Author: Dick Mangrum

Highlighting Homecoming Week at Clemson University are three traditions:  Tigerama, the Central Spirit Float Build and the Habitat for Humanity House. Students, alumni and university affiliates are invited to annual pep rally in the football stadium at 7 o’clock Friday night for performances, the crowning of Miss Homecoming and her court, and a performance by the pop ban X Ambassadors.  […]

Academics and safety and security are the reasons for a special meeting of Oconee school trustees — to be held next week in Walhalla.  Trustees are to talk about creating a phone-free environment in the classrooms, as well as school safety and security.  Safety and security are getting much attention the result of the school shootings early this month in […]

October is the month that a new replacement bridge along a rural Oconee County road will be ready for traffic.  Hannah Robinson, media relations manager for South Carolina DOT, is referring to the Burnt Tanyard Road bridge connecting the Walhalla and Salem areas.  While under construction, the new bridge has forced many months of traffic detours — some of them […]

“Our real concern this morning is over the western Caribbean Sea.”  That’s a concern explained today by Frank Strait, the South Carolina severe weather analyst.  According to Strait, a tropical cyclone will likely form over the northwestern Caribbean Sea in the next 24-48 hours and then track generally northward over the eastern Florida Panhandle on its way toward South Carolina.  […]

A fundraising arm of the Oconee Public Library, Friends of the Library, will hold a book sale Thursday 10 am to 3:30 pm.  The Friends are in need of books to donate.

Rysheeka Bush, District 7750 Governor of Rotary International, makes a Walhalla visit today.  She’ll speak to the Walhalla Rotary Club at its noon hour meeting at the city’s Community Depot.  Bush works as clinical program manager at Helping Hands — a residential facility for children in foster care — and she’s a member of the Rotary Club of Aiken Sunrise.

Westminster is in the market for a new city attorney.  The city today announced a parting of the ways with Andrew Holliday, city attorney since 2018. Announcement from Kevin Bronson, city administrator, reads in part: “This decision was made in alignment with Westminster’s commitment to its core values and strategic vision.  As a community-focused organization, we believe it is essential […]

Native Americans lived for thousands of years in what today is Oconee County. They contributed to a rich legacy of names and history of the county.  And later this month Native American musicians will be featured during a special service at Walhalla’s St. Luke Methodist Church.  The group “Keepers of the Faith” will perform songs and drums at 10 o’clock […]