Author: Dick Mangrum

Those in the public and private sectors who gave money to make possible the multi-million dollar Oconee County campus of Tri-County Tech were remembered during today’s ribbon-cutting and dedication. But there was one official’s part to help secure the last bit of funding needed to make possible the campus would be ready for the 2018-19 year. And he was thanked […]

At one end of a newly-paved road inside an Oconee industrial park there is now a full-fledged campus of Tri-County Technical College. The location is the county Information and Technology Park on highway 11. Monday is the first day for classes, and between 150 and 175 students are expected. A ceremony to officially open the building was a celebration of […]

Westminster Rotary Club has engaged the chief administrative officer of the South Carolina House of Representatives to make the featured talk at next month’s luncheon that celebrates the county’s apple crop. He’s Rep. Jay Lucas, a Republican House member from Hartsville. The luncheon traditionally takes place on the Friday of Apple Festival week in September, as part of the festival’s […]

Deep into the outdoor recreation season there have been no fatal boat accidents on Oconee County rivers and lakes, and the National Safe Boating Council would like it to keep it that way, especially since the Labor Day holiday weekend is three weeks away.  However, just last year, South Carolina ranked fifth in boating accidents. The boating council works to […]

Eight of nine available school resource officer jobs in Oconee are filled, and the officers will be in place for the start of the public school year on Monday morning. The Sheriff’s Office today announced the following deputies are joining the holdover staff of school officers: Jordei Jameson, John Towery, Calley Moore, Robert Sparkman, Kyle Edwards, Adam Poore, Roy McKenzie. […]

Westminster and Walhalla fire fighters were sent to a home fire around 8 o’clock last night on U-S 76 at the Johnny Cox Road.

For the next few weeks, the DOT has scheduled repair work to a South Carolina 11 bridge in the Spartanburg County town of Campobello. Depending on weather delays or other unforeseen circumstances, the repairs will start at 8 o’clock Sunday morning and take four weeks to complete. A posted detour will be in place early Sunday and message boards are […]

Making its way to the table next week of the Oconee County Council is a proposed agreement covering who is to maintain and operate a sewer lift station and 13.5 miles of trunk line constructed as part of the Sewer South project. Eleven months ago, as county administrator, Scott Moulder approached the Joint Regional Sewer Authority about a partnership arrangement […]

At the call of the group Women in Action, several women came to a program last night at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center dressed in smart attire that would be sure to give the right impression in many of today’s workplaces. The night featured a “Dress for Success” fashion show, a “Women in the Workforce” panel discussion, as well as […]