Author: Dick Mangrum

The anticipated master plan for Fair Play’s future is to be unveiled during a meeting next month at the local fire department.  Fair Play businessman Chuck Kormelink says the results of the work by a professional planning company are to be displayed during a drop-in style meeting from 5 to 7 pm at the Fair Play Volunteer Fire Department on […]

A solo hiker yesterday near Long Creek received quick assistance when he got mixed up on a trail near Long Creek’s Fall Creek Road.  Rescuers were able to pinpoint his location by the cell phone call he made for help.

Parts of South Highway 11 in the vicinity of I-85 in Oconee County remain a construction zone.  Road pavers there are reporting that some motorists are driving too fast in and around the work zone, so much that the contractor has requested and received traffic slow down assistance from the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.

The emergency services manager for Oconee, Scott Krein, has confirmed there was a near drowning yesterday at Bull’s Sluice on the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River.  At 3 pm one person, a male, fell out of a raft into the water.  He was in the water for a period of time, but did not get submerged, according to Krein.  The […]

Barbara Wilson, the official U-S Weather Observer at Walhalla, measured 5.10″ rain in the county seat during a six-day period last week, from Sunday through Friday.  101.7/WGOG land enjoyed sunny and dry weather over the weekend.  No rain at all yesterday when a high temperature of 77 was recorded.  For the 24-hour period that ran 7 am yesterday to 7 […]

Here’s a Saturday night high school football result.  The Easley Green Wave beat the Walhalla Razorbacks 53-32.

“FOLKS”–Friends of Lake Keowee–sees the potential that in the counties bordering Lake Keowee there’s the potential for “Community Scientists” among high school students.  Mike White, chairman of “FOLKS”, is getting the word out to high school students in Oconee and Pickens counties, their parents, and the high school counselors about the availability of the Jack Lewis Watershed Stewardship Scholarship.  It’s […]

David McMahan, chairman of Oconee Republicans, announces the county party’s newly-formed public information advisory committee.  The purpose of the committee:  to collect information on local news, current events, government, and county issues, and relay that information to county party membership.  McMahan has selected Mickey Haney of the Salem precinct as committee chairman.  Those interested in being part of the committee […]

A man near Easley died over the weekend after falling into a small pond at his home.  The Anderson County coroner, Greg Shore, has ruled the death of Charles Jeffrey Shockley an accidental death from freshwater drowning, and there’s no indication or evidence of foul play.  Public safety responders went to Quail Trail in Easley around 8:40 am for a […]

Senator Lindsey Graham will take a new look today at the U-S border with Mexico.  The senator’s office says he’ll visit Yuma, Arizona to meet with officials of the Border Patrol, Yuma Sector Headquarters, tour migrant facilities, and inspect border fencing. And he looks forward to a talk with Yuma officials about the impact of immigration on their communities.  This […]