Author: Dick Mangrum

Living just 20 minutes from the Clemson campus, Andrew Brown’s first choice for college was never in doubt.  And today, after only two full calendar years, he’s to receive his bachelor’s degree in biological sciences.  Brown took summer classes and carried a load of between 16 and 20 credits each semester.  He’s leaning toward a career in pathology.  During his […]

About 1,000 students are set to earn bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees today from Clemson University.  Doctoral commencement takes place at 3 o’clock in the Brooks Center.  Graduation ceremony for bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates takes place in Littlejohn at 9 this morning.  Tickets are not required, but graduates are recommended to limit to a maximum of six guests.

An outdoor fire spread yesterday to the siding of a home in the Friendship Community near Seneca.  Walter Lee of the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department said, in all, as many 20 fire fighters were sent to Richardson Drive near the Friendship Valley Road, alerted at first to a report of a burning lawnmower.  The fire spread to a golf cart […]

Two women have been arrested in the investigation of attempted murder and burglary last night at the Seneca Gardens Apartments.  The arrested women, one from Seneca and the other from Anderson, were placed in custody by the Anderson Sheriff’s Office and remanded to the Oconee Detention Center in Walhalla. Shortly after 7:30 last night, a Seneca police officer responded to […]

The field for Seat Five, Oconee School Board in November has expanded.  The latest candidate is Keith Johnson.  He joins Terry Swain as the candidates so far to fill the seat that Buddy Herring holds.  Herring is not running for re-election.

Walhalla has repaired a water line in the vicinity of SC 183/the Pickens Highway, and Christopher’s Road off n. highway 11.  However, a boil advisory is in place for customers on the following roads: Taylor Road, Mountain Springs, Springbrook, Wade Taylor, Big Brown, Crane’s Crossing, Country Junction, and immediate surrounding areas.  Customers are requested to vigorously boil their water for […]

The region’s government service agency, South Carolina “ACOG”, stands willing to assist Walhalla with its regulations covering lands and buildings.  At the city hall meeting last evening, the mayor and council received a proposal for staff of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments to undertake an update of the city’s zoning law, along with a review of downtown design […]