Author: Dick Mangrum

A meeting this morning at Pine Street established Oconee County’s Opioid Task Force, with the election of officers and explanation of the group’s major responsibility.  Dr. Aaron Zeller, Prisma Health physician, was elected chairman; Scott Krein, director of Oconee Emergency Management, elected vice-chairman.  The major responsibility of the task force will be to recommend to Oconee County Council how to […]

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 […]