Author: Dick Mangrum

The Seneca Health and Rehabilitation Center was among 10 South Carolina nursing homes fined by the state for missing a reporting deadline.  South Carolina DHEC documents show that the facility near Seneca paid a $250 civil penalty to satisfy the state health agency for the failure to submit a weekly visitation report by the mandatory deadline.  Failure to submit such […]

The Oconee County-based program that provides rides for workers without transportation is spreading to Anderson.  Steve Finger and Ron Kaufman have announced that Anderson’s S. Main Chapel and Mercy Center has started a Ride to Work program.  Oconee County’s transportation ministry last month was providing rides to as many as 14 workers, most of whom work in good jobs at […]

A woman who owned a small business has been selected to lead the interests of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce at Seneca.  Crystal Romanyszyn on August 16 will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Brittany Kessler.  Romanyszyn has also served in various other capacities, including the chamber of commerce in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Darryl Broome, president of […]

  Duke Energy has filed an Oconee County legal action against three out-of-county residents to remove what its lawyers say is a partially dismantled and derelict sailboat left in Lake Keowee.  Subject of the civil court filing is a 1978 Buccaneer sailboat called “The Jada Emma Ray”.  Named defendants:  one resident of Fairfield County and two residents of York County.  […]

Oconee County has implemented an anonymous, electronic reporting system allowing citizens and employees to anonymously submit complaints, report ethics violations, or probable fraud. Oconee County Council requested Administrator Amanda Brock research and implement a reporting system for both staff and citizens to promote increased accountability within the County. The County team identified SAFE Hotline as the most efficient, viable, and […]

Walhalla’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee is having luck this summer with community block parties.  The next one will Friday, July 23 from 5 to 8 pm at Chicopee Field.  Some of the activities will take place at the nearby Gather 205.  Here’s the schedule of events:  from 5 to 6:30 pm food will be served; at 6 o’clock there will […]

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 jumped back over the 200 mark, to 203 cases recorded for the end of the day Monday this week. Five of those cases are Oconee County residents.  Statewide:  There were three new deaths confirmed, including an Anderson County resident who died July 7.  Of 3,656 test results, South Carolina positivity shot up to 8%.

A Walhalla councilwoman says some Walhallans would welcome CATBus to their city; others, she says, would not.  Last night Sarai Melendez implored her city council colleagues to have a discussion on whether the extension of CATBus service is something that would be worth the money.  After years of talk about the possibility of bus service for Walhalla, Melendez says it’s […]