Author: Dick Mangrum

It’s too early to know what the next public school year will entail in South Carolina.  Or to know just what conditions will the schools be allowed to re-admit their students.  But Dr. Michael Thorsland, the Oconee superintendent, may get a glimpse of what the state is thinking when he talks by phone this week with Molly Spearman, state superintendent […]

Apparently Oconeeans are not just voting high numbers of absentee ballots.  They also are casting a lot of votes by walk-up today.  The elections director, Joy Scharich, at the noon hour today said, “Higher turnout than I expected.”

In the best interest of the health of all South Carolinians, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), S.C. Hospital Association (SCHA), S.C. Medical Association (SCMA) and S.C. Office of Rural Health (SCORH) issue the following joint statement: “DHEC, SCHA, SCMA and SCORH have come together to strongly urge all South Carolinians to actively help reduce the spread […]

Near Walhalla this morning, Oconee sheriff’s officers started an investigation into what appears to have been a car-break-in.  Three squad cars were parked at a Westminster Highway address not far from WGOG.  According to sheriff’s spokesman Jimmy Watt, one person was placed in custody and there were indications that someone may have tried to get into the home.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Monday announced 542 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 11 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 14,800 and those who have died to 557. Eleven deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Berkeley (1), Chesterfield (1), Dillon (1), Greenville […]

Last night’s rally at Seneca came on election eve, and that wasn’t lost on at least one panelist assembled by the “Emerge” event, arranged by a group of high school alumni.  The Rev W-C Honeycutt is a member of the city council.  He called for all those who are of voting eligibility to be registered and to vote not only […]

In a community meeting room last night in Seneca, the overriding message was Black Lives Matter.  Around 100 people crowded into the Blue Ridge Community Center for a protest against George Floyd’s death along with a plea for better relations among the white and black races.  The audience was practically an even mix of the two races, and from the […]

Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary School welcomes a new assistant principal.  His name is Philip Price.  He joins James Brown from Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary, where he taught “STEM”–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.