Author: Dick Mangrum

A city of Clemson employee, David Chastain, won first place yesterday in the Larry Brooks Memorial Backhoe Rodeo. Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority employee Johnny Ellenburg placed second. Doug Sterling of Seneca Light and Water finished third. The tournament, held at the Kellett complex in Seneca, was named for Larry Brooks, a Seneca Light and Water employee since 1989. A […]

Clemson University police arrested three Liberty men in the theft of a safe from a campus dining hall. According to a university announcement, charged with grand larceny more than $2 thousand and criminal conspiracy to commit grand larceny are 20-year old Jacob Matthew Fulmer, 23-year old Robert Matthew Fulmer, and 31-year old James Richard Smith. The three worked for Clemson […]

Part of two-lane S.C. 28 north of Walhalla is blocked, as responders deal with an accident in the vicinity of Stumphouse Tunnel Road. State troopers report injuries in the accident at 11:10 a-m.

A suspicion of whether a prescription had been altered has led to the arrest in Westminster of a 32-year old man who told police that he was seeking relief from pain. The police have charged William Gentry Watkins of Westminster with obtaining prescription by fraud. Watkins was arrested yesterday after Westminster police officers Ashe and Sanders conducted an investigation at […]

Leaves are now being picked up by the city of Clemson Department of Public Works. The leaf vacuum truck will be in service until the end of February, or as determined by the supervisor. Many Clemson residents use the city’s “pulverized leaf material” for mulch/ground cover around trees, flower beds and garden areas. Clemson residents who who would like this […]

State troopers are reporting an accident with injuries this morning on U-S 76/the Long Creek Highway. The accident was reported at 10:16 a-m.

To celebrate 50 years, Tri-County Technical College buried a time capsule that’ll give future students and administrators a glimpse of the college and its important events of 2012. The time capsule is small, hermetically-sealed cube containing symbolic items, It was buried yesterday by President Ronnie Booth and student leaders during a ceremony outside the Student Center. The capsule is to […]

Sunday, November 4 is the day to fall back one hour, to keep up with the time change. The time change is also a good time to remember to change the batteries in smoke detectors. According to Walhalla Fire Department, a smoke detector properly installed and tested with a fresh battery is one of the simplest and most effective things […]

South Carolina health officials are reporting the first probable case of fungal meningitis in a state resident related to the investigation of steroid injections from a potentially contaminated product called methylprednisolone acetate. “The patient is being treated with antifungal medications based on treatment guidelines recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” said Dr. Linda Bell, M.D. and […]

The government has announced an effort to ensure that all is on the up-and-up on election day and that no one may interfere with your lawful right to cast a ballot. To that end in South Carolina, the U-S Justice Department has appointed assistant U-S attorney Barbara Bowens as the District Election Officer for the District of South Carolina. Bowens […]