Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee Sheriff’s Office is part of this year’s “Operation Clear Track” — considered to be the largest rail-safety initiative in North America.  Coordinated by AMTRAK, Clear Track aims to reduce the number of railway crossing and trespassing incidents in the U-S and Canada.  Those incidents each year seriously hurt or kill more than 2,100 people.  The event is part of […]

A fifth student at Seneca High School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the case reporting kept by Oconee School District.  A total of 753 students are enrolled in face-to-face classes so far this year at the high school. Classes re-opened their doors on August 24.

Getting into and around Columbia by interstate highway should be safer and more mobile by the year 2029.  South Carolina DOT has announced approval of the last major, federal permit needed to improve and re-build 14 miles of I-20, I-26, and I-26 corridor.  The project is called Carolina Crossroads, but the interchanges are often referred to as “Malfunction Junction.”  DOT […]

Chairman Lindsey Graham of the Senate Judiciary Committee delivered an answer yesterday to critics who say he’s gone political in the process to nominate a successor for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  The Republican U-S senator from Oconee says he’s had a change of mind about the judicial-confirmation process and believes it important to proceed right away to process any nominee put […]

If you’ve grown weary of locating a politician in real life and real time, try Clemson on Thursday evening.  The Clemson Farmers Market and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute are announcing a candidate town hall for 5 to 6 pm on the Green Stage at the Patrick Square Village, featuring candidates for Clemson mayor, city council, and the state legislature.  […]

The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a skunk found near Walhalla in the vicinity of  Earlestead Drive and Wildwood Road has tested positive for rabies. One pet was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. The skunk was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory for testing on September 15th and was […]

Substantial earth moving is taking place on land fronting Lake Hartwell in Oconee County across from Clemson University.  Adam Chapman, county planner, this afternoon confirmed the project as Fort Rutledge Point, a 14-lot subdivision in the vicinity of Shiloh Road between Seneca Creek Road and Tree Cat Trail.  A Fort Rutledge Point website indicates that the gated subdivision is being […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 393 new confirmed cases and 13 additional confirmed deaths Seven new Oconee cases are on today’s report. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 134,884, probable cases to 3,240, confirmed deaths to 3,040, and 172 probable deaths.   The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC […]

The American Heart Association is handing out plaudits to seven of Prisma Health hospitals for quality stroke and heart care.  One of them is the Oconee Memorial Hospital, recognized for its care of stroke patients.  Hospitals were evaluated on measures such as proper use of medications, patient education and care transition interventions.  According to the quality oversight committee of the […]

An employee of Fair-Oak Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19, according to a posting today by the Oconee School District.  The posting was effective Sunday, September 20.