Author: Dick Mangrum

A Salem-Walhalla hair-cutting tradition ended last week when Alfred Orr trimmed the head of his last customer.  Near the age of 88 years old, Orr retired officially Wednesday, August 28. He was a barber for 60 years.

This summer’s Tri-County Technical College graduates were told that their journey will be filled with unexpected opportunities and their ability to seize them will shape their futures.  That’s part of the advice imparted by the keynote speaker at the recent graduation ceremony.  The keynoter, Elba Lizardi of Seneca BASF, also left the graduates with these words:  “Ask for what you […]

Brandon Burton is a former Walhalla fire chief and city administrator, before leaving for the Tidewater, Virginia area a couple of years back for emergency service work.  He’s back in the area.  Burton is the first-month procurement director for the city of Clemson.  It’s a job that has him buying things needed for the Pickens County municipal government, as well […]

Among those on hand for a Friday event to mark the expansion of the Pendleton-Clemson Wastewater Treatment Plant was Senator Lindsey Graham. The event was the groundbreaking for a $61 million expansion of the sewer plant.  And, afterward, in an exclusive interview with 94.1 The Lake, Graham marveled at the seemingly non-stop growth in the tri-counties:  Oconee, Anderson and Pickens […]

A North Carolina mountain town prepares to take up a sensitive subject during a public hearing.  The Town of Highlands Board of Commissioners convenes a 7 o’clock hearing Thursday night at the Highlands Community Building for the purpose of receiving public comment on proposed changes to the town’s short-term rental ordinance.  Several public hearing rules will apply including a prohibition […]

Farmers have been growing apples in Long Creek and Mountain Rest since the late 1950s.  And Visit Oconee reminds us that back in the day, there were more than 30 orchards growing and harvesting apples from Westminster, South Carolina to Clayton, Georgia.  These days, however, there are just six growers who work the fields, pick apples, and sell to the […]

Oconee County Council reserves part of its 6 o’clock meeting tonight for a personnel matter involving the county administrator.  The nature of that matter is not specified on tonight’s pre-meeting agenda.

Under a South Carolina House bill, lawmakers call for a change in state law to allow municipalities to require golf carts at night to display lighting and safety equipment.  At the request of the Clemson Police Advisory Board, Clemson City Council will be asked tonight to pass a resolution to support House Bill 4609.

A 41-year-old Clemson man died Saturday at a Greenville hospital — days after crashing his motorcycle in Pendleton.  Greg Shore, Anderson coroner, says his office and the state patrol continue their investigation into the death of Daryl Eugene Mouring Jr.  The preliminary investigation shows that on 6:25 pm Friday, August 23 the motorcycle traveled west on Spake Road, crossed the […]