Author: Dick Mangrum

The Oconee County Public Library is offering new resources for seniors that are designed for caregivers of loved ones who have dementia or Alzheimer’s. Reminiscence Kits are a curated set of materials that can be checked out from the library and are made specifically to encourage memories of past events and activities that your loved one enjoyed in their younger […]

A deposit of one million dollars-plus has been entered into a city of Walhalla bank of account.  Brandon Burton, city administrator, says $1.1 million of American Rescue Plan money has arrived for Walhalla, and he’s working on how the city council wants to use that money.  It’s likely that the city’s utilities infra-structure will benefit, including work on the Walhalla-Westminster […]

A nutrient that’s advantageous for spreading on soil is offered at no charge this week by the U-S Forest Service in Oconee County.  Free horse manure can be had first-come, first-served from the Whetstone Horse Camp during daylight hours–8:30 am to 4:30 pm, 7 days a week.

The cities of Seneca, Clemson, and Pickens have boards of architectural review.  Last night Walhalla city council entertained the idea that a board of architectural review could enhance the city’s efforts re-vitalize, yet keep a hold on some of its historic homes and buildings.  They were given ideas by Jennifer Vissage, a staff member of “A-COG”, the region’s government service […]

After a closed-door meeting, Walhalla City Council gave its administrator the authority to line up a legal advisor as the city potentially could find itself in court defending itself from a fellow municipal member of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  A letter from a Seneca lawyer, containing threat of legal action, is creating discord between Seneca and the cities […]

A car chase in the Sandy Springs Community of Anderson County ended with the wreck of the suspect’s car and a fire.  Anderson sheriff’s deputies tried to stop a Ford Fusion for driving recklessly on the Centerville Road, but their attempted stop turned into a chase that ended when the driver, Larry Davelle Cannon Jr., lost control of the car […]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation.  Photographs and an informational poster depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 45, are being disseminated to the public and […]

Oconee leaders are devoting more time on whether to recommend new development standards in a county on record respecting individual property rights.  Yet, increasingly, there’s sentiment in the county’s growing population base for new rules that protect one neighbor’s property from another’s.  After hearing from the public, hearing from the county attorney, and lots of questions, the county planning commission […]

Word has been received of the death of the Clemson gradate who lived past 100 years old after surviving the infamous Bataan death march in the Pacific theatre during the Second World War.  Ret. Col. Ben Skardon was 104 years old.  News of his death came as Jeff Duncan, Third South Carolina District U-S representative, pursues an honorary promotion for […]