Author: Dick Mangrum

A 13-year resident of the Upstate is the new Youth Services Librarian for the Oconee Public Library.  She is Liberty resident Kasey Swords, who counts 11 previous years in library work, in almost every aspect of the business, according to Blair Hinson, county library director.

The South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank is backing a $44.7 million dollar grant for the widening of SC 183 from Pickens County to Greenville County.  SC 183 widening would stretch from SC 135 in Pickens County to U-S 25 in Greenville County.  A letter last week from the Infrastructure Bank to Tony Cox, chairman of the DOT Commission, states the […]

A weekend Oconee County accident adds to the state and nation’s count of rural traffic fatalities.  And, as SCDOT officials were told recently, the state has the highest numbers of rural fatalities in the country.  Christy Hall, transportation secretary, has said she believes department is doing everything it can from an infrastructure standpoint to lower the rural fatality rate.  Hall […]

Lewis McMahan of West Union submitted the lowest, responsive bid for repairs and additions at the county’s solid waste recycling centers.  Businessman McMahan’s bid of $187 thousand awaits approval during tomorrow night’s meeting of the county council.  According to Oconee County, most of the concrete pads are showing wear due to years of roll-off containers being loaded and unloaded from […]

Once again, the landscape of Clemson will change if developers are able to realize plans for a mixed-development on Keowee Trail between Abernathy Park and Wall Street.  The city planning commission has set 6 o’clock Monday night, December 11 at city hall for an informal meeting of the Planned Development application by Andrew Savoy of CS Acquisition LLC for 450 […]

At the Oconee Animal Shelter, the dog kennels are full beyond capacity and the Humane Society has waived adoption fees.  All available pets are spay/neutered, microchipped, and up to date on vaccines.

The state patrol reports the death of Katrina Whitfield, a car driver in a Saturday afternoon accident in Oconee County.  Coroner Karl Addis says Whitfield is a 54-year old Westminster resident.   The accident, at 3:15 pm, involved a Chevy automobile and a pickup truck at the T-intersection of Stribling and Richland roads.