Author: Dick Mangrum

Matthew Durham, re-nominated in the June Republican primary, says the results of Oconee County voting are a sign of “a broader, sustained conservative movement that is reshaping South Carolina politics.  And the  county council chairman points to Adam Duncan winning the GOP nomination to succeed Bill Sandifer in the South Carolina House as most notable in significant victories for their […]

A horticulture expert at Clemson University took an unusual path to her professorship.  The patented variations of Ksenija Gasic could help solve the problems plaguing the South Carolina peach industry.  In a profile of the Clemson Research Foundation, Gasic is seen picking a peach at the Musser Fruit Research Center in the Friendship Community of Oconee County.  She grew up […]

Duke Energy received a variance and a special exception for a new communications tower to be located on Oconee nuclear property off SC 130.  The county board of zoning appeals cast unanimous votes last night, after a hearing at which no one from the public spoke.  Duke will be allowed to extend the height of the tower to 310 feet […]

A contractor at work for Upcountry Fiber and Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative in Townville came in contact with an ARC flash, an electrical explosion, and has been sent to the burn center at Augusta, Georgia.  A Blue Ridge spokeswoman says it was not a direct contact with an electrified line.  At the time, the contractor was at work on broadband […]

To retirement, the 10th circuit will lose one of its three-resident judges.  Cordell Maddox of Anderson, approaching 23 years on the bench, is timing his retirement for December 31 – although he’ll likely accept occasional assignments as a fill-in judge.  The reasons for stepping down Maddox is explaining in an interview airing on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

The state patrol announces a fatal, head-on crash this morning on highway 11 in Pickens County, took the life of a motorist from Salem.  Trooper Ridgeway is referring reporters to the coroner’s office for the identity of the driver, who died at the scene.  The time of the accident was the 9 o’clock hour this morning on SC 11 near […]

Four defendants in a multi-jurisdictional drug investigation were sentenced last week at the Oconee County Courthouse.  All four entered guilty pleas to state grand jury indictments alleging their parts in a drug trafficking conspiracy that primarily involved heroin and methamphetamine. It was three years ago, at a Walhalla news conference, that Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and Alan Wilson, the state […]

Gunfire took the life Saturday night of a 57-year-old Pickens County man.  Deputy Coroner Andrew Wilson says Thomas Edward Durham suffered one gunshot wound at 186 Knollview Road, Central, and the death is being investigated by the coroner’s office and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.  Durham was treated at the scene and flown to Prisma Greenville by a LifeNet 10 […]

Senator Lindsey Graham issued a statement today on President Biden’s decision to not seek re-election.  From his Washington office, Graham said, “I understand and respect President Biden’s decision not to seek reelection.  While we have political differences, I appreciate his lifelong service to our nation, which he dearly loves.  I have known President Biden for over 25 years, traveling the […]