Author: Dick Mangrum

The 2020 Walhalla Police Officer of the Year is Corp. Brenden Carmichael.  He was a unanimous choice for this year’s award.  Carmichael’s attributes include a positive attitude and an energy that shows he cares about what he does.

The 2020 Walhalla Police Officer of the Year is Corp. Brenden Carmichael.  He was a unanimous choice for this year’s award.  Carmichael’s attributes include a positive attitude and an energy that shows he cars about what he does.

On the agenda for Oconee’s elected leaders will be consideration on whether to file a new request of the federal government for financial aid to further recover from the April EF3 tornado.  Oconee Emergency Services seeks the council’s blessing to seek up to $5.2 million from the Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA.  A one-quarter local supplement would be required […]

Easing the restraints on farm animal processing is likely to come out of tomorrow’s meeting of Oconee County Council in the form of a letter to the county’s state delegation.  Julian Davis, council chairman, on Friday explained an issue that, during the pandemic, hamstrings county producers, along with slows down the local meat supply.  Davis says in the first few […]

Two Oconee County residents were added yesterday to the statewide toll of dead from COVID-19.  The deaths of the two elderly persons occurred Thursday and Friday, December 10 and 11. Their deaths were among 44 South Carolinians who’ve now raised the statewide toll to 4,387 dead.  On yesterday’s report, new cases were 2,924.  Of that number, 49 are from Oconee […]

Across the country, 145 locations are to receive shipments of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.  Those does left Pfizer’s Michigan facility yesterday and began distribution by FedEx from Memphis, and from UPS from its Louisville hub.  Jeff Duncan, the 3rd District U-S Representative, says, “Operation Warp Speed has provided great promise to the American people amid an unprecedented global pandemic.”

The more people tested, the more test results show positivity for COVID-19.  On today’s South Carolina report, 13,234 test results were received by DHEC and their positivity increased to 23%.  For the 24-hour reporting period, the state health agency confirmed 3,047 new cases and counted 12 more deaths.  Seventy-five of the new cases are Oconee County residents.