Author: Dick Mangrum

A road paving company has announced work will start Tuesday in Anderson County on U-S 76/the Clemson Highway–between May Street and La France Road.  According to Ashmore Brothers, a division of Rogers Group, men and equipment will be working in a lane closure milling the road to prepare for asphalt paving in the weeks to come.   Drivers are asked to […]

At a meeting in Seneca, Richard Alexander was “the man with the plan.”  The school district’s director of facilities shared with the Rotary Club information and drawings of new education buildings that are to be built on highway 11 inside the Oconee Information and Technology Park.  The project is called “Oconee County Workforce Development Center.”  In the largest building is […]

The issue last evening at Walhalla City Hall was whether two builders would get the zoning change needed to place a new manufactured home in the area of 300 E-N Broad Street, not far from the fire department.  David McMahan and his partner, Scott Arnold, sought a special exception to the zoning law.  But the Board of Appeals voted 2-2 […]

A new ordinance adopted by Clemson City Council regulates game day and and other university event parking.  According to the city’s announcement, the ordinance was crafted in a way that is fair to property owners and entrepreneurs while taking measures to preserve the sanctity of its neighborhoods.  The new law regulates the use of private property for those who charge […]

TO THE RESIDENTS OF ELM STREET, CALHOUN STREET, WARBRANCH ROAD, AND FERN CIRCLE IN THE CITY OF CLEMSON. The City of Clemson Utilities Department repeals the boil water advisory for residents of the above listed neighborhood in the City of Clemson, located in Pickens County. Residents no longer need to vigorously boil their water prior to drinking or cooking. Water samples […]

A customer at the B Pams Food Mart in Easley is $100,000 richer. The   Palmetto Cash 5 player bought a ticket from the retailer at 201 NE Main St.  By yesterday, the buyer of the ticket remained unknown to the South Carolina Education Lottery. The Palmetto Cash 5 ticket for Tuesday’s drawing matched all five numbers drawn to win the $100,000 top prize. Had the ticket […]

The government confirms what folks are saying when they have a look at Lake Hartwell these days.  With the heat and the humidity and less rain come lower lake levels.  Billy Birdwell, spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers, says the heat means more water evaporates from the reservoirs and the plants onshore suck more water out of the reservoirs […]

If you wanted to see and hear tomorrow night’s Talley concert by Golden Corner Gospel and don’t have a ticket, unfortunately you are out of luck. Tom Rusk announces that the concert at Welcome Wesleyan Church has sold out of tickets and there will be none available tomorrow night at the door.