Author: Dick Mangrum

Since last summer, a Seneca area man has been victimized by credit card fraud in the amount of $5 thousand.  If you can help identify the suspected fraudster, you could qualify for a cash reward through the Oconee County Crimestoppers fund.  Last summer a credit card was obtained using personal identifying information of the victim.  A county financial crime investigator […]

For the last six of seven days, new confirmed South Carolina cases of COVID-19 exceed 1,000 for a 24-hour reporting period.  Today’s DHEC report notches an additional 1,226 cases, 21 of which are Oconee residents.  The new one-day death total statewide is 22.  These numbers make for nearly 187,775 cases so far.  The statewide death toll has reached 3,906.  So […]

The entire West-Oak wrestling team is in quarantine after the discovery of three positive cases within the Warrior program.  They may return to school Monday, November 30.  “This is certainly not ideal,” says Dr. Blackwell, West-Oak High principal, “but it is what’s best for the health and safety of our students and coaches.  We look forward to the team returning […]

South Carolina state health officials are addressing reports today that two major drug researchers could soon produce a vaccine ready to be administered, provided the necessary safety and efficacy standards are met.  The health officials are holding a media briefing in which they address a variety of questions about the number of doses to be required, who gets top priority […]

Few will likely mourn the passing of 2020.  We’ve all been impacted by the scourge of COVID-19.  Imagine, if you will, what it’s like to enter a home where there is discord and there may be an active case of the virus.  It’s the duty of social service workers to help bring about peace in a setting where there’s a […]

  The elected leaders of Walhalla have been introduced to the idea of a community garden, as a way to grow food naturally and share it with those in need.  It’s the idea of school teacher Sarah Carpenter.  She told the mayor and city council that she has found a spot on W. Main Street across from the swimming pool […]

Walhalla’s leaders believe their best bang for the dollar will be to allow New Year’s Eve to pass without a city-sponsored fireworks show. The city council squelched any plans to expend monies this year for a professionally-staged fireworks display which, if held, would likely have required or encouraged spectators to watch it from their cars due to the pandemic.  Libby […]

A meeting December 1 will likely hammer out the final details for the annual Walhalla Christmas parade.  That meeting takes place only five days before the actual event, which is scheduled 5:30 Saturday evening, December 5.  The worsening rate for the spread of COVID-19 was a prime consideration for how the city will attempt to regulate the parade in a […]