Author: Dick Mangrum

Front-line workers at Clemson University classified phase 1a received COVID-19 vaccines  through a partnership between the university and the Medical University of South Carolina.  Among those receiving vaccines are Clemson Rural Health clinicians and team members; Healthy Me-Healthy SC Rural COVID Screening Teams; Redfern Health Center medical personnel and staff; School of Nursing Faculty, staff and students involved in direct […]

By 11:59pm Friday, the running count of Oconee County deaths due to the COVID-19 virus had reached 73.  Early in the counting, Oconee’s neighbor to the west, the smaller county of Stephens County, Georgia, was running a higher death count than Oconee.  That, however, has changed, as the latest shows 50 Stephens County deaths.

The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority’s two meetings planned today have been postponed.  Postponed are the regular January meeting of the JRSA commissioners, as well as the annual get together of the member cities.  “These meetings will be re-scheduled as soon as possible,” the announcement states.  No reason given for the postponement.

At its January meeting tomorrow night, Seneca City Council is scheduled to receive a task force presentation on diversity, equity and inclusion.  Tomorrow’s 6 o’clock city hall meeting is also the time to swear-in the new police chief, Casey Bowling.  Bowling has finished his first week as the top law enforcement officer for Seneca.

An even 100 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases are reported in Oconee County.  Those cases appear on the latest DHEC report, issued Sunday, and they apparently represent a one-day high for the county, since the pandemic was declared.  The report shows an additional 3,667 cases statewide, along with 48 more deaths, including that of an elderly Oconeean.  That county resident’s death […]

Walhalla officials have learned Dennis Owens has died.  For weeks and months, the city councilman had fought COVID-19.  Mayor Danny Edwards was informed yesterday morning.  The mayor says, “It’s a sad day.”

Prisma Health will restrict patient visitation effective Saturday, Jan. 9, in the wake of a growing surge of COVID-19 infections across South Carolina.   “We know that being with families is itself a healing therapy and so we wrestled with this decision. But we believe this measure is needed in the wake of the growing post-holiday surge of COVID-19, especially […]