Author: Dick Mangrum

In last night’s air-conditioned meeting room, the thoughts of a Seneca councilman turned to the load that the city’s electric power system can withstand, in spite of day after day temperatures in the 90s.  Councilman Riley turned to Administrator Moulder and asked whether Seneca might be forced to enact brownouts — partial reductions in power that are sometimes planned by […]

Agracel, a national industrial real estate developer, announced a $10 thousand donation today to Ride to Work Ministry in Oconee County.  Agracel employees choose various community-based organizations to support through their “Can Do Fund.”  The Ride to Work Ministry in Oconee is dedicated to providing temporary, affordable transportation to Oconeeans, and the goal is to help individuals transition to stable […]

Seneca took a preliminary step last night to prohibit the use of tobacco and vaping devices during Thursday Jazz on the Alley nights.  An ordinance that’ll create a smoking area received approval on the first of two required votes although one member, Denise Rozman, raised a couple of questions.  She’s worried that a smoking area at one end of Ramcat […]

An elevated Seneca water tank is under construction on the Dug Hollow Road near Lake Keowee.  Josh Riches, assistant city administrator, made the announcement during a special city council meeting.    

Three vehicles, described as truck and SUV-type vehicles, collided yesterday afternoon at a Seneca intersection south of the railroad tracks — an accident the police chief says may have been triggered by the failure to observe a stop sign.  There were injuries, one of which was severe enough to warrant a transport to a Greenville hospital.  According to one Seneca […]

An Oconeean lays claim this morning to the Republican nomination from South Carolina’s 3rd District.  By last night’s count, Sheri Biggs says she becomes the first member of her gender to take the GOP nomination inside the multi-county district.  Districtwide counts last night gave Biggs nearly 51% to her opponent Mark Burns’ 49%.  The totals have yet to be certified.  […]

A food giveaway this afternoon in Walhalla.  The pantry at St. Luke Methodist Church will be open 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon.

Schneider Electric operations in Oconee and Richland counties are in line for an expansion.  Announcement this morning from the South Carolina Department of Commerce says it’s to be a combined investment of $23.8 million and 280 new jobs throughout this year.  Schneider’s Oconee facility on the Sandifer Boulevard makes low-voltage motor control centers, panelboard box and trim, and lighting and […]

City of Clemson has gone into Pickens County Court of Common Pleas with a lawsuit against a Florence County man.  The lawsuit, entered last week, accuses Jesse Daniel Holladay of unlawfully entering a city-owned utilities plant on the Cochran Road during the early morning hours April 23, 2022 and stealing a 2014 Ford F-150 truck.  It further alleges that Holladay, […]

Clemson Area Transit (“CAT”) holds a public hearing this morning in Clemson.  The free passenger bus service is changing the Walmart/SWU/Central Route as the result of a budget cut by Southern Wesleyan.  If you’d like to attend the hearing, it starts at 10 this morning at CATbus headquarters, 200 West Lane, Clemson.