Author: Dick Mangrum

Prisma Health has started an interactive symptom-checker for COVID-19 on its website. The service is free to everyone, regardless of whether they are patients at Prisma Health. The click-to-chat platform launched last Friday by computer or mobile device at https://www.prismahealth.org/coronavirus/ or by texting “COVID19” to 83973. “The quick, easy feedback helps not only those individuals seeking medical advice but helps […]

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ (SCDNR) Law Enforcement Division would like to remind boaters throughout the state that Gov. Henry McMaster’s Executive Order prohibiting the beaching or “rafting” of boats on islands, sandbars or beaches statewide is still in effect. On Monday, April 28, Gov. McMaster extended for an additional 15 days the declared State of Emergency in S.C […]

DHEC has issued a new report on deaths associated with COVID-19 in South Carolina’s nursing homes, assisted living and similar facilities. The list, which includes both residents and staff, does not list any Oconee facility as having had a death connected to the virus. According to the list, there’s one confirmed case among residents and staff at Prisma’s Lila Doyle […]

In the view of one Oconee doctor, there has been greater opportunity for COVID-19 tests in the county than earlier.  “Testing has improved pretty dramatically in the past couple of weeks,” says Dr. Billy Campbell of Westminster.  So far, Oconee test results have indicated two dozen county residents positive for the virus.  Among the locations that, with doctors’ orders, offer […]

Oconee Federal Savings and Loan in Seneca will offer a free paper and document shredding day on Friday.  It’s planned as a drive-up service between the hours of 9 am and 1 pm at the bank’s 201 N. Second Street location.  Your documents will be destroyed on site.  Please, no plastic sacks.

The City of Clemson Brush Grinder is currently down for repairs, so no mulch is available. However, residents can still drop off recycling. Announcement will be made when the grinder is back up and running.

The Small Business Administration’s inspector general will investigate the implementation of the Paycheck Protection Program, a spokesman for the independent watchdog agency tells ABC News. Specifically, the agency will review timing of the implementation, lender participation, the guidance provided to lenders, the system used to process loans and the timeliness of loan approval and disbursement. The original program has been […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 123 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 yesterday, and 15 additional deaths were reported to DHEC. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 5,735 and those who have died to 192. 14 of the deaths occurred in elderly individuals in Berkeley […]

The Anderson County Coroner, Greg Shore, has identified a man from the Orangeburg County town of Elloree as the victim of a late Monday night accident near Townville. He was Jeremiah Antoine Blackmon, 39 years old. The coroner was notified around midnight Tuesday morning after Fork Rescue and South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to S.C. Highway 243 near Townville. Blackmon […]