Author: Dick Mangrum

In today’s South Carolina DHEC report:  1,451 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state.  Thirty-eight are in Oconee County.  Statewide there were 32 new confirmed deaths.  Of a total of nearly 21,500 test results received in the state, the positivity was 10%.

Two Oconee County residents have been jailed in Walhalla, after being held by Jackson County, North Carolina authorities.  All of this resulting from warrants issued in Georgia, a subsequent car chase February 2 on highway 11 which eventually ended in the North Carolina mountains.  The two incarcerated have been identified as Amy Denise Fleming of Westminster and Artis O’Neal Wright […]

Ever since the pandemic, the volume of trash handled by Oconee Solid Waste has risen substantially.  This week Swain Still, the director, ascribed two factor for this:  One is the fact that, because the virus has confined many to home, county residents have done a lot of house and yard cleaning, and thus send more waste to the convenience center; […]

Contributions amounting to $4,500 have been made to Tri-County Technical College Foundation for continued support of Tech’s nursing program.  It’s enough to support three future nurses as they continue their Tech education.  The contributions come from Clemson Downs, the CARC Foundation, and the Clemson Downs Volunteers.

A special ceremony takes place next month in front of the Oconee County Courthouse in Walhalla.  At 11 am Thursday, March 25, the Lewis G. Watkins Marine Corps League Detachment holds a Medal of Honor day, and the public is invited to attend.  Watkins, a serviceman from the Korean Conflict, is the only Oconeean to ever receive the medal that […]

Once again, it’s time for the policymakers for Oconee County government to prioritize their goals.  The county council tomorrow morning holds its annual strategic planning retreat.  On the agenda:  budget analysis, strategic goals, and annual review by Amanda Brock, the administrator.

A one-story home just south of Walhalla is now un-inhabitable as the result of fire this morning—a fire that appears to have started at the back of the brick house.  The fire scene is SC 183/the Westminster Highway, about one-half mile north of WGOG.  No personal injuries resulted, but a number of pets died. Chief Burton of Walhalla Fire Department […]

Fire fighters have converged at a home near Walhalla this morning.  Just moments ago, both lanes of SC 183/the Westminster Highway, were blocked to through traffic.  The scene is about one-half mile north of WGOG.

Here’s an announcement from Prisma Health: “Due to weather conditions, Prisma Health is moving all Gamecock Park vaccination appointments scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 18, to our vaccination site at Baptist Hospital Breast Health building, 1501 Sumter Street in downtown Columbia. Please park in the garage attached to the building.   We have used as many methods as possible to […]

A judge in Walhalla will be asked this month to accept a settlement in a lawsuit alleging negligence in the Oconee Detention Center.  The morning of Friday, February 26 is scheduled as a settlement hearing in the case of Erica Smalley versus Southern Health Partners, the healthcare provider for the county jail.  Suit was filed three years ago on behalf […]