Author: Dick Mangrum

We all have waste that sits around the house, and some of it is hazardous. Tomorrow Oconeeans can take advantage of a free event called Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day.” From 10 a-m to 2 p-m, you may bring items to the parking lot of Seneca High School. Paint will not be accepted, but you can get rid of used […]

Campground coming to Jefferson Road nearWest Union, as the result of action last night by the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals.  The board approved a special exception that’ll allow Ronnie Hughey to establish a 16-unit campground inside a lake residential district.  Two conditions were attached to the approval:  Hughey must obey all codes and ordinances of the county and he […]

About 750 Oconee students, along with a fifth grade group from Clemson Elementary, took part last week in Ag Days at the Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair. About 30 exhibits, from composting to calf roping, were available for the students to experience. In the barn the students also saw horses, chickens, pigs, and alpacas. Christina Alexander, agricultural teacher and FFA advisor, […]

Two persons were injured this morning in an accident near West Union. Their car went down a 75-foot embankment on the Burns Mill Road. A 96.3/WGOG NEWS source indicates the injuries were minor. In Pickens County this morning, the state patrol reports a traffic collision fatality on Fernwood Drive near Easley. No other details available.

South Carolina has plenty of water.  The challenge, according to lawmakers,  is managing the natural resource. Six state senators and representatives, including Anderson Rep. Don Bowen, discussed  issues such as surface water permits, preserving wetlands, saltwater intrusion and marketplace pricing.  At the state conference, Senator Phil Leventis said water pricing should be revamped.  Instead of discounting the price for customers […]

Most of Oconee’s political fan base apparently took in this season’s second forum involving the Sheriff candidates last night in Fair Play. Others may have kept home, close to the boob tube for the 9 o’clock debate between the Vice President candidates. At Seneca, the crowd was small for the League of Women Voters forum for the candidates for State […]

Results are in on a straw vote taken Tuesday night by the audience at the candidate forum and debate held in Seneca. As announced by Polly Nicolai of the group Conservatives Taking Back America, the winners in the three races represented were Bill Whitmire, for House District One; Bill Sandifer, for House District Two; and Mike Crenshaw, for Sheriff. For […]

All Rosa Clark Medical Clinic patients are invited to take advantage next week of shots for the influenza, at no charge. The shots are to be administered at Rosa Clark in Seneca, Oconee’s only free clinic, beginning 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, October 16. They are made possible by a partnership between Rosa Clark and the Oconee Health Department. Administering the […]

Clemson graduate student Daniel Lind has received a STAR award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. The awards recognize key contributors in the Hispanic community in the fields of science, technology, math and engineering. Miami native Lind studied at Clemson’s International Center for Automotive Research. In August, he received a master’s degree in automotive engineering.