Author: Dick Mangrum

Two pickup trucks collided late in the afternoon Tuesday on SC 130/the Stamp Creek Road at Keowee Key, and there were injuries.  But, as reported by Chief Kris Childress to 101.7/WGOG NEWS, the two people hurt sustained minor injuries.  Involved were a pair of pickup trucks in a near head-on accident that, for a short time, closed thru traffic on […]

A woman with a manufacturing background from the Pickens County town of Central has been named to the governing board of the Tri-County Technical College.  Melanie McLane was appointed by Governor McMaster to a three-year term effective June 3, to represent Pickens County.  McLane was part of the Anthrex startup team for the Pendleton area plant in 2019, an expansion […]

Among a committee of Walhalla government there’s talk about retaining a Spartanburg County firm to handle the city’s building and codes services.  Celia Myers, city administrator, says CC&I of Roebuck, SC would offer online permitting and on-site inspections.  Calls made for inspections made before 4 pm on a weekday will be scheduled for the following day.  As for compensation, CC&I […]

A Pickens, South Carolina man has been arrested in the Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation of a home burglary in the Seneca area, near S. Friendship Road.  According to the sheriff’s office, charges of first degree burglary and petty larceny are placed against Michael Anthony McCrary.  After a bond hearing, law enforcement authorities transferred 26-year-old McCrary to the Anderson County Detention […]

South Carolina DSS says it has been able to distribute $6.1 million in bonuses to the state’s childcare pros.  They amount to one-time wage boosts to those in the early childhood workforce.  SC BOO$T is a federally-funded program using supplemental funds as allowed by regulations of “ARPA” — the American Rescue Plan Act.  The following accolade from Melissa Starker, director […]

First-term city councilman Josh Thomas says some of Walhalla’s sidewalks could benefit from pressure washing, and last night Thomas inquired as to whether the city has sidewalk pressure washing equipment or access to such equipment.  Thomas is especially concerned about the looks of the sidewalk on N. Catherine Street, from Main Street to Sertoma Field – where the city each […]

The public swimming season has begun in Walhalla.  The city announces that its pool on W. Main Street is open.  For hours of operation and more information, you can go to faymca.com.    

A Walhalla official says new development in the vicinity of Country Junction makes for increased demand for water service.  And Scott Parris, the utilities director, says his department is progressing to lay large enough pipe for increased flow.  Parris told the city council last night that the water department is able to expand its service north of the corporate limits, […]

Walhalla’s first-year mayor, Tim Hall, received city council support to create an annual award for someone or some organization that contributes to the advancement of the city and its populace.  It’s to be named the John A. Wagener Award, for the member of a German colonization society that trekked from Charleston and established Walhalla in the mid-19th century.  The Wagener […]

Senecans can find out this week the projection as to what it will take in dollars and cents to operate Oconee’s largest municipal government.  The FY 2025 budget presentation is the reason for a work session/special meeting at 6 Thursday night at city hall.  Several budgets are up for consideration:  the general city operations; the utilities; hospitality and accommodations monies; […]