Author: Dick Mangrum

A meeting this afternoon between the Oconee County administrator and the county auditor will focus on the property tax picture for 2019. Auditor Christy Hubbard’s plan is to make her annual visit to the County Council September 17 to recommend a millage on which to calculate the tax bills that’ll go out this fall to property taxpayers. Much of the […]

From such coastal spots as Bluffton and Charleston, hurricane evacuees chose Oconee County locations to wile away the time as the storm passed thru on its way north.  One of Walhalla’s visitors was a teacher.  The public schools are closed again today in the Port City.

Balancing property rights yet ensuring peace and quiet in a neighborhood are expected to be in play next week when the Seneca City Council approaches a vote on short-term rental regulations. On the side of private property rights is the organization of Western Upstate Realtors, and Tuesday night’s City Hall meeting is likely to attract realtor members. But the city’s […]

A parade and the start of parking restrictions are part of the clamor that precedes tomorrow afternoon’s Clemson-Texas A&M game.  The city of Clemson announces that from  10 tonight to 3 in the morning, College Avenue will be closed to traffic from Keith Street to SC 93.  The closing is planned to help ensure pedestrian safety for those who will […]

Walhalla, SC — Gladys Beck Pepper, 84, wife of the late William Odell Pepper, Sr., of Walhalla, SC passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at Foothills Assisted Living. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, September 7, 2019, at Rocky Knoll Baptist Church with burial to follow at Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30 […]

This year’s president of the South Carolina FFA, Kylie Cathcart, will be in attendance today during the Rotary Apple luncheon as Westminster and upper communities of Oconee celebrate another apple crop.  It’s Apple Festival time, and both today and tomorrow are the featured days of the annual event.  John Parris of the SC Agri-News Service says Kylie was chosen state […]

Tuesday morning’s multiple car accident at a tricky Walhalla intersection is a reminder to motorists to be careful where traffic blends in from a couple of major streets and highways. Chief of Police Sean Brinson concedes, “We do have a quite a bit of accidents at that intersection due to multiple factors.” The intersection is where SC 28/the Blue Ridge […]

A St. Louis based company that designs aquatic centers will be represented at a meeting tonight in Clemson for feedback and information about a feasibility study for a new aquatics facility in the greater Clemson area.  The Foothills YMCA is now building an indoor aquatics facility next to the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  Its executive director, Christle Ross, is aware of […]

A regulatory board in Clemson engaged last night with developers and the public about the mixed-use development proposed for the former Holiday Inn property on 123—just inside the city from the Seneca River Bridge. Much of the attention during last night’s hearing focused on parking spaces and the location of a parking deck on the property. In fast-developing Clemson, the […]