted into the northern part of South Carolina can irritate the eyes and respiratory system, […]

Part of Clemson’s College Avenue will be closed the first week of August to allow for the dismantling of a tower crane.  From Earle Street to Keith Street, College Avenue will be closed 48 hours Wednesday and Thursday, August 4 and 5.  There will be partial street closures but, according to the city of Clemson announcement, the street closures will […]

The deaths of two Oconeeans on June 28 are considered today by the state health agency to have been probable cases of COVID-19.  On the DHEC report this afternoon, four additional confirmed deaths of South Carolinians due to the virus were added to the state’s running totals.  For the 24-hour count that ended Monday night, there were 462 new confirmed […]

Multiple police agencies were on scene yesterday at the end of a pursuit in which the car being chased went out of control off Walhalla’s S. Pine Street and went down an embankment.  The accident occurred adjacent to the offices of Oconee School District.  Employees inside the building could hear the sound of sirens.  One police source said the driver […]

A U-S Post Office annex near Seneca closed this week.  The sign outside the Dogwood Plaza location says the last day of post office business there was Tuesday.

Walhalla’s policy makers are finding out that creating a new law that regulates how long and where food trucks may do business in the city is a process that doesn’t please everyone.  The city council yesterday gave first reading to a replacement ordinance covering mobile food trucks.  Josh Roberts cast a dissenting vote. The new law would confine the trucks […]