Author: Dick Mangrum

From the comments heard, Tamassee-Salem parents and others like the additions to the middle and high school campus. Open house last night spotlighted the new band, art, and chorus rooms. And Candace Brucke, assistant principal, says don’t underestimate what a new coat of paint will add to the environment. Bricks and mortar aren’t all that’s new at the school. They’ve […]

Salem leaders told consultants for the county there is interest in their rural area in bus passenger service, similar to what is available in Seneca and Clemson. The Columbia firm URS Consultants has begun an update of a four-year old study that looked at the potential of expanding “CAT” service to other parts of Oconee County. Salem is an area […]

Fire fighters yesterday were able to quickly stop a small fire in a clothes dryer in a home inside the Corinth-Shiloh Fire District. Chief Mike Zambito of the Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Department credited Seneca fire fighters with reaching the Nebo Church Road home first, followed shortly by volunteers from his station. No one was injured.

A 28-year old Pickens County man, released from jail in Georgia, is now being held in Oconee County to face charges in  drug cases as far back as 2001. According to Chief John Covington, Rodrickus Demale Williams, 28-year old Central resident, was being being held in the Johnson County town of Wrightsville, released there, and re-arrested in Seneca. Law enforcement […]

On last week’s ‘Community Sound Off’, Susie Cornelius gave her reasons why she’s going to vote no on the November Oconee sewer referendum. On this week’s program, we hear the pro side from Reg Dexter. He’s the District Five county councilman but makes clear in this Sunday’s program that he is speaking as a citizen, not as an elected official […]

Tri-County Technical College announces an all-day event next month for cyclists to take on a challenging climb. “Attack on Sassafras” will be an all-day event Saturday, October 13 as a way to raise money for the ChildWatch Center at the Easley YMCA. Starting that morning at Tech’s Easley campus, cyclists will ride through Easley and Pickens and then take on […]

A spokesman for Oconee Medical Center confirms the hospital is in the works of Phase III for its Hospice House of the Foothills on S.C. 188. Plans call for office space, exam rooms, changes in the nurses’ station, and a shelled-in area that eventually will house additional patient rooms. Hunter Kome, vice president for OMC operations, says that  like the […]

              A precise, scale model of what a colonial era fort in Pickens County looked like is on display through Saturday, October 6 at Duke Energy’s World of Energy. The Pickens County Historical Society’s Fort Prince George exhibit was handcrafted by Marshall Williams. He was part of a team that led the archaeological dig […]

Congressman Jeff Duncan counts a major legislative victory yesterday in Washington. The S.C. Third District Republican’s bill, “Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act (HR 3783), passed with full House support. The Duncan bill addresses a growing concern that Iran, a mideast country, is increasing its sphere of influence in Latin America.

Ashley Landess, president of the S.C. Policy Council, speaks at today’s meeting of the Seneca Rotary Club. The 1 o’clock luncheon takes place in the hospitality center next to the International Deli.