Author: Dick Mangrum

The School District of Oconee 2021-2022 school year COVID-19 Guidelines have been posted on the district website.  It is important to note that these guidelines can change at any time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or legislative action.  A summary of the guidelines is included below; complete guidelines can be found on the COVID-19 page of the district website. […]

Excitement and anticipation abound in Walhalla, the County Seat of Oconee, at the prospects that a Georgia couple are in the process to acquire a large former school building on the grounds of the Center for the Performing Arts to develop a hotel.  Among those excited is Mark Thompson, executive director of the performing arts center, who can envision multiple […]

Taking recreation at Walhalla’s Stumphouse Tunnel Park and the nearby Issaquena Falls is a popular year-round activity.  But yesterday’s 90-degree temperature is believed to have been a factor for one visitor who required a medical emergency response.  According to Lt. Will Bates of Walhalla Fire Department, public safety responders went to the observation deck at Issaqueena Falls to help a […]

Oconee County’s agricultural advisory board is acting to soften the plight of farmers whose large machinery is increasingly having trouble maneuvering some of the county’s narrowest roads.  The board took a couple of votes yesterday to approach the postal service and the county and state road departments for assistance.  At times, heavy modern-day combines and hay equipment accidentally strike roadside […]

The re-scheduled National Night Out is on for 5:30 to 7:30 this evening at the Farm Center, the location of the Foothills Heritage Fair, at 2063 Sandifer Boulevard.  Everyone in Oconee is invited to this event which serves as a community-building effort to promote police and community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie.

Like many employers these days, the Oconee Sheriff’s Office is looking for future workers.  And there are careers available in such jobs as law enforcement officers, jail guards, 9-1-1 tele-communicators, and animal control officers.  The sheriff’s office will hold a career fair Thursday, August 19 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Law Enforcement Center at 300 S. Church […]

A momentous development appears in the offing for Walhalla.  Sources of 101.7/WGOG NEWS say a Georgia husband and wife are acquiring a former school building to renovate into a boutique-style hotel of 20 rooms.  The building, now owned by the Center for the Performing Arts, parallels N. College Street at N. Broad.  As late as 40-50 years ago was used […]

A spokesman for Senator Lindsey Graham says the South Carolina Republican is doing well and is expected to vote to pass the much-debated infrastructure bill.  Graham was diagnosed with COVID-19 and then entered quarantine after he and a group of senators took a boat ride two weekends ago.  

This is Move-In Week for new and returning students at Clemson University.  Classes start Wednesday, August 18.  The new class of first-year undergraduates is expected to number 4,600.  That incoming class represents 48 states and two countries, along with 270 high schools across South Carolina.  More than 700 in the class are the first persons in their family to attend […]

A new, 4-way stop intersection is in the offing in Clemson.  The city is announcing that on Tuesday, August 24 the intersections of Rock Creek Road, Cedar Lane, and Ridgeview Drive will become a 4-way stop intersection.