Author: Dick Mangrum

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, […]

Nine people are off the streets of Oconee County, at the start of the sheriff’s office first drug sweep of 2021.  In all, 18 people are being sought on charges involving methamphetamine, prescription drugs, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and marijuana.  Capt. Ken Washington said, “The Sheriff’s Office knows that drug abuse affects families and communities and narcotics use and distribution contribute […]

The chief operating officer for the Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital, Hunter Kome, today used slides and statistics to inform Seneca Rotarians of the latest COVID-19 news involving the local hospital, the community, the state, and the country.  Kome met with the Rotarians in a Zoom meeting.  After explaining the hard work of the hospital staff since the pandemic was declared, […]

A chase that the Westminster police started in Westminster ended in Walhalla, when the Walhalla police deployed stop sticks on S. College Street inside the Walhalla corporate limits.  All four tires were deflated and, according to the Walhalla police, the suspect’s vehicle stopped on S. Church Street in the parking lot of the county sheriff’s office.  Officers took the suspect […]

The BASF plant near Seneca donated two barrels of food to the Collins Children’s Home, which assists families and children in the area who need additional nutritional support.  BASF workers for weeks collected food, including canned fruit and vegetables, soups, crackers, pancake mixes, tuna, beans, spaghetti, peanut butter, macaroni, cheese.

South Carolina’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported Wednesday by the state health agency:  436, including 14 in Oconee County.  Statewide, 23 deaths have been added to the death toll.  Of 14,007 test results, the new positivity:  4.7%.

A Clemson man has been arrested in the investigation of crimes March 1 at a home in Seneca.  The Seneca police have announced the arrest of Billy Tikeith Bruce on charges of assault and battery third degree and burglary first degree at a home on Maple Grove Road.  

Senator Lindsey Graham believes the U-S border policies are broken and the asylum laws are abused.  Today the South Carolina Republican announced legislation titled the Secure and Protect Act of 2021.  By eliminating former President Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy, President Biden–as Graham sees it–has exacerbated the situation.  Last month Graham visited the U-S Mexico border in Arizona and met […]