Author: Dick Mangrum

By order of the New Jersey governor, public school children must wear masks at the start of school this year.  That’s unlikely to repeat in South Carolina, as pointed out by the Oconee superintendent of education.  Dr. Thorsland says a proviso inserted by the state legislature would make illegal any directive for students and staff to mask up.  In Oconee […]

The organization in the business of advancing the common good in Oconee County will pack its bags in the next year to move to a part of the community in need.  LaShauna Harrison, the local executive director, last night announced that Oconee United Way will abandon its suite of 123 By-Pass offices for a spot in Seneca’s Blue Ridge Community […]

A Walhalla policeman says he was alerted to a car that failed to maintain its lane on N. Catherine Street.  The early morning traffic stop Wednesday yielded multiple charges against the car driver, Adrian Cuttino Holland of Seneca.  According to law enforcement records, the charges against Holland include cocaine possession and the possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. […]

An Oconee sheriff’s officer investigated a Tuesday night incident near Salem in which a pick axe was identified as a weapon used to attack a man who showed up at the home to give a ride to someone inside.  As a result Jocassee Lake Road resident James Kyle Mosley faces charges of malicious injury to personal property and assault/battery high […]

To help keep members and the general public in a safe environment, the United Way of Oconee has adjusted plans for tonight’s annual meeting and recognition dinner.  It remains on schedule for 6 o’clock at the Lakeside Lodge Resort at Hartwell Village.  However, the dinner will no longer be a sit-down affair.  Instead, the United Way has reserved the private […]

Here are this afternoon’s South Carolina COVID-19 numbers, reflecting the 24-hour count by the end of the day Tuesday: New cases statewide:                                                                     1,878 (20 in Oconee County) […]

Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, and Senator Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, re-introduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 to expand access to credit for an estimated 45 million Americans with either no credit history or a credit history that’s too scarcely populated to generate a credit score.  The legislation would permit landlords and utility and telecom […]

A mini-van turned over after going off SC 24/the West-Oak Highway near the Sitton Mill Road.  This accident, shortly before 7:30, required a medical helicopter to transport the sole occupant, the driver, for treatment, according to the highway patrol.

Mailbox placement and a safety brochure covering rural roads are agenda items next week for the Oconee County Agricultural Advisory Board.  The problems that operators of farm machinery encounter as they maneuver on some of Oconee’s narrowest rural roads and highways have been brought to the attention recently of two county boards and commissions, with the hope that something can […]

A new home development, to be laid out in nearly 80 lots, is in the works for acreage along Seneca’s Wells Highway.  The property covers 44 acres between the Shiloh and Friendship roads.  Developer Eddie Kinsey of Anderson spoke yesterday to 101.7/WGOG NEWS about the project that he and partners Roy and Kenny Jeffcoat are planning with Ryan Homes for […]