Author: Dick Mangrum

A car has struck an electric power pole in Westminster on SC 183/Walhalla-Westminster Highway, near Simpson Street.  EMS is attending to the female driver and the police are directing traffic away from the accident.  According to officer Rory Jones, it appears the driver will be OK; city crews likely will have to replace the pole.

Twenty-six days and counting to the total eclipse.  And, in Oconee County, South Carolina–a direct path for the moon to pass directly in front of the sun–there are likely too many planned events to mention for what happens at 2:36 pm Monday, August 21.  It’s why Ken Sloan’s eyes alight and he smiles when talking about the expected numbers of visitors for Oconee County.  So […]

Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has finished its investigation into the deaths of two children and their mother after their bodies were found in a parked Jeep at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway.  The July 13 incident was the tragic end of events that started hours earlier with the investigation of the death of a second woman who was found in a Greenville […]

The late night storm took down trees in both the Walhalla and Long Creek areas.  Earlier last evening Walhalla fire fighters discovered a car fire on S. Lovingood Avenue.

Seneca City Administrator Greg Dietterick wants city leaders to put on their thinking caps to come up with replacements for a pair of city servants who are departing.  Dietterick last night announced the resignation of Tony Williams as a representative to the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  The city council also faces filling a chair on its planning commission with […]

“Sustainable construction methods” associated with the two-year old renovations at the Seneca Water Treatment Plant have garnered the city an award and a glowing trade publication article.  That article was read aloud last night by Greg Dietterick, city administrator, during a city council meeting.  Seneca was awarded an “Envision Silver” award–the third such award received by a water plant.  The […]

“It is with regret to announce the sudden death of West Union Police Chief Charles Sanders.”  That is the statement last night from Coroner Karl Addis on the death of Sanders, 47 years old.  Addis says Sanders suffered cardiac arrest yesterday afternoon after arriving home from work.  He was pronounced dead at 5:51 pm at the hospital.  About 30 minutes […]