Author: Dick Mangrum

A three-day living nativity scene starts tonight in Salem on the grounds of the Eagle Nest Art Center at 4 Eagle Lane.  It’s a drive-thru event, from 6 to 8 o’clock tonight, tomorrow night and, weather permitting, Sunday night.

A civil hearing was called off yesterday in Walhalla just after it started when one lawyer could not hear the other.  In an online hookup, Larry Brandt of Walhalla and David Paavola of Columbia could not hear each other.  As a result, Paavola’s motion for a group of landowners near Lake Keowee for a jury trial in a case involving […]

In recent weeks, three bears have been seen in the Old Stone Church section of Clemson.  The city and the DNR are aware, and a trap has been set.  They seem to be coming out at night, likely because of the lack of rain.  As a deterrent, DNR suggests residents keep all food sources, trash, and bird feeders stowed away […]

A Walhalla accident this morning on E. Main Street near Hardee’s involved a small car and a Prisma Health ambulance.  The car driver required a trip to the hospital.  Police Chief Rice quotes accident investigators as saying the car driver failed to yield the right-of-way to the ambulance, as it was on the way to answer a service call.  According […]

A rural Oconee business was the scene of a bomb threat investigation.  Shortly after 9 last night, sheriff’s office reported, an Edinburgh Way business employee told 9-1-1 someone called a bomb threat.  The threat was that a bomb would go off in 15 minutes.  Deputies shut down the entrance.  After a search, no bomb was found and the scene returned […]

Mark Fischer, the first-year manager of Oconee Soil and Water Conservation District, is taking measure of a multi-number of achievements in 2023.  The accomplishments are reported in an interview airing on 101.7/WGOG NEWS. Five people serve as district commissioners and serve as advisers for Fischer:  Bob Winchester, chairman; Lee Keese, vice chairman; Rex Ramsay, G. Steven Smith, and Carol Hendrix.

New adult workforce development programs are slated for Pickens County, in a partnership of the public schools and Tri-County Technical College.  “EmpowerUp” will feature four programs: certified nurse aide, commercial truck driving, compute numerical control, and electrical wiring.  They are to be offered in the evenings starting next month at the Pickens County Career and Technology Center.  Open house takes […]

The Pickens County Coroner’s Office identifies the two people shot dead Tuesday night near Pickens, at a home on Edens Road.  According to Andrew Wilson, chief deputy coroner, 62-year-old Brian Davis and 60-year-old Lisa Young each sustained at least one wound.  The county sheriff’s office reported a 9-1-1 call from a woman who said a firearm was pointed at her, […]