Author: Dick Mangrum

Crews are undertaking a prescribed burn today within in the Andrew Pickens Ranger District in Oconee.  A spokeswoman for the U-S Forest Service says reducing fuels for the potential of wildfire and enhancing wildlife habitat are the reasons for this prescribed burn of 400 acres at Jumping Branch and Lake Cherokee.

Adding to the running count kept by the state health agency today are 2,570 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths across South Carolina.  The additional case number includes 37 from Oconee County.  Reported to DHEC were the test results statewide of 10,773, making for a positivity of 23.9%.

The corporate limits of Seneca are a cleaner place, courtesy of a public service project carried out yesterday by the Seneca police and members of the community.   The public service project was carried out to help mark Martin Luther King Day.  Casey Bowling, police chief, says around 100 bags of general trash were filled.  The litter patrol also removed discarded […]

IRS Criminal Investigation warns South Carolina taxpayers about new wave of COVID-19 scams as second round of Economic Impact Payments are delivered The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) is warning South Carolina taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second round of Economic Impact Payments. In the last several months, IRS-CI has […]

If you think the snow that fell over the weekend in western North Carolina was something, you should take a trip to the European country of Switzerland.  In one small town there (Sulgen), the snow measured 19″.  We know this because of a former Oconee County couple who call Switzerland home has sent the snowy photographs, with the plea, “Could […]

The cross-trained personnel of the Walhalla Fire Department were on the go Sunday afternoon to attend to a hiker at Yellow Branch Falls, highway 28, north of the city.  On the trail leading to the falls, a hiker injured an ankle or knee and received assistance.  Apparently was not major.

Ingle’s is not only a supermarket for buying groceries.  Through the Ingle’s supermarket chain, you can reserve an appointment for a COVID vaccine.  Listeners  are telling us they’ve been able to go thru Ingle’s by keying in the address Ingles-Markets.com.  “Once there,” as one of our listeners says, “it is easy.”

Toccoa, Georgia Radio WNEG reports that the Atlanta Humane Society swooped into Stephens County and seized more than 30 dogs from their owner, animals that had been exposed to the elements in two sheds and a trailer.  The Stephens County Marshal’s Office opted against filing charges against the property owner.  According to the humane society, most were adult dogs, had […]

A total of 2,946 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 are on today’s report from South Carolina DHEC.  The new case number includes 41 Oconee County cases.  Statewide, there were eight deaths.  Of 12,806 test results received statewide, the positivity was 23%.