Author: Dick Mangrum

Bids were opened yesterday at the Salem Town Hall for two major town projects:  the Barkdale Roadway Revitalization Project and Phase 2 for the highway 11 water line loop.  HDH Construction of Seneca’s bid of nearly $214 thousand was the only bid received for the Barkdale Road work.  Of four bids, HRH Engineering of Chesnee was the apparent low bid […]

Oconee’s Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department has issued its annual request for community donations.  At the same time, it is updating its home and business owners on a process to create a tax district covering the service area.   “Once established, this will take away the need for fundraising and provide reliable funding for years to come. As pointed out […]

The parties involved in the Townville shooting cases from 2016 are likely to learn soon whether a life-plus sentence for the shooter may be reduced, according to what one court officer told 101.7/WGOG NEWS.  At the circuit level, the decision rests with Judge Lawton McIntosh of Anderson.  In May, McIntosh heard Jesse Osborne apologize for fatally shooting his father at […]

Governor Henry McMaster today was joined by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) National President Tess Rowland, law enforcement officers, and members of the General Assembly for a ceremonial bill signing of S. 36, the Ignition Interlock bill. The legislation will deter drunk driving and enhance the safety of South Carolina’s roadways by requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device upon […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a West Union man on multiple charges, including a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine, after a pursuit Friday evening. 35 year old Daniel Lloyd Stevens, of Ebenezer Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center Friday, July 7th. Stevens remained in jail on a combined $121,800.00 surety bond. Stevens will be required to […]

A pickup truck driver needed a medical transport early last night after his vehicle left SC 11 at West Union and wrecked in the vicinity of the Itron plant. Walhalla Fire Department assisted West Union volunteers responding to the accident.  

  An Anderson-based ambulance service, Medshore, was named the defendant this week in a wrongful death action filed this in the Pickens County Common Pleas Court.  The case is brought for Oconee County resident Charles Perry Jr, personal representative of the estate of Charles A. Perry Sr.  Perry Sr. is identified as the 94-year old retired pharmacist and owner of […]

A “Back The Blue” dinner and dance and silent auction next month will benefit the Westminster Police Foundation.  Organizer Jane Suttles says city government does a good job in funding the police department, but the proceeds from the Saturday, August 12 event will be donated to the foundation which is free then to use the money to pay for items […]

Brandon Burton’s imminent exodus from Walhalla creates opportunity for a newcomer to city hall.  The city council has offered the job of city administrator to Celia Myers.  And the city’s current community development manager says she has tentatively accepted.  Mayor Edwards says in the coming weeks a committee will work out the details of Myers’ arrangement with Walhalla.  While city […]

From the pantry of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Walhalla, church workers will give away boxes of various packaged foods, along with frozen meat from 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon. Church member Bo Wilhite says the demand locally remains very strong.