Author: Dick Mangrum

Prisma Health has announced six additional COVID-19 community testing events this week, including one offered in Manning, S.C., in partnership with McLeod Health and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.   The community testing, primarily done in partnership with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and state agencies, will reach populations who may not otherwise […]

The various budgets that allow Seneca to operate are due for preliminary readings during meetings tonight at City Hall.  The 6 o’clock meeting is open to the public, but on-site social distancing will be in effect.

Seneca Baptist Church is happy to announce that each Wednesday, it gives away fruit and vegetables.  You can pick up a free box of veggies and fruit tomorrow at the church between 11 am and 1 pm.

Danny Edwards, Walhalla mayor, is heralding the news.  The board of the state Infrastructure Authority has granted Walhalla $500 thousand to be applied toward the cost to help clean up the Cane Creek basin to minimize infiltration into the sewer collection system.  That infiltration shows up in the bills Walhalla must pay to treat its wastewater.  The problem has festered […]

Here’s the announcement for this year’s Oconee high school graduation ceremonies: “SDOC Class of 2020 Graduation June 20, 2020 8:30am Seneca High School – Tom Bass Field Walhalla High School – Razorback Field West-Oak High School – Warrior Field In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and to ensure the health and safely of all those in attendance, the following guidelines […]

As a result of a U.S. District Court order issued today, South Carolinians voting absentee by mail in the 2020 June Primaries and Runoffs are no longer required to have their signature witnessed on the ballot return envelope.  Election officials will accept and count all absentee ballots regardless of whether the envelope contains a witness signature, if otherwise valid.  Any […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control  Monday announced 90 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and five additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 10,178 and those who have died to 440. Four deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Chesterfield (1), Darlington (1), Florence (1), and […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control  Sunday announced 209 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 10 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 10,096 and those who have died to 435. Nine deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Clarendon (1), Greenville (2), Kershaw (1), Lexington […]