Author: Dick Mangrum

The state leader who questions the governor’s plans for ethics reform will head the dais next month during the annual Rotary Apple luncheon Friday, September 7 in Westminster. Guest speaker will be S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, Republican from Charleston and Dorchester. Luncheon tickets to hear Harrell are $15 and available at the Westminster Chamber of Commerce office and from […]

Mid-to-high-level drug dealers are being targeted in a drug sweep today across Oconee County. Drug agents and deputies started a search early today for 40 suspects, accused of distributing methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and prescription drugs. Chief Deputy Terry Wilson said, “The illegal drug trade continues to drive crime, from burglaries to violent assaults. Detecting and apprehending these violators remains a […]

A 29-year old Oconeean has been arrested by the Sheriff’s Department and charged with the theft of an ATV last week at a summer home on Lake Hartwell. Arrest records show the man arrested, Edward McCellan Sanders of Forest Drive, Seneca, was charged with grand larceny and booked late last night at the Oconee Detention Center. Sheriff’s officers last week […]

In Westminster, Holly Springs, and Long Creek you should be able to tell that it’s beginning to look a lot like Apple Festival time. The celebration of the annual crop is planned for Labor Day week. The Apple Bowl game between Walhalla and West-Oak is to be played Friday and the festival pageants are Saturday night at West-Oak High School […]

A new program is going to help acquaint Oconee high school age students to the world of business. The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce is announcing an ambassadors program, a scholarship-driven program for rising juniors and seniors at the Oconee Christian Academy and Walhalla and Tamassee-Salem high schools. According to the announcement from Vanessa Penton, chamber executive director, the program […]

Night time motor vehicle break-ins are occurring citywide in Walhalla. They have a common theme to them. The vehicles have been left unlocked and the intruders are attracted to valuables they spot in the vehicles. Police Chief Tim Chastain says all Walhallans should keep their vehicles locked and their valuables secured.  

The American Legion building on North Church Street has a place in Walhalla history. Legionnaire Jerry Dyar said yesterday the old white house dates back to 1936, when it was built for the purpose it serves today, as well as place of entertainment for World War One veterans and their wives.

Seneca resident Ernest Riley will call to order a meeting tomorrow in Greenville of the board of directors of the Appalachian Council of Governments. The policymakers for the regional government service organization are to hear a banker make an economic forecast covering the state and the Appalachian region. A-COG planning director Chip Bentley is to report on the federal transportation […]

A former Walhallan has attained advancement in her employment with Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood. Donna Foster moves up from dean of arts and sciences to associate vice president of institutional assessment and compliance. Foster graduated from Walhalla High, and then earned bachelor’s and masters degrees at Clemson University and recently completed her doctorate from the University of South Carolina.