Author: Dick Mangrum

A new man will be strategizing Walhalla High baseball in 2022.  And Razorback fans, players, and others get the chance to meet the new head baseball coach.  He’s Tim Cummings.  Principal Steve Garrett says there will be a meet-and-greet with Cummings at 6 o’clock Tuesday, July 20 in the high school auditorium.

Tropical storm Elsa passes through South Carolina’s Pee Dee this morning, but the AAA motor club says it’s still timely to keep in mind safe driving tips.  “Driving through severe weather endangers the lives of both you and the first responders who might need to come to your rescue,” says Tiffany Wright, Public Affairs Director, AAA — the Auto Club […]

A transfer truck hit a utility pole last night near Seneca, and a traffic situation resulted in the vicinity of the Dollar General on SC 130/the Rochester Highway.  Crews with trucks and large machinery moved in to address the problem.

An Oconee County resident is among the latest two South Carolinians to die from COVID-19, according to the state health agency report this afternoon.  The death June 28 was that of an elderly resident.  The other South Carolina death was that of a middle aged  Richland County resident on June 30. New cases of the virus that reflect the count […]

The president of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, banker Darryl Broome, says the organization is approaching the selection of a new executive director.  The next person in charge of day-to-day operations at the chamber will fill the vacancy created when Brittany Kessler resigned to return to her former employer, the Greenville Chamber of Commerce.  Broome credits Kessler with internet work […]

A car lay on its side and traffic backed up this morning near Seneca, as public safety responders attended to a one-car accident on U-S 123/the Clemson Boulevard at Wells Highway.  The Toyota driver required a transport to a Greenville hospital, but first reports from the state patrol indicate the injuries are non-life threatening. The backup affected traffic headed toward […]

Members of the Westminster Planning Commission agree that two acres of property near the city limits on the west side of the city should be zoned for highway commercial purposes.  In a meeting last night, the planning commissioners voted to recommend a highway commercial zone for 2.18 acres on the north side of U-S 123, across from Thrift Hardware.  Property […]

The Clemson City Council last night gave first reading approval to a hate crime ordinance that would create separate offenses for biased-based crime and provide penalties.  Offenders could face a fine of $500 or a jail sentence of 30 days, and the court would have the option to order counseling or an education program.

A funeral is scheduled tomorrow for Paul Ballenger Jr., a Royston, Georgia man killed Saturday when a car went out of control and cleared a concrete barrier and wound up in the pit area at Hartwell Speedway.  He was 58 years old.  The Associated Press wire service reported two other people, including a 9-year old, were injured and sent to […]