Author: Dick Mangrum

  Gunfire wounded one adult male last night in Westminster.  The police chief, Rory Jones, this morning released only scant details. “I will confirm that we did have a shooting in the city of Westminster last night in the Butler Street area, leaving one person wound and hospitalized, Jones said. The shooting occurred around 8 o’clock.

The superintendent of Oconee public schools, Dr. Michael Thorsland, is sensing that the district has begun to move from strict COVID-19 protocols to a return to its top priority of providing the best education possible to its students.  In a report last night to the trustees, Thorsland said it has been a successful year,  although a year disrupted by the […]

A look at an architect’s drawings for the next public school to be built in Oconee County reveals the typical of what a new school looks like in the 21st century.  But the new Seneca Middle School to be built on the Wells Highway will be equipped with a room influenced by the world pandemic. Architect Joel Carter                                                                                                                                   announced at […]

Walhalla’s voters decide today who gets to fill an open seat on their six-member city council.  The ballot candidates are Gwen Owens and Christy Marlow.  For voters who make their way to the polls at the EMS/Rescue Squad building, the sun will shine and the temperature should hit 80 degrees.  There is a slight chance for showers between 2 and […]

To promote public health and recognize April 11-17 as National STD Awareness Week, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) clinics are participating in a day of no-cost sexually transmitted disease (STD) screening for South Carolinians. From 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, April 15, residents can visit their local DHEC health department to be tested for hepatitis C, HIV, chlamydia, […]

South Carolina DHEC reports 453 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19,  including three in Oconee County.  And, for the data at 11:59 Saturday night, there were no additional South Carolina virus deaths.  Of 15,330 test results, the positivity was 4%.

A second Westminster man has been arrested in the continued investigation of an armed robbery December 16 at a home in Fair Play.  The latest man arrested, Cody Austin Grant, is charged with larceny and armed robbery at a Durham Brown Road home in which an occupant was assaulted and a Chevy Malibu was stolen.  Twenty-four year old Grant was […]

City planning commissioners this month will tackle the proposition of re-zoning as it relates to box stores and large chain retail stores doing business in Walhalla.  They will do so in a 5:30 pm public meeting Monday, April 19 at the Depot.  Mayor Edwards has made clear the public will get the chance to comment and offer feedback before the […]

May 29 will be a big day for the seniors of Oconee’s three high schools.  That morning, at 8:30, the graduating seniors of Seneca, Walhalla, and West-Oak receive their diplomas in  separate ceremonies to be held in the football stadiums at the three schools.  For a second year, COVID-19 precautions are involved.  Each graduate gets one ticket that allows up […]