Author: Dick Mangrum

The police in Seneca have taken down what they called a clandestine meth lab in a residential area. The police say they arrested two people at 214 Hopkins Road and dismantled a methamphetamine lab inside a storage building . The police say they acted Friday afternoon on a complaint. Hours later, nearby, they arrested the driver of a blue truck […]

Congressman Jeff Duncan says President Obama fails to see the seriousness of the debt crisis. In an article prepared for a newspaper’s op-ed, the Third District Republican said, “President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes, Republicans do not. But with all the sound bites floating around about why this approach is good or bad for the country, I think we’ve […]

Officially the announcement came today. On 96.3/WGOG Seneca’s Riley Johnson announced that the city’s featured act for this year’s Memorial Day Weekend Fest will be the legendary singer Charlie Daniel and band. Johnson says the Charlie Daniels Band will take to the stage at Gignilliat Field Saturday night, May 25. Tickets will be $5 dollars and a portion of the […]

Walhalla Garden Club members celebrated Arbor Day this month by donating a 15-foot maple tree for the front of Old St. John’s Meeting House. James Moore, Walhalla public works director, directed his crew to dig the hole and plant the yellow maple to help shade the century old building.

Democrats worried about the approaching fiscal cliff are organizing a fiscal showdown event this afternoon in Anderson, in front of the office of Republican Congressman Jeff Duncan. As one Democrat put it in an email over the weekend, “Please consider joining us to help assure that OUR ELECTED MEMBER of Congress understands the need for a BALANCED APPROACH to managing […]

City of Clemson has repealed the boil water advisory, implemented late last week when the main water line from Anderson required repairs. Clemson water customers no longer need to vigorously boil their water before cooking or drinking. According to the city, water samples from the line repair on Clemson Boulevard in Anderson County were analyzed and found to be safe.

In the view of Ben Turetsky, executive director of “FOLKS,” the potential for Duke Energy’s Jocassee dam to fail is “extremely remote.” Nevertheless, the possibility will be addressed during a public meeting Thursday night at the World of Energy. The Friends of Lake Keowee has made arrangements for Scott Krein, director of Oconee Emergency Services, to present the annual dam […]

Two-cars collided during the noon hour yesterday on U-S 123 between Seneca and Clemson at the Wells Highway intersection. One of the cars wound up down an embankment, and three people were sent to the hospital. State troopers identified the injured as Lewis McWorter of Seneca and Patricia and Richard Spielmann of Seneca. According to trooper Brent Kelley, the accident […]

A U-haul truck caught fire around mid-afternoon yesterday on U.S. 123 in Oconee County near Clemson. No one appeared injured, but the fire heavily damaged the truck’s cab and engine. According to an approaching driver, the truck pulled to a stop in an asphalt median in front of Jacobs Road. Its driver may not have immediately known his vehicle had […]

The Oconee coroner’s office has identified Friday night’s victim of a head-on crash near Salem as 35-year old Stephen Matthew Boaman of the Pickens County community of Sunset. According to the coroner’s office, the accident occurred shortly after 7 o’clock near n. highway 11 and Fall Creek Road.  Boaman died at the scene. At the time, Boaman’s car was northbound […]