Author: Dick Mangrum

An additional Walhallan is in the fold to run in November for city council.  Kristi Burr, elections director, said the additional candidate for one of three, four-year available council seats is Lynn McClain, a Main Street busineswoman.

At least at the start, one Walhalla family has a sizeable presence in the field to run in the November election.   Two members of Councilman Grant Keehn’s family qualified as the qualifying opened today.  Micah Keehn and Jacob Keehn are running for two of the available three, full-term city council seats.  Previously, their sister, Abigail Keehn, qualified to seek to […]

Members of West Union Town Council talked up the prospects for the town to develop a Main Street recreation park that could mean many benefits.  A little after 10 this morning, Mayor Linda Oliver convened a workshop meeting of the council to plan the park at 1210 W. Main Street.  According to Councilwoman Dixie Meeks, the idea is to obtain […]

On a youth trip to Washington, DC a Walhalla High senior experienced the power of the federal government.  It was a fascinating moment for Logan Addis once he sat in the gallery of the House of Representatives where the country’s laws are made.  And Logan would like to return to the nation’s capital to work as a congressional intern.  According […]

According to U-S Representative Jeff Duncan, an appeals court decision will allow for the completion of a pipeline to connect West Virginia and the Southeast and will free up more natural gas to power homes and businesses in South Carolina.  Duncan, South Carolina’s 3rd District representative, calls the court ruling in the case Appalachian Voices v. U-S Department of the […]

Investigation by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office into a fight reported early Friday at a home near Seneca led to the arrest of a 37-year old man – identified by the sheriff’s office as the former boyfriend of the female resident.  Law enforcement records show charges of first degree burglary and domestic violence third degree against Brandon Lysle Vanblarcom of the […]

The start of Clemson University classes is still days away, but the university community is packed with students who are occupying living spaces.  By afternoon yesterday, the dumpsters at one complex overflowed with boxes and other debris from items that the in-coming students have brought with them.  As the students make their way in and around campus, expect heavy traffic […]

A diver killed Saturday in Lake Jocassee has been identified as a 50-year old Florida man.  Chief Deputy Coroner Andrew Wilson of Pickens County says Anthon Reno, 50-year old resident of Fleming Island, Florida became unresponsive during a diving incident late Saturday morning at the Wall at Lake Jocassee.  An autopsy is scheduled.  The death is being investigated by the […]

Monday (August 7) is becoming a distant memory to many, but not if the high winds of that day created scary conditions where you were.  A Fair Play couple, Terry and Tim Swain, are left with the job of having to repair two of their barns that were hit by high winds in South Union at the back of their […]