Author: Dick Mangrum

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%.  

In a Thursday afternoon traffic stop near Seneca’s Miracle Circle,  Oconee County resident James Joseph Ungaro Jr.  was taken into custody and charged with multiple offenses including attempted murder, kidnapping, malicious injury to personal property, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in a case described as a domestic violence investigation. Arrest warrants allege 29-year […]