Author: Dick Mangrum

Incumbent Oconee school trustee Dr. Meaghan Ketterman has announced her platform, in her bid to win a new, four-year term.  She calls herself a commonsense conservative who opposes bureaucratic policies and educational indoctrination.  Here’s Ketterman’s list of what she stands for:  parental rights, safe and secure schools, fiscal transparency, improving educational standards, promoting transparency and reversing pandemic-related learning loss.

After the latest candidates to emerge, there are now two-way contests for each of three Oconee School Board offices available in the November General Election.  In the latest list of candidates obtained by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, Vicky Smith and Dr. Meaghan Ketterman, the incumbent, are candidates in District Two; Incumbent Denise McCormick and challenger Sawyer Gambrell are running in District Four.  […]

An attempt to burn a wasp nest spread fire to grass land, requiring a response Friday afternoon by the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department.  The location was Longshore Avenue, a Lake Hartwell peninsula.

A Walhalla boil advisory directed at n. highway 11, the Pickens Highway, and vicinity water customers is lifted — in line with this morning’s announcement by the city.  It pertained to customers on SC 183/the Pickens Highway; Christopher’s Road; n. highway 11; Taylor Road; Mountain Springs; Country Junction; Wade Taylor; Big Brown; Crane’s Crossing; Pickett Post; Willow Lane; Boyd Moss; […]

The relative quiet of summer comes to an end next week when Clemson University welcomes some 5,000 first-year students and their families to campus.  The move-in for a new academic year is Wednesday through Friday, August 14-16.

Dropping pool elevation in both lakes Hartwell and Strom Thurmond triggered the first drought level today, and the Corps of Engineers will transition to drought releases at Thurmond over the weekend.  Today’s pool elevations are 656 feet above mean sea level at Hartwell Lake and Dam and 326 ft-msl at Thurmond Lake and Dam.  Entering Drought Level 1 activates the […]

The city of Clemson will host a pre-design meeting this month for a section of sidewalk on Riggs Drive, between Strode Circle and Martin Street.  The meeting will take place 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, August 20 in the Community Room at 740 Issaqueena Trail, Central.

“We have received the paperwork to get the funding.” That from Tim Rice, the Walhalla police chief.  Rice says he expects the money to build a new police station to arrive this fall.  And he’s at work to develop proposals for city council consideration.  Where to build anew is a question.  Rice said, “We have a small lot beside city […]