Author: Dick Mangrum

Pump prices in the Carolinas continue to increase on the week, with North and South Carolina state averages now being the most expensive daily average price since April 2019. North Carolina’s gas price average has climbed 22 cents since mid-February, while South Carolina’s average climbed 23 cents. “Many factors are causing an uptick in prices at the pump including rising […]

A police investigation in Seneca has determined a cause for a multi-vehicle accident around 10:15 Saturday morning at the East End intersection–the 123 By-Pass and SC 130, the Rochester Highway.  Responders were faced with reports a possible entrapment and one overturned small truck that came to rest atop two others.  The driver of a Nissan, a Seneca man, was sent […]

The Sumter National Forest proposes to replace 59 road-stream crossings, 26 of which are in the Andrew Pickens District.  An inventory of crossings has determined that many impede or prevent fish movements in streams.  All of the crossings are on Forest Service land, but some are on state and county jurisdiction roads.  The Forest Service promises that they won’t replace […]

  Clemson University credits a student majoring in bio-engineering with strides toward a career that has been male-dominated.  She’s Ashley Babinchak, who arrived at Clemson with an interest in biology and engineering.  And now Ashley has been accepted a summer intern with the medical device company Arthrex.  She’ll be an intern at the company’s headquarters in Naples, Florida.

  Neither a tornado nor the continuing impact of the world pandemic has stopped an Oconee County effort to promote healthy food and lifestyle choices.  A year ago county council members, community leaders and advocates were invited for an Oconee County food summit.  Last week, according to Walhalla Councilwoman Sarai Melendez, the county was one of six in South Carolina […]

In today’s DHEC report:  562 new cases of COVID in South Carolina.  Nine of those are Oconee County cases.  Statewide the new death toll for the last 24 hour counting period:  four individuals.  Of 20,552 test results, the positivity was 3.7%.

A disabled truck and trailer, transporting a front end loader, made for a slow go today on 123 at Seneca’s Lindsay Road.  For a few hours around noon time, Clemson-bound traffic had to proceed slowly on one lane as personnel worked to remove the disabled truck trailer.

The food box program “Farmers to Families” of the USDA returns tomorrow to Westminster.  While supplies last, members of the public may drive up to the parking lot of the Westminster Depot at 129 Main Street beginning at 9:30 am.  One box per vehicle is the requirement.  Making possible tomorrow’s food giveaway is the city of Westminster and Oconee First […]

Because of increasing mortality reports for Pine Siskins and other species, the South Carolina DNR requests the public take down bird feeders until early spring.  While Pine Siskins are more susceptible than other species to getting sick from dirty bird feeders, there has been an increase in the last several weeks of reports DNR has from across the state. Those […]