Author: Dick Mangrum

The state DNR is reminding anglers of the legal limits on taking trout.  A DNR officer cited two fishermen near the Walhalla Fish Hatchery for carrying five trout out  at a time back to their car.  Between the two, according to Sgt. Busha, the two had 35 trout.  The legal limit is five for each person per day.  Busha confiscated […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested three subjects Wednesday during a search for a wanted suspect.   Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Division conducted warrant services yesterday at two separate locations in Oconee County in their search for 26 year old Zachery David Fields, who was wanted on multiple charges related to a pursuit Tuesday afternoon near Westminster.   The […]

The following announcement this afternoon from Oconee County: “On Friday, April 23, 2021, the Oconee County Rock Quarry will be closed for final plant adjustments and Quarry rock production. Various items sold by the Quarry ran out earlier this week when damage sustained by the jaw crusher and required maintenance of two cone crushers halted production. Rock Quarry personnel will […]

Jim Charbonneau is the new owner of the former Stoudemire building on the 123 Seneca ByPass, and he will move his Golden Corner Wealth Advisers there.  But that isn’t all.  Charbonneau has a contractor to make changes to the building, including the installation of an elevator.  On the second floor, he plans to create office space for other businesses.

New cases:  408 including 12 in Oconee. Statewide, 19 additional deaths, including one in Pickens. Of 10,992 test results, positivity:  4.7%

  Two seniors at West-Oak High School have made their post-high school plans.  The school has announced that Connor Greene and Herbert “Camron” Smith recently signed letters of commitment to the U-S Army.

The mayor of Clemson, Robert Halfacre, says a community-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination clinic got off to a good start this week, but it’s important to get the word out about the availability of up to about one thousand doses over the next few weeks.  The clinic is open to anyone 18 and older and operates 5:30 to 8:30 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, […]

  Mayor Brian Ramey of Westminster thinks the state’s health authority is acting like too much of a Big Brother when it comes to his city’s sewer collection system.  But the second-term mayor was in the minority this week when the city council voted 6-1 to enter into a consent order with the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Potential […]