Author: Dick Mangrum

South Carolina restaurant inspections starting next year will be the responsibility of the state agriculture department, and Senator Thomas Alexander predicts some, if not all, of the current DHEC inspectors will transfer and continue their periodic visits to restaurants, where an “A” sticker rating is the desired goal.  Alexander says this is part of reducing the size of the state’s […]

In a university town, things can get noisy especially after a football game, but the Clemson police chief says the most common noise complaints his department receives are vehicle noise.  Chief Campos points to the following section of state law:  “Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation […]

Addressing Oconee County Council during public comment, John Morrey implored council to commit $5 million a year to repaving county roads.  An analysis by the Mountain Rest man of the county’s 502 miles of paved roads found that over the last nine years, the roads and bridges department has managed to pave just short of 20.5 miles.  “If 20.45 miles […]

To the upset of homeowners in the vicinity, a commercial gun range operates in the vicinity of highway 130, but a move by Oconee County fathers could stop future ranges of the commercial type.  District One’s John Elliott last night introduced a measure to remove the exemption afforded commercially-operated gun ranges from the provisions of the county’s noise law.  What […]

The Anderson coroner and the county’s fire department are investigating the death of a Pendleton man — one week after he was flown to a burn center from the scene of a house fire.  The victim, Tony Dwayne Glenn, was 58 years old.  The fire on Mays Street in Pendleton occurred just before 5 pm Monday, November 13.  Personnel on […]

A new banner hangs today in Walhalla Middle School denoting recognition of the school’s commitment to national standards promulgated by Special Olympics.  Special Ed teacher Jennifer Lawler is credited with originating her school’s bid as a National Unified Champion School, one of just eight in South Carolina to be so honored.  Principal Scott Dixon says 18% of the school body […]

Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw told last night’s county council meeting that, during last Thursday’s officer-involved shooting, a second deputy narrowly avoided a bullet.  In all, he told the council, bullets penetrated two squad cars. Crenshaw spoke in support of Chairman Durham’s call to seek prices on the cost for the county to equip all squad cars with ballistic-protected windshields. Those […]

An invasive yellow-legged hornet was trapped this month in Jasper County.  Clemson University officials, responsible for protecting the state’s beekeeping industry, say the hornet was captured November 9, and the finding was confirmed by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. While the yellow-legged hornet — not to be confused with the northern giant hornet — is no more […]

“OARS” — the addiction recovery center that operates in the former Oconee jail — is expanding with plans for a women’s recovery facility.  Sheriff Crenshaw, a supporter of the program, says “OARS” has acquired a former home near Walhalla’s N. Catherine Street, and it’s there that the house will be remodeled to accommodate as many 100 women a year in […]