Author: Dick Mangrum

The Sheriff’s Office has identified an Oconee man as the 39-year old who was arrested Saturday during a domestic violence investigation.  The charges against Jason Marvin Crowe are kidnapping and domestic violence first degree, according to the sheriff’s office announcement.  A deputy conducted a welfare check on Crowe Drive in the vicinity of High Falls Road after the receipt of […]

Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) Commission approved a freeze today for in-county tuition rates for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is the second year in a row that Tri-County has not raised its in-county tuition rates.  Tech says its rates are the lowest of any technical college in the Upstate and the second lowest in the S.C. Technical College System.   […]

New South Carolina cases:  641; 13 in Oconee Statewide:  7 new deaths Of 22,454 test results, positivity:  4.4%  

The  Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department is recruiting volunteers and soliciting funds to carry out its mission to serve and protect a large swath of eastern Oconee County.  In a letter to community residents, the fire department says it lost a number of long-time volunteers in the last year,  but new recruits are taking courses for fire and medical certifications.  Financially, the […]

U-S representatives in South Carolina are imploring the state’s governor to do what he can to forbid the idea of “vaccine passports” taking hold in the state.  It’s a concern not only confined to South Carolina, but in other states, as well, where there’s concern that travel groups might insist travelers prove that they’ve been inoculated against COVID-19.  Among those […]

The board of zoning appeals in Walhalla will deliberate a pair of issues at 5:30 this evening at the Depot.  On the agenda:  a variance for a business at 207 Booker Drive and a special exception request for a mobile home at 114 Norton Street.

According to the report issued Saturday by South Carolina DHEC: There were an additional 632 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina, including eight in Oconee County.  Statewide:  13 additional deaths.  Of 25,045 test results, the South Carolina positivity was 3.5%.

A fire last night on Walhalla’s Corey Road is being termed suspicious by the fire department.  Around 7:45 last night, the fire department discovered a mobile home partially on fire.  Refuse in the yard of the Corey Road home also was burning.  There were no known occupants or injuries; however, Chief Burton says his department is interested in learning the […]

New South Carolina COVID-19 cases:  683, including 16 in Oconee County. Statewide, seven more deaths. Of 25,392 test results, the new positivity:  3.9%.