Author: Dick Mangrum

An official of the Laurens County city of Clinton will speak to the Westminster citizens’ task force on electric power issues. Dale Satterfield, the interim Clinton city administrator, is on the agenda to make a presentation to the 6 o’clock Thursday night meeting at the Westminster Fire Department. The public is invited. Clinton and Westminster are two of the ten […]

Love was in the air once again last year in Oconee County. The county’s probate judges devoted part of their duties to helping couples tie the knot. And their work brings in revenue in the form of ceremonies performed and marriage licenses. In 2017, the office of Probate Judge Kenny Johns received 642 marriage applications and performed 240 ceremonies. The […]

A one-hour delay is reported in the move of the transformer thru West Union and Walhalla.  At the start, the haulers encountered low pressure in one of the interior tires on the rig, so two tires had to be removed.  About the delay, the Duke spokesman said, “Better now than later.”

Right on schedule at 9 this morning, professional haulers started the move of a new transformer from West Union to Duke Energy’s Bad Creek hydro-electric plant in northern Oconee County.  Weighing 700,000 pounds, this transformer is being hauled by truck from West Union, through Walhalla, and then northward on SC 28 to highway 107.  The Walhalla Police and state Transport […]

Pickens County detectives request the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in the theft last week of a truck in Six Mile. A gold 1997 Chevy 1500 was taken from Durham’s Service Station on S. Main Street. At the time of theft, the vehicle tag read F-R-G-3-2-4. At 7:15 Thursday morning, the truck owner went inside the service […]

A meeting of the Oconee First Steps Board takes place at noon Thursday, January 18 in Seneca, and the public is invited.  Sandra Pruitt, board chairwoman, will call the meeting to order in the Commons Room of the St. Mark Methodist Church on Quincy Road.  Monica Alles White is serving as interim executive director, in the aftermath of the retirement […]

Duke Energy workers at the Oconee Nuclear Plant marked the MLK Day of Service by assisting organizations that support Oconee County students.  The Duke employees packed 300 hygiene kits for Grace’s Closet and the Oconee Back Pack Program.

The Oconee coroner has announced the names of the man and the woman found dead Saturday in the mobile home fire in Salem. Presumptive identifications indicate the 51-year old female was Karen Denise Skeens, who owned the home. The 55-year old male was Roger Thomas Connally of West Union who, according to Coroner Karl Addis, was known to have visited […]

U-S Senator Tim Scott calls Dr. Martin Luther King an American hero.  In a statement on the national holiday marking King’s birthdate, the South Carolina Republican said, “His passion, his blood, sweat, and tears, and his ultimate sacrifice are forever an integral part of our country’s history.”  By saying  ultimate sacrifice, Scott referred to King’s assassination in 1968 in Memphis, […]