Author: Dick Mangrum

Individual honors and a virtual breakfast are in the city of Clemson plans for its Black History Month.  The Pickens County city is basing its theme for the observance as “Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Present, and Planning Our Future.”  This month current and past members of the Clemson community will be honored for contributions to the betterment of Clemson […]

South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall has signed a document for the DOT’s new “Complete Streets” policy.  The policy requires SCDOT to work with the state’s regional transportation planning partners and regional transit providers to identify and include walking, bicycling and transit needs as part of their regional visioning plans.  The plans are to be tailored to the unique […]

At their meeting Monday night, Oconee school trustees are to receive the latest timeline for the district’s top building priority—the replacement Seneca Middle School to be built on the Wells Highway.  A year and a half ago the trustees were told of a 2023 timeline, but that projection preceded the COVID-19 outbreak.  The county school district designated $1.7 million dollars […]

As the calendar turned from January to February, the state health agency had documented a total of 101 Oconeeans who’ve lost their lives since the declaration 11 months ago of the pandemic. DHEC’s expectations are that the numbers are going to increase, even though there is now a rollout of protective vaccines.  By yesterday, DHEC had counted a total of […]

Senator Lindsey Graham believes his colleagues have made a blunder by failing to keep  intact a Donald Trump policy that has eased the pressure on the U-S southern border.  There was a split vote of 50-50 on a Graham resolution that would restrict thousands of asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their applications are processed.  The Republican from Oconee […]

Something looked out of place this afternoon in Oconee County, as Governor Henry McMaster stood on an outdoor stage holding a hockey stick and a University of Minnesota jacket.  But there’s an easy explanation.  McMaster joined Chairman John Elliott of the Oconee County Council to officially welcome a Minnesota-based company and its first Oconee County manufacturing plant.  For several months, […]

The Depot community center in Westminster is the place to line up tomorrow for a free box of food.  The distribution of food from the Farmers to Families program of USDA will be limited to one free box of food for a vehicle.  The boxes of food are to be given away starting at 9:30 tomorrow morning and will last […]

Prisma Health is launching a solid organ transplantation program in response to rising community needs. The program, currently under development, will initially begin by performing kidney transplants, including living-related donors. It is being developed to provide critically ill patients with life-saving transplants in areas closer to where they live, in addition to responding to the increasing need for transplants.   […]

A key indicator of South Carolina’s rate for infections dropped to 10.1%, according to the Thursday DHEC report.  The 10.1% reflected a total of more than 23.5 thousand test results received by DHEC to cover the latest 24-hour period.  Statewide, there were 1,649 new cases of COVID-19 and 75 deaths.  Of the 75 deaths, none was recorded among Oconee’s population, […]

Oconee sheriff’s officers continue to be on the lookout for a 37-year old man from the Pickens County city of Central.  According to the sheriff’s office, Jerrico Roshean Fruster is wanted on one dozen warrants related to three incidents.  He has been named in warrants alleging that he burglarized a home near Seneca and a building on Cedar Valley Lane.  […]