Author: Dick Mangrum

A representative of the real estate company pursuing a large home development at Seneca’s northwest edge withdrew its re-zoning request at the start of last night’s planning commission meeting.  Tricia Chassen explained that her group’s site plan is being further reviewed based on what she called “topographic constraints.”  Concerned residents in the vicinity of Frontage Road, Queen Anne’s Lane, and […]

Walhalla City Council is scheduled for an executive session tonight, after its regular July city hall meeting.  Two matters are on the closed-door agenda:  discussion of economic development project and receive legal advice on intergovernmental agreement.

The north and south bound travel lanes of College Ave, between Earle St. and Keith St. will be closed Wednesday, July 27th from 6am to 6pm for remilling and paving. Traffic control and signage will be implemented by BC Cannon in the same way that was used for the tower crane dismantling a few months back. Sloan St will be […]

The City of Walhalla Water Department experienced a loss of system pressure due to a major water main break, and advises residents to vigorously boil their water for at least one (1) full minute prior to drinking or cooking. Also, any ice made from water, which has not been boiled, should not be used for drinking purposes. This advisory applies […]

A theft two weeks ago in Fair Play led to the arrest early yesterday of Roebuck, South Carolina resident Michael Eugene Smith Jr.  Arrest and case records show charges against 51-year old Smith of grand larceny and malicious injury to personal property—the theft of a dump trailer July 3 at Boone’s Buggies on S. Highway 11.

The U.S. Space Force welcomed Clemson University as an official member of its University Partnership Program (UPP) at a Memorandum of Understanding signing event on July 18. The USSF — the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces — established the UPP to identify, develop and retain a diverse, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)-capable workforce to further its mission […]

Some of South Carolina’s leading geologists have authored a report exploring the factors behind recent earthquakes in the  area of the Kershaw County town of Elgin, an effort to help the public understand what is happening and why. The geologists, from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey, the University of South Carolina and College of Charleston, sought to […]