Author: Dick Mangrum

An assistant principal at Seneca High will take charge of the school district’s Hamilton Career and Technology Center.  The school district announces Carson LeCroy as the new career center director, in place of Chad Lusk.

A large pickup truck went off a state road late last night and overturned near the Pickens County town of Central.  The driver was killed.  The state patrol is referring reporters to the coroner for the identity of the F-250 driver.  The accident was reported at 10:55 on the Madden Bridge Road, near the R-C Edwards Road, three miles north […]

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) has repealed the water quality advisory issued on June 4, 2021, for Richland Creek and Coneross Creek in Oconee County. The notice was issued as a precaution when wastewater spilled from a collapsed sewer line on Sandifer Boulevard (U.S. Highways 76 and 123) near the Richland community. The OJRSA has analyzed samples from […]

In its afternoon report, South Carolina DHEC confirmed 79 new cases of COVID-19.  Of those 79, one was in Oconee.  Statewide, there were no new deaths.  Of 6,138 test results received, the positivity was 1.8%.  The numbers are data reflecting the 24-hour count that ended Saturday night.

Clemson University and a major tenant of an Anderson County industrial park have expanded their partnership.  Through the arrangement, additional scholarships and certificate programs are offered, and biological sciences major T-J Bondolillo is an example of someone now interested in the field of biological sciences.  At the front of the park at Sandy Springs, Arthrex in 2017 created a $69 […]

Ballots cast at the Oconee History Museum in Walhalla have decided the winners of a quilt making contest.  Museum visitors selected Sue Swan’s “Octopus’s Garden” and Donna Campbell”s “Teachable Moment” as their favorites.  The Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail and the Lake and Mountain Guild Club chose the history museum to display the entrants’ work.  Swan’s winner was based on a […]

A new convenience store, Stop-a-Minit, is in the offing for property in the vicinity of the Sandifer Boulevard and High Tec Road near Seneca.  On the night of June 28, the county board of zoning appeals will consider a variance from the 25’ setback requirement from the right-of-way to allow for light poles and underground storage tanks at 1632 Sandifer […]

Holding classes on days following the Memorial Day weekend high school graduation ceremonies will cost the Oconee School District extra.  Extending some of the classes into this week means the district will pay an extra $10,500 in bus driver salaries for each day.  Gloria Moore, the finance director, says the extra pay will come from the district’s fund balance, a […]

The night before he graduated from Seneca High School in 1946, Oatha “Skeet” Vaughan accomplished a childhood dream.  He made a solo flight in a Piper J-3 Cub from what then was the Seneca airport.  His interest in aeronautics would lead to a 45-year career with “NASA” that started on a team led by Werner von Braun at Huntsville, Alabama.  […]