Author: Dick Mangrum

Students and faculty in Clemson University’s College of Science already have a favorite in the Miss America competition – and the date and location of the event have yet to be announced. May 2019 Clemson graduate and Miss Clemson Morgan Nichols was recently named Miss South Carolina. Nichols’ state and national platform will focus on STEM education, which promotes career […]

Officeholders and residents in four Oconee municipalities will have decisions to make next month when candidate qualifying takes place for their 2019 elections. Salem, Walhalla, West Union, and Westminster all will elect mayors and members of their town and city councils this year on Tuesday, November 5. Seneca will be the only Oconee municipality to sit out this election. Joy […]

Fifty years after American astronauts walked on the moon, the Westminster Branch of the Oconee Public Library will stage a space-themed event designed to be a blast-off to a fun family night.  That event will be 6:30 Monday night at the library and will offer space-themed trivia, prizes, crafts and more.

Salem residents have a special invitation tonight to give input into the next Oconee County Comprehensive Plan.  The county planning commission sponsors a listening session at 6 tonight in the town facilities at 5 Park Avenue.

Apparently in the next few months there’ll be an opening in the top job in the office of Oconee Economic Alliance.  Paul Cain, chairman of the planning and economic development committee of the county council, says outgoing director Janet Hartman has indicated she’s willing to help with the transition of whoever is chosen to be the next chief economic development […]

Walhalla’s Stumphouse Tunnel Park remains closed for a second day today to allow repair work to continue.

Seneca’s Jazz on the Alley tonight will showcase the Ride to Work Ministry as its featured non-profit.  You have an invitation to stop by the ministry’s tent between 6 and 9 o’clock and say hello and learn about the project to help solve transportation issues faced by some members of the local workforce.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a call this morning that someone was found injured in woods near Seneca at Hope Avenue and Thrasher Road . Officers found a white male with a head injury. The victim was airlifted to Greenville PRISMA Health at 8:30am. There is no known condition of the victim at this time. If you or […]