Author: Dick Mangrum

A car driver near Seneca was charged last night with driving under the influence in an accident that involved a sheriff’s deputy.  According to law enforcement, the accident occurred as the deputy, Buddy Joe Duncan Jr., had slowed down his Chevy Tahoe to make a U-turn on the Sheep Farm Road. According to the highway patrol’s Matt Southern, a collision […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 827 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and  17 additional confirmed deaths.  In today’s report, there are 17 new Oconee County cases, but no additional deaths. This brings the total number of South Carolina confirmed cases to 127,646 and confirmed deaths to 2,891. The total number of individual test […]

The Seneca police say a person of interest has been determined and is being sought for questioning in the shooting death early today of a 35-year old man.  Coroner Addis says the victim at the Fair-Oak apartments was Charles Antonio Clark.  Shortly after 2 am, the police found Clark lying at the doorway to one of the units in the […]

Gunfire was fatal early today in Seneca to a 35-year old man.  The coroner plans to identify the victim once family members are notified.  The incident is believed to have occurred at or in the vicinity of a Lindsay Road apartment complex and was reported shortly after 2 o’clock this morning near Building 800 at 1200 Fair Oaks Circle.  Coroner […]

South Carolina DHEC announced today 951 new confirmed cases and 53 additional deaths from COVID-19. Three of those deaths were those of Oconee County residents.  Two died August 9 and one on August 30.  The new numbers bring the toll of dead to 2,877 and total cases statewide 126,792, which includes an additional 17 cases from Oconee.  The total number […]

If somehow you weren’t aware that this was the 19th year since the worst attacks ever on the U-S mainland, there was a reminder today high above the busiest traffic intersection in Oconee County.  The Seneca Fire Department used an extended ladder truck to mount a large American flag at Miracle Circle, to remind all of the cost in human […]

The 1050 average score by Oconee seniors who took the SAT for 2019-20 tops both the state and national averages by 20 and 30 points.  Dr. Thorsland, district superintendent, says, “We are excited.”  Oconee’s results were the 7th highest average total score among South Carolina districts.  The scholastic aptitude test consists of math and evidence-based reading and writing.  Optional for […]

The League of Women Voters will be busy in early October, conducting three Clemson political forums in advance of the November General Election.  All will be carried by Zoom technology, and those interested should be alert for additional information as the dates for the forums draw near.  On the evening of October 1, the first forum will feature the three […]

The latest figures show Oconee County’s 57.9% response to the 2020 Census lags behind both the state and national averages.  Unless more than five or six out of every 10 county residents answers a small set of brief questions, a poor response could cost the county money when it comes to government services for the public.  One of the basic […]

Tamassee-Salem Elementary School has detected its first case of COVID-19.  It’s a student about whom the county district states has not been in school since the 28th of August.  Other confirmed cases of the virus afflict a Seneca Middle School student, a Walhalla High School employee, and a Seneca Middle School employee.  The Seneca Middle School worker has not been […]