Author: Dick Mangrum

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, […]

With sun and no rain in the forecast, weather should not stand in the way tomorrow of the re-scheduled move of a transformer from the rail end at West Union to Duke’s Bad Creek hydro plant.  Once again, Duke Energy and the Walhalla police alert the motoring public to be mindful of what will be a slow move along highways […]

Senator Tim Scott introduced a bill to protect veterans from targeted predatory home loan practices.  The “Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018” would require lenders to demonstrate material benefit to consumers when refinancing mortgages.  The Department of Veterans Affairs’ home loan program was designed to provide veterans and service members with the chance to buy their own home […]