Author: Dick Mangrum

Republican Lindsey Graham blames Senate Democrats for failure to fix border security, and worries that the failure could lead to another 9-11.  South Carolina’s senior U-S senator returns to his Oconee County home during the holiday recess having said, “I am glad to go back home to South Carolina and say I am not supporting the needs of other countries […]

At their meeting next week, the members of Clemson City Council will consider the idea to bring an open air trolley to their city.  The city’s economic development committee recommends studying the costs of a summertime open air trolley to ferry visitors from hotels to the downtown and other areas of interest.  Its thinking is the hotels are full throughout […]

Governor McMaster undergoes what his office calls a minor heart procedure this morning to correct paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.  The elective procedure is scheduled to start around 8 this morning and last 2-3 hours during which time he’ll be under general anesthesia. The atrial fibrillation was first discovered and treated by the governor’s cardiologist in 2022 when McMaster was scheduled for […]

Fire broke out in a home last night in the vicinity of Radisson Road near Seneca.  According to Rural Fire Control, no one in the home on Rambo Drive was injured, although it was an occupied residence.  Oakway volunteer fire fighters were alerted around 9:30 and the Rambo Drive home remained a fire scene until 1 o’clock.

The state’s chief executive, Gov. Henry McMaster, visited Seneca today and was seen having lunch at the Seneca Family Restaurant on the 123 By-Pass.  According to McMaster’s office, the governor was scheduled to tour the Schneider plant this morning on the Sandifer Boulevard.

The police say stolen cash in the amount of $2 thousand has been returned to its owner, and law enforcement records show the arrest of a Seneca man.  Arrested and charged with grand larceny:  Matthew Scott McCauliffe Sr.  Forty-seven-year old McCauliffe is charged with grand larceny Tuesday night at a 123 ByPass nightspot.  The police say they used video surveillance […]

THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER HAS REPEALED THE BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:   EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/14/2023   THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PUBLIC WORKS ADVISES THE RESIDENTS LIVING ON US 76 WEST OF RIVERSONG DR, ALL ROADS OFF OF US 76, INCLUDING UNITY CHURCH RD, COBB BRIDGE RD, NORTH UP HWY 76 ALL THE WAY TO THE WELCOME CHURCH […]

A 40-year old man admitted guilt in the General Sessions Court and was sentenced for an attack this year on a Walhalla laundromat customer.  The incident March 12 sparked a manhunt that ended with the arrest of Ralph Goss in Westminster.  This morning Goss entered a guilty plea to assault and battery with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct first […]