Author: Dick Mangrum

An Oconee sheriff’s deputy answered a call for welfare check yesterday at a West-Oak Highway business and wound up arresting a Pickens County man on two criminal charges.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office today announced charges of trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime were placed against Paul William Leroy, a 41-year old […]

Governor Henry McMaster called on the S.C. Board of Health and Environmental Control today to “issue direction to agency leadership and to state and local healthcare organizations prohibiting the use of the Biden Administration’s ‘targeted’ ‘door to door’ tactics in the State’s ongoing vaccination efforts.” “A South Carolinian’s decision to get vaccinated is a personal one for them to make and not […]

In this afternoon’s report, South Carolina DHEC confirms 212 new cases of COVID-19, including one new case in Oconee County.  Statewide, there was one new confirmed death — an elderly Florence County resident who died on Wednesday.  Of 6,167 test results received, the positivity was 4.7%.  These numbers are data that reflect the count at the end of the day […]

The state patrol reports a late night accident last night on the Wild Hog Road in Anderson County killed the operator of a moped.  Coroner Greg Shore said the victim was Victor Bernard Chapman, 60, of Westminster.  The accident was reported at 11:10 on SC 187/the Wild Hog Road, near La France Road.  At the time, according to Trooper Joe […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reminds parents, caregivers and anyone who drives with children in their vehicles to remember the dangers of leaving a child in a car for any period of time, especially during the hot summer months. An unattended child in a vehicle can result in heat stroke or death. In South Carolina, there […]

The West Union mayor pro-tem, Doug Moore, will hold the gavel when the town council holds its July meeting next week at the Town Hall.  In Tuesday’s 6 o’clock meeting, the council will consider what, if anything, to do about a water customer’s high bill.

The world pandemic has taken 140 Oconee County lives.  The state health agency is giving the 140 number as the number of Oconee County deaths reported due to COVID-19.  

Seneca’s cross-trained fire fighters have become acquainted with a new Prisma Health helicopter that is being used to fly patients to the care they require.  The Seneca Fire Department is one of many that take responsibility to arrange landings and take-offs of medical helicopters from designated landing zones in the Seneca area.  Sometimes, however, circumstances dictate creating landing zones where […]

The City of Walhalla Water Department advises the residents of the Walhalla Water System, located in Oconee County that they no longer need to boil their water prior to drinking or cooking. Following an intense flushing of the distribution system, bacteriological samples were collected and analyzed by the City of Walhalla Water Department. The results of this sampling indicate that […]