Author: Dick Mangrum

More than $1 million dollars in American Recovery Plan money allocated to Oconee County is on its way to hundreds of county workers who stayed on the job who, during the first year of the pandemic, “never skipped a beat” – in the words of one county councilman.  At the request of Amanda Brock, the administrator, county council last night […]

It’s another Hall of Fame for talk show host (and Oconee County resident) Jim Bohannon  who has been selected as the 2022 NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee. The host of the Westwood One-syndicated “The Jim Bohannon Show” will be honored during the Achievement in Broadcasting event at NAB Show, held April 23–27, 2022 in Las Vegas. Bohannon was inducted into […]

After classes Thursday, a student-led volunteer group at Seneca High School holds an induction ceremony.  The ceremony is to welcome new members of the high school Interact Club.  Supported by local Rotarians, Interact aims to make the community and the world a better place.  They attempt by this by taking on local and, at times, internationally-based service projects.

Two men have been arrested and charged in Oconee County with stealing a Bobcat Loader and an Interstate Trailer, worth a combined $73 thousand. The sheriff’s office today announced the charges against James William Green, 25; and Matthew Kevin Bowen, 26.  Green and Bowen were arrested last week at separate locations. The thefts were reported November 30 at a West-Oak […]

Ground beside 123, the Seneca-Clemson corridor, is shaping up this afternoon to be a future expansion home of the vision care practice Clemson Eye.  The practice with existing locations in Clemson, Greenville, and Simpsonville has discovered that many of its patients are Oconee County residents.  In that sense, says CEO Mary Lou Parisi, it’s a natural to have an Oconee […]

Financial advisers laid out paths that Oconee’s sewer authority may take to correct system wide problems and satisfy the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.  It’s possible, they say, that American Rescue Plan free money or a low-interest loan through the state’s revolving fund can go toward the potential those 10 adopted projects will require $44 million.  And, to […]

You can get food at no cost late this afternoon at Walhalla.  From 4:30 to 5:30 at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main, it’s another Wednesday food giveaway day.

The “Magic of Christmas” is the theme selected for tonight’s parade in Clemson.  The 28th Annual Clemson Christmas Parade from College Avenue to Strode Circle will march at 6 o’clock, with parade activities one hour earlier.  Road closure on College Avenue to Keith Street begins at 3 o’clock.  Access will be blocked between College Avenue and all side streets including […]

Out of consideration that the developer will share in the cost, a planned major student housing complex on Shadwick family property on 123, the Seneca-Clemson corridor, is going to get a higher priority with the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  The JRSA policy board accepted an amendment by Westminster’s Kevin Bronson to move the Seneca Creek pumping station and related […]