Author: Dick Mangrum

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri want a hearing on what they see as the ongoing crisis at the U-S-Mexico border.  The two Republicans in a letter are urging Democrat Chairman Dick Durbin of the Senate Judiciary Committee to schedule the hearing to allow those tasked with managing the border to testify.    According […]

Five and one-half acres of Seneca private property is up for re-zoning consideration during a hearing to be held next week at city hall.  The planning commission will sit in judgement of Chad Kirby’s application for a residential-6 zone for acreage on S. Fairplay and Townville streets, south of 7th Street.  The property, now owned by the real estate investment […]

In today’s South Carolina DHEC report, 314 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed across the state.  Nine of those cases were Oconee County residents.  Statewide, there were five new deaths including a Pickens County resident who died July 3.  Of 7,694 test results received, the state positivity rate was 5.5%.  The numbers reported today reflect the data count by […]

Customers have created such a high demand for products from the Oconee Rock Crusher near Walhalla that the county proposes to close the quarry early on Fridays to allow staff time to keep up with maintenance and inspections to ensure the new plant is running properly.  At its meeting next week, county council will receive a recommendation to set the […]

One item for discussion at the next meeting of the Clemson Police Advisory Board is the subject of gangs.  The meeting will be held at 6 o’clock Thursday evening, July 22 at the city hall.  The public may attend in-person, although COVID protocol and social distancing will be in place.  Those interested may also follow the meeting on the city […]

Seven individual matters of potential economic development in Oconee County will be dangled next week in front of the county council.  Discussion is planned in an executive session, following council’s regular meeting Tuesday night.  For now the projects are code-named the following descriptions:  Drift, Thread, Remy, Matlock, Ruby Slipper, Street Car, and West Clemson.  

Once piped sewer eventually makes it way throughout Fair Play and I-85, residents there have been cautioned to expect growth and development for their small community.  Oconee County Council is to consider a recommendation to provide $17,500 for a comprehensive strategic master plan to prepare for growth and development in the southern section of the county. That money would be […]

The sheriff’s office is withholding specifics about an adult male for whom a medical helicopter was arranged yesterday morning in southern Oconee County.  The man’s injuries were first suspected to have been the result of a stabbing, but later the sheriff’s office called what happened an assault involving family members in the Earles Grove Community.  The incident remains under investigation. […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the agency is accepting grant applications from organizations to help expand awareness and information about the COVID-19 vaccines and help increase vaccination rates in South Carolina. Our goal is to vaccinate as many eligible South Carolinians as possible and help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing that South Carolina […]