Author: Dick Mangrum

Toccoa-Stephens County residents will want to watch The History Channel later today to see the episode of “The Strongest Man in History,” that was recorded in Toccoa earlier this year. Parts of the episode were filmed at the Paul Anderson Memorial Park in Toccoa, and the episode’s main focus will be Paul Anderson’s world records. In January, four weight lifters […]

Walhalla’s Stumphouse Tunnel Park is closed today to visitors. City Administrator Brent Taylor says the park is closed today and possibly tomorrow for allow for repair work.

Westminster and Pioneer Rural Water apparently have a deal, though it’s short term. Mayor Brian Ramey says, after a closed-door meeting last night, the city approved a one-month extension for Westminster to wholesale water to the Pioneer Rural Water District. The extension is seen as a way to supplement the Oconee-Anderson water distributor with an adequate supply until the state […]

The outdoor warning sirens around the Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested at 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. The 65 sirens within 10 miles of the Oconee Nuclear Station will sound for three minutes. This test is performed in cooperation with emergency officials in Oconee and Pickens counties, who are responsible for sounding the sirens. Because this is […]

Westminster’s elected leaders were told last night that developers interested in building new houses in the city are inquiring about incentives the city may have to assist. In recent months, Westminster has made grants available to commercial business developers, but has nothing in place to assist home builders. “Mr. Carter (the city administrator) and I have spoken about it,” Mayor […]

Westminster has the chance to obtain federal money, administered thru South Carolina, that could pay to eradicate unsightly structures that don’t meet code. Mayor Brian Ramey and City Administrator Chris Carter say the city has the chance to put in a request in the next application cycle for a Community Development Block Grant. With the help of a part-time code […]

Additional enforcement is available to Westminster to enforce the city’s youth curfew. At the request of Police Chief Rory Jones, the city council last night approved an inter-government arrangement between the city and the Oconee Sheriff’s Office that will allow county officers to cite children who are discovered outdoors late at night without a proper excuse. Now weeks old, the […]

Public safety responders kept busy at opposite ends of U-S 123 near Seneca during the 7 o’clock hour last night when there were two, three-car accidents. One person was on the grass beside the wreckage of two cars and a truck at 123 and the Wells Highway between Seneca and Clemson. Another three-vehicle accident occurred on 123 in front of […]

In recent years, according to its critics, Pioneer Rural Water District has fallen short of good communications with its customer base. A couple of examples, the times when the board approved rate increases and during what, at times, was the controversial project to build a treatment plant. An Anderson County member of the Pioneer board, Eddie Grant, thinks the creation […]