Author: Dick Mangrum

A public hearing is planned in Clemson this month on an ordinance on an agreement to expand the Pendleton/Clemson Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.  The hearing takes place at 5 pm Monday, July 15 in city hall council chambers.  All interested persons may appear and be heard.

A $12.5 million investment from the U-S Economic Development Administration will allow Clemson University to expand its electric grid simulator for rapid testing and the deployment of new energy innovation.  The investment is part of a $45 million award to a consortium of colleges, state agencies, and electric utilities, among others.  The South Carolina Department of Commerce is a core […]

Clemson promises a lighted Lake Hartwell from tonight’s fireworks show, starting at 9:15.  If you are going, parking is available in Lot 3A, near the intramural fields next to the baseball stadium.  Walhalla’s Independent Fest takes place tonight, starting with the opening of a Main Street carnival at 6 o’clock.  At 9, around dusk, look for the city’s annual fireworks […]

In at least one poll, three out of four think President Biden should withdraw from his race to stay in the White House.  But a Democrat in Clemson is sticking with the first term president.  Catherine Watt says, “I do not think he should drop out.  A great example of his leadership is the Cabinet that surrounds him.”  Watt says […]

A female motorcyclist was sent for medical treatment this morning after a collision involving an SUV on 123/the Seneca-Clemson Corridor, in front of the Hartwell Village.  Trooper Ridgeway said the accident around 10:30 occurred at the traffic light intersection.  The motorcyclist was sent to the Greenville Memorial Hospital.

When he was the governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter canoed the infamous Bull’s Sluice on the Chattooga River to draw attention to the Chattooga River, shared by Georgia and South Carolina.  The year was 1974, the year the federal government recognized the Chattooga as an official wild and scenic river and gave it the protections it enjoys today.  And, now […]

The police say a car went out of control late last night on Seneca’s S. Second Street in front of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, injuring a passenger.  The driver left the scene and, at midday today, the police were still looking for him.  Public safety responders were alerted just after 10:30 pm and discovered a car that hit a drain […]

We are getting word of fire trucks and an ambulance rushing to a traffic accident on 123/the Seneca-Clemson Boulevard, believed to be in the vicinity of Hartwell Village and a new 7-11 store there.

M.G. Waldbaum dba Michael Foods Inc., a Gaylord, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,620 pounds of liquid egg products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product contains dairy (milk), a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label.   The liquid egg breakfast blend […]