Author: Dick Mangrum

Food will be given away during a one-hour period this afternoon in Walhalla.  The distribution at the St. Luke United Methodist Church will be 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon.  In Westminster yesterday, the giveaway of food boxes was slower than normal, according to one of the distributors.  However, all food was handed out after three hours’ time.

A 25-year old West Union man, identified by the police as the suspect in two shootings in Westminster, has been found dead in the city of Anderson.  The Anderson County coroner, Greg Shore, says Noah Elijah Cleveland died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the death has been ruled a suicide. Cleveland’s death is also being investigated by the Anderson city […]

A man found dead in a home near Easley is considered by Pickens County authorities to be the victim of homicide.  The coroner, Kandy Kelley, says Heyward “Trey” Delno Price III was found dead yesterday morning at his home on Shade Tree Circle.  Kelley says Price’s death came from a gunshot wound.  By this afternoon the Pickens Sheriff’s Office reported […]

The Oconee County shelter on the Sandifer Boulevard is supposed to be a place where there’s humane treatment of unwanted animals, but an investigative report by The Journal has found otherwise. And Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, under whose direction that the shelter operates, is announcing sweeping reforms, including personnel changes.  This follows an independent assessment done by an Anderson veterinarian.  Her […]

Here are the latest COVID-19 numbers reported today by South Carolina DHEC that reflect a 24-hour count that ended 11:59 Sunday night:  New cases:  192, seven of them in Oconee.  No new deaths statewide.  Of 10,202 test results, the positivity:  4.1%.  

A 33-year old Anderson man has been arrested in a two-month investigation of thefts reported at the property of an abandoned home in Townville.  Derrick Robert Ledford was arrested over the weekend and charged in two cases of grand larceny.  Sheriff’s officers traced a stolen car and a stolen motor home as property that belonged to an address on Townville’s […]

A fifth grader at the Fair-Oak Elementary School, Aubree Davis, is the Elementary Division winner in a youth art show of the state Art Education Association.  Aubree’s acrylic painting, “Donkey”, was first place among eight elementary finalists statewide.  Her piece was awarded first among 75 elementary entries in the western region, and that qualified her for the state show.

While supplies last, food is being given away in downtown Westminster.  A USDA Farmers to Families food box distribution is taking place at the Depot, at 129 E. Main Street.

Courtesy of federal government waivers, Oconee public school children are going to continue to eat free through the end of the year and into next year.  April Howe of the school district’s food service provider Sodexo made the announcement at last night’s board of trustees meeting.  The free meals will also be extended to this summer’s feeding program.  While breakfast […]