Author: Dick Mangrum

Two women with banking backgrounds have joined Blue Ridge Bank.  Tara Adherold is a new customer service representative at Blue Ridge’s main office in Walhalla.  Tracy Cameron has joined the main office as operations specialist.  President/CEO Kyle Thomas says Adherold and Cameron have strong background in banking and bring a wealth of knowledge to Blue Ridge Bank.

Walhalla’s state lawmaker is expecting to add, perhaps, as many as 2,500 population to his District One which, historically, has been confined to Walhalla and northern parts of Oconee County.  Rep. Bill Whitmire expects to learn more this week but it appears, he says, that the new re-districting map will add to his constituency by cross the lake for a […]

Every member of the South Carolina State University football team is, according to DHEC, fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  State health officials last Saturday presented the university a Community Hero Award.  Dr. Bell, state epidemiologist, said:  “By each player stepping up to get fully vaccinated, the Bulldogs have taken great strides to protect not only the health of their team, but […]

Law enforcement seized 11 handguns, shotguns, and semi-automatic rifles in a collaborative effort by local, state and federal authorities to combat street gangs at Toccoa, Georgia.  Four arrests were announced.  Toccoa Radio WNEG quotes Sheriff Randy Shirley of Stephens County as saying an aggressive effort is directed at increasing violent crime and the takedown is the first in a collaborative […]

A 41-year old man, wanted on multiple charges, was placed into custody on Edna Drive near Westminster.  Evan Michael Hood was sent to jail to face charges in an investigation into carjacking and grand larceny.  According to the sheriff’s office, Hood is accused of being involved in an incident one year ago in the vicinity of Seneca’s Mountain View Drive […]

In a two-hour drop-in, style meeting, Fair Play residents took part in the process to arrive at a master plan for their small community that has an interstate running through it.  Inside the bays of the community fire department, professional planners hired by the county displayed aerial photographs of Fair Play as it exists today and invited comments on what […]

The Blood Connection is saluting the country’s veterans by inviting the community to make a donation to its Special Forces Wounded Warrior Fund.  Between Tuesday and Thursday, the Blood Connection will donate $10 to the fund for every blood donor who gives at 13 donation centers across the Carolinas and Georgia.  The Special Forces Wounded Warrior Fund helps families of […]

Clemson University recently held a first-time lecture to honor the state’s place in civil rights history—including the roles several South Carolinians played in shaping the state and country’s drive for equality.  The Joseph and Mattie De Laine Lecture Series was held October 19 in the ballroom of the Madren Conference Center.  It featured historic documents, artifacts and interview excerpts that […]

Members of the state DNR dive team recovered the body of a missing kayaker Saturday at the Martin Creek area of Lake Hartwell.  Pennsylvania resident Kellen Jerome Mackey was part of a group of three kayakers who left the dock at a home on Cartee Drive.  The kayak capsized and, of the three, 26-year old Mackey never re-surfaced.  DNR officers […]