Author: Dick Mangrum

An Oconee County Democrat is excited she’ll be a delegate to next month’s Democratic National Convention.  Jody Gaulin, a former county party chairwoman, will head to Chicago as one of three delegates from the South Carolina 3rd Congressional District.  The convention will run August 19-22.  For Gaulin, she’s most looking forward to hearing her party’s presumptive nominee for president, Kamala […]

A judge in Pickens County next month will hear pre-trial motions in the case of Kimberly Parnell, Lakeview Apartments vs. city of Clemson, CS Acquisition LLC and Keowee Trail LLC.  The plaintiffs have challenged the formula that Clemson used to approve the HUB project that they say will mean a seven-story apartment complex with retail spaces on the first floor.  […]

South Carolina deer hunters, keep an eye on your mailbox:  Deer tags should be arriving soon.  Hunters who have an annual or three-year hunting license and big game permit, combination license or sportsman license, which will be valid on August 15, should automatically receive a base set of deer tags.  Keep in mind, around 200 thousand sets of tags, are […]

Legal difficulties mount for a 36-year-old Seneca man.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Carl Lee Robert Price was charged last week with sexual exploitation of a minor.  On July 9, Price was arrested by a U-S Marshals Task Force in Union County, South Carolina and, after being bonded out of jail, was turned over to FBI custody.  Oconee Sheriff’s […]

Significant rains have led to improving drought indicators statewide.  A member of the South Carolina Drought Response Committee, Athena Strickland, says in the last two weeks in the northeast/Pee Dee areas rain has measured between 2 and 6 inches, with more indicated for the immediate forecast.  However, while the Little Pee Dee River and the Black River have shown some […]

A new Walhalla boil water advisory applies to customers in northern sections of the city service area.  An advisory for 48 hours recommends boiling water before use for one full minute on Scenic Heights Road, Eastcliff Drive, Woodberry Court, Starling Drive, Burns Mill Road, and surrounding areas. This, as crews finish new connections as part of the highway 11 water […]

The Olympic Games get underway tomorrow in Gay Paree, and the occasion has prompted the website The Sports Geek to look at the history books to find out which state produces the most gold for the USA.  It’s California, whose athletes have won 127 gold medals.  Athletes from South Carolina produced three gold medals.  An Oconee County woman did not […]

  One of the winners in the June Republican primary will get to occupy her office ahead of schedule.  Governor McMaster has issued an executive order appointing Gena Acree as Oconee County Treasurer, effective with Treasurer Greg Nowell’s retirement on Friday.  West Union resident Acree, currently an employee in the county Auditor’s Office, won the GOP nomination June 11 and […]

West Union is in need of men or women to wear the blue of law and order. The town is accepting applications to fill two full-time officer jobs.  Resumes or applications may be dropped off at town hall.  Salary depends on experience.

Walhalla’s St. Luke United Methodist Church does battle against the problem of hunger today when the church opens its pantry for a food giveaway.  From 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon, various packaged food products, along with frozen fish and local peaches, will be distributed.