Author: Dick Mangrum

Walhalla city offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 25 and 26 for the Thanksgiving holidays.  Those offices will re-open 8:30 Monday morning, November 29.  Trash pickup is being adjusted.  Collections remain normal through tomorrow.  Those whose pickup day is normally Thursday will instead be required to have their roll carts out by 7 tomorrow morning for pickup tomorrow.

At this time, Oconee Sheriff’s Office reports, there are no signs that the death of a 24-year old Tamassee man had anything to do with foul play.  However, Austin Wade Campbell’s death continues to be investigated, and today there is to be an autopsy.  Campbell’s body was found Sunday in the Upper Whitewater Lake.  During the search for the missing […]

Walhalla fire fighters rushed this afternoon to the address of a single-wide mobile home south of the city limits.  The call to Mandy’s Drive centered on a possible structure fire.  However, according to interim Chief Will Bates, neither smoke, nor a fire was discovered.  Bates said a further investigation revealed the failure of an electric outlet, resulting in minor blackening […]

A manufacturer at Seneca and Clemson is ramping up its effort to train a workforce for the future.  BASF seeks applicants for a new apprentice program at Clemson and its expanded program at Seneca.  The company offers apprentices full 12 months’ wages to take part in on-the-job-training while earning a certificate in Process Control Technology from Tri-County Technical College.  Full […]

During Thanksgiving Week there’s no change in the schedule for Walhalla sanitation customers who receive pickup service on today, tomorrow and Wednesday.  However, customers who would normally see their trash collected on Thursday should, instead, be sure to have their roll cars out by 7 o’clock on Wednesday morning.

The last regular meeting of 2021 for the Oconee Library Board of Trustees takes place at 5:30 tomorrow evening in the County Council Chambers in Walhalla.  Library patrons, as well as the general public, are invited to attend board meetings.  Public comment is permitted at the start of meetings.  Oconee’s countywide library is system is managed by a nine-member board […]

Davenport Funeral Home, under new ownership, will host a retirement celebration next week for its former owner, Larry Hendrix, in an event that will run from 6 to 8 o’clock the night of Thursday, December 2 at the funeral home.  Everyone who appreciates how Hendrix and his family have served and cared for them over the years is invited to […]

A meeting next month in Greer will likely determine whether there’s any change to the charge that Westminster will have to pay next year for its electric power supply.  The 2022 calendar year rates are to be considered by the board of “PMPA”—the consortium of municipalities from which Westminster gets its wholesale electric power supply.  Westminster’s voting member of the […]

After being arrested on Thursday night last week, a 19-year old Seneca man faces charges in traffic and sex crime investigations.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Dominick Vincent Falsitta was charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree, kidnapping, reckless driving, assault and battery third degree, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.  The criminal sexual […]

A Clemson senior from Spartanburg, Louise Franke, became the university’s first student yesterday to be named a Rhodes Scholar.  Clemson is celebrating her achievement as historic for the university.  An Honors College student majoring in bio-chemistry with minors in political science and philosophy, Franke is one of 32 American Rhodes Scholars selected through an intensive application and interview process.  The […]