Author: Dick Mangrum

In Pickens County, 19 people have been arrested on various drug charges spelled out in 66 warrants. The charges include the sale of marijuana, sale of a controlled substance, and sale within proximity to a school or a daycare. According to an announcement by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Department, eleven of yesterday’s arrests are Clemson University students. Law enforcement authorities […]

A hiker apparently broke an ankle today in the vicinity of the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery near S.C. 107. And that has necessitated a response from the rescue division of Oconee Emergency Services.

A national health advocacy group has named the Pickens County public health director a “public health hero.” The honor from the United Health Foundation goes to Matt Petrofes, director of DHEC’s Region 2 Public Health Office which, besides Pickens, serves Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg and Union counties. DHEC Director Catherine Templeton credits Petrofes this way: “Matt knows that good health starts […]

In a re-organization of the State Senate, Oconee’s Thomas Alexander rose yesterday to the chair of the Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee. Such appointments in the Senate are based on seniority, and Alexander says he could never have achieved the position without the support of the voters of District One, who have elected him every time since 1994. Not lost […]

Two leaders of “FOLKS”—Friends of Lake Keowee—sat at the front of a recent forum on lake levels and, for the most part, sat quietly. Since the November 15 forum, they’ve been getting questions as to why the organization did not support a petition calling for no Lake Keowee water level changes. The answer, according to Bob Swank and Ben Turetsky, […]

A science teacher at Seneca High School, Stephen Hudson, has been chosen as the only South Carolina teacher for a year-long professional development program. As a fellow in the New Science Academy of the National Science Teachers Association, Hudson will join 243 other teachers from across the country in a program that promotes quality science teaching, enhances teacher confidence and […]

A judge has handed down his ruling in a dispute between a Spartanburg television station and the city of Seneca. Tenth Circuit Judge Cordell Maddox ruled that materials sought by WSPA should be produced “with the exception,” Maddox wrote, “of those items listed in a forthcoming order.” The judge’s decision, filed yesterday in the Oconee Common Pleas Court, arises from […]

What Mike wants, Mike is going to get–in the opinion of Wayne McCall, Oconee County Councilman. McCall, chairman of the council’s law enforcement committee, gave a short-to-the-point answer yesterday to a 96.3/WGOG NEWS hypothetical question. The question we posed to McCall sought an opinion as to, if it came to one or the other, what would win out in 2013 […]

An Anderson man’s wife sent him to the supermarket to pick up a roast chicken for dinner. For helping out, she let him buy a lottery ticket with the leftover change. He spent $10 on a Fire and Ice scratch-off and, according to the S.C. Education Lottery, screamed when the ticket won him $200 thousand. For selling the claimed ticket, […]

A hunter from Townville pleaded guilty to four charges under Canada’s Saskatchewan Wildlife Act and Regulations. According to an announcement by the provincial government, David Hamby was fined $7,139 after being convicted of two counts of unlawfully purchasing a Canadian resident deer license, unlawfully using another person’s license and unlawfully exporting wildlife without an export permit. Besides the fines, Hamby […]