Author: Dick Mangrum

Smashed guardrail and skid marks are some of the results of a late night car accident near Walhalla.  Fortunately, as we have been told, the accident did not result in any major injury to the driver.  The accident was reported just before 11:30 last night on SC 183/the Westminster Highway, about one-half mile north of 101.7/WGOG.

The day set aside to remember the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King is seen by a Walhalla leader as a chance for all Americans to give back to their communities through volunteer efforts to improve life. Newly-elected city councilman Sarai Melendez organized a group from a local church to clean the Walhalla City Park. Next year, she wants […]

One person has been potentially exposed to rabies by a pet cat in Oconee County.  The exposure occurred January 15 when a domestic cat scratched an individual.  A DHEC lab confirmed the rabies two days later.  The cat was a short hair grey, white, and black.  If you’ve had any contact with it, you should immediately wash affected areas with […]

Water samples collected in an area of Clemson were found to be safe, and the city utilities department has repealed the boil water advisory.  That advisory had been in effect late last week and applied to customers on Ashley Road, Hyde Lane, Colleton Court, Carteret Court, and Albemarle Drive.

A 29-year old man was jailed on two charges of assault in an investigation of a case of domestic violence yesterday at a home in the Richland Community of Oconee County. According to Sheriff’s Office records, Artis Oneal Wright is accused of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. […]

At its first meeting of 2020, the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals will consider a variance request.  The issue is whether to grant a 20-foot variance from a 25-foot front setback requirement from the right-of-way line on property on the Clemson Boulevard.  The public hearing will be 6 o’clock Monday night, January 27 in the chambers of Oconee County Council […]

K-9 teams in Stephens County, Georgia lost the trail of a jail escapee, and the sheriff believes Calvin McCoy is likely no longer in the area. Twenty-four year old McCoy vanished without being noticed on Wednesday morning as jail workers unloaded a delivery truck. The K-9 lost the track, likely because McCoy took to creeks in waist-deep water. Investigators have […]

Often, a common response to a problem in government is to throw at a committee at it. And that’s exactly what Oconee Planning Commission has done to evaluate what can be done to improve the highway corridors that lead into the county. Those corridors include the heavily-traveled 123 from Clemson into the changing eastern section of Oconee. Three county planning […]