Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee Democratic Party will host a visit by the party’s nominee for U-S House of Representatives from the South Carolina Third Congressional District.  The public is invited to meet and hear Byron Best of Greenwood at 6:30 Thursday night, July 18 at party headquarters, S. College Street, Walhalla.

City of Walhalla Water Department has repaired the water line in the North Highway 11 area and water service is being restored. A boil water advisory is now in place to the affected areas. An early morning water line break along North Highway 11 has caused low system pressures and a drained storage tank resulting in a water outage for […]

A Supreme Court ruling three years ago created a sea change in collegiate athletics, as collegiate student-athletes now taking advantage of NIL — name, image, and likeness. Although still considered amateurs, the collegiate student-athletes, many of them, are profiting from name, image, and likeness.  In many states, but not South Carolina, high school student-athletes are also qualified for compensation.  For […]

Around the 6 o’clock hour this morning, Oconee deputies went to a home near Whitewater Lake.  Sgt. Alan Sayre says the call centered on a report of a domestic disturbance.  “At this time,” he said, “the investigation is still on-going and there is no further information at this time.”

Graded Seneca property that appears destined for a home development is up for consideration for a Planned Development-Residential classification.  The city planning commission holds a hearing at 6 o’clock Monday night at city hall to consider the Kenneth Jeffcoat’s application at 358 Garrison Road, adjacent to the new Seneca Middle School property. According to a second meeting agenda item, Leigh […]

A longtime Upstate South Carolina TV personality will appear next month in Salem, and Lynne Martin is sending an invitation out to come to hear and meet Beverly Exercise of Greenville’s WGGS-TV (Channel 16).  At 80 years old, Beverly is still active as the host of an exercise show in which she mixes spirituality.  She’s to speak at 1 o’clock […]

South Carolina U-S Senator Tim Scott has a new chief of staff.  He’s Charles Cogar, who worked 10 years as Scott’s legislative director.  Earlier Cogar held various roles in the offices of three other Republican senators and was a senior policy advisor to Scott on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.