Author: Dick Mangrum

Ron Wygal of Simpsonville, South Carolina and Dallas, Texas is going to respond to the South Carolina PRT call for requests for proposals to develop the 325-acre Lake Hartwell peninsula in Oconee County.  His construction company is working with the Philadelphia office of an international architect firm.  Wygal has interest in at least part of the peninsula to build a […]

Smoke disbursed Friday from a Georgia prescribed burn all the way into Walhalla and as far south as the Bountyland Community near Seneca.  Sky 96.3 Clayton Radio reported a 1,261 acre burn inside the Chattooga Ranger District, five miles northeast of Clayton.  It prompted Mountain Rest Fire Department to post:  “The wind is blowing our direction.”

The kitchen at the Clemson University Madren Center anticipates a greater demand once the new alumni and visitor center is finished.  The board of trustees will use $3.6 million in housing and dining money, along with an additional $700 thousand, to upgrade the kitchen.  The trustees last week also approved two main campus projects:  a $2.5M expansion to the R-4 […]

A luncheon at the new Seneca Middle School is a sellout.  Friday’s event, arranged by Oconee County and the chamber of commerce, will serve as the annual “State of Oconee” and is considered the first venue at the school scheduled to open later this year.  Tours will be offered following the meal and the lineup of speakers.

An apartment in Bountyland was burglarized twice on the same day, but the sheriff’s office made an arrest.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Angel Dawn Holloway, 34, is charged with petty larceny, along with first and second degree burglary.  Deputies investigated burglaries, one in the morning, one in the evening, at Gail Court.  Clothing items were stolen.