Author: Dick Mangrum

Seneca resident Silviano Zavala has organized a blood drive tomorrow in honor of the late Walhalla city councilman Dennis Owens, who died from COVID-19 this year.  The blood drive, in coordination with The Blood Connection, takes place 10 to 3 tomorrow at The Light of the World church at 201 S. Fair Play Street, Seneca.  All donors receive a $20 […]

Other than a fallen tree or two, the weather inflicted little damage during the night.  The worst period apparently was during the 2 o’clock hour when county was placed under a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch.  The rainfall was plentiful including the late afternoon hours.  Around 3 o’clock public safety responders in Seneca were sent to a two-car […]

On today’s DHEC report:  551 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, sixteen of the cases are in Oconee County.  Statewide 31 new confirmed deaths from the virus.  Of 23,968 test results, the state positivity was 3.8%.

The man found dead inside the West Union Post Office early Wednesday sustained a sudden cardiac death, the coroner announced following an autopsy.  Coroner Addis said the cardiac death of Charles Edward Griffin came about as the result of heart disease.  The death of the 64-year old, considered to have been homeless, is classified as a natural death.

The police say the suspect driver was sent to jail after a three-vehicle accident this morning on Walhalla’s S. Cedar Street at the city public works department.  The accident injured a passenger of a parked vehicle, and according to the police, the passenger was transported by EMS. Chief Brinson said in the accident a Chevrolet failed to maintain its lane […]

Now that vaccines have been released, the Blood Connection has upgraded its service to donors interested in checking for the body’s response to COVID-19.  Its new anti-body screening tests each donor’s blood to see if it contains the anti-bodies from the COVID vaccine or anti-bodies from exposure to the COVID virus, or both.  Previously, the Blood Connection screenings could detect […]

A partnership between Ingles Markets and Clemson University offers university employees and others who work on campus the chance to be vaccinated against COVID-19.  More than one thousand of those individuals are being contacted directly by Ingles pharmacies close to their home to arrange appointments.

In the opinion of an Upstate conservationist, runoff from roads has penetrated the waters of a pristine creek south of Lake Jocassee.  In a communication this week to the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals, Frank Holleman of Greenville says the waters of McKinney Creek are pristine, but they are impacted by runoff from roads and hard surfaces that produces sedimentation […]

The numbers of Oconeeans who have received vaccine doses—or the numbers of county residents who’ve started the process—appear to be blowing apart the theory that many people are simply choosing against being inoculated.  That’s a conclusion one can draw from the numbers and photographs that the local hospital chief operating officer imparted yesterday to the Seneca Rotary Club.  Hunter Kome, […]