Author: Dick Mangrum

Under a South Carolina House bill, lawmakers call for a change in state law to allow municipalities to require golf carts at night to display lighting and safety equipment.  At the request of the Clemson Police Advisory Board, Clemson City Council will be asked tonight to pass a resolution to support House Bill 4609.

A 41-year-old Clemson man died Saturday at a Greenville hospital — days after crashing his motorcycle in Pendleton.  Greg Shore, Anderson coroner, says his office and the state patrol continue their investigation into the death of Daryl Eugene Mouring Jr.  The preliminary investigation shows that on 6:25 pm Friday, August 23 the motorcycle traveled west on Spake Road, crossed the […]

An Oconee prosecutor is in the running for a soon-to-be-vacant circuit judgeship.  According to the state Judicial Merit Selection Commission, Jason Alderman is one of eight candidates pursuing the at-large judgeship that Cordell Maddox of Anderson is vacating in the next few months for retirement.  Alderman, a Long Creek resident, has worked as chief deputy solicitor in Oconee County.  The […]

Authorities say a 29-year-old Easley man died Saturday — the victim of a motorcycle accident earlier this summer in Pickens County.  According to the coroner’s office, the motorcycle driven by Jesse Luke Posey hit a deer during the early morning hours July 6 on U-S 178 and Mauldin Lake Road, Liberty.

Road closings are in place in downtown Walhalla today for Jeep Fest 2024.  Organizers offer a jumbo video screen displaying the noon hour Clemson-Georgia game.  After game, country rocker Leah Seawright and Mark Herndon of Alabama-game perform in a free, outdoor Main Street concert.  Main Street downtown is closed from Ann to Tugaloo streets both ways.  Ken’s Pharmacy customers can […]

City of Seneca and Light and Water offices are closed on Monday, for Labor Day.  The night deposit, however, remains open for utility payments.  In an emergency situation, please call 864/885-2723 for assistance.

The Clemson University Department of Plant Industry destroyed multiple nests near Hilton Head Island of yellow-legged hornets, a potentially devastating pest.  The secondary nests were found in trees.  It was a search and destroy mission that included traps and on-site monitoring by department personnel.  Clemson inspectors are asking homeowners to allow them access to their property as they continue their […]

System overload.  That’s one way to explain why the Oconee County jail system of storing and transmitting fingerprint records has far exceeded capacity.  The current system was designed to store 50 thousand fingerprint records, but currently stores 78 thousand – far above capacity.  The solution being recommended to the county council next week is converting the records to what’s called […]