Author: Dick Mangrum

A North Carolina mountain town prepares to take up a sensitive subject during a public hearing.  The Town of Highlands Board of Commissioners convenes a 7 o’clock hearing Thursday night at the Highlands Community Building for the purpose of receiving public comment on proposed changes to the town’s short-term rental ordinance.  Several public hearing rules will apply including a prohibition […]

Farmers have been growing apples in Long Creek and Mountain Rest since the late 1950s.  And Visit Oconee reminds us that back in the day, there were more than 30 orchards growing and harvesting apples from Westminster, South Carolina to Clayton, Georgia.  These days, however, there are just six growers who work the fields, pick apples, and sell to the […]

Oconee County Council reserves part of its 6 o’clock meeting tonight for a personnel matter involving the county administrator.  The nature of that matter is not specified on tonight’s pre-meeting agenda.

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.