Author: Dick Mangrum

South Carolina’s latest COVID numbers seem to be mirroring what’s being reported nationally.  That is, cases are down, deaths are up.  Today’s DHEC report shows 647 new cases of the virus and 20 deaths.  That’s 17 fewer cases than yesterday, but four additional deaths since yesterday.  A DHEC physician hopes all people who are headed to high school and college […]

The flags that fly at Seneca’s Miracle intersection have been taken down — but it’s just temporary, says the city administrator.  “We took them down to be refurbished,” says Scott Moulder.  All three–the American Flag, the South Carolina flag, and the city of Seneca flag–have been battered by recent storms.

  After South Carolina schools were ordered closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of students lost contact with their teachers.  The state DSS helped school districts locate those students.  Oconee school officials say the social service agency helped them determine that eight students had moved out of the district.  Another 54 Oconee students were found by school […]

According to reports, a rural Anderson County accident this morning took the life of an Anderson police officer.  The accident occurred shortly after 6 this morning; by the 9 o’clock hour the coroner had yet to identify the fatality.  The accident scene was SC 24 in the vicinity of the double bridges over Lake Hartwell.

  Revenue generated by the sale of South Carolina hunting and fishing licenses helps pay for a variety of conservation efforts that protect the state’s woods and waters and wildlife.  Since 1937, hunters and anglers pay excise taxes on hunting and fishing equipment that’s collected by the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service, then given back to the states for conservation […]

In a late afternoon fire, a car was destroyed near Walhalla’s Coffee Road.  The destroyed vehicle is believed to have been an Oldsmobile.  Fire fighters encountered the fire around 4 o’clock under a carport.  No one hurt.

South Carolina’s junior U-S senator, Tim Scott, has expressed his disappointment that only one charge was brought in the investigation of Breonna Taylor’s death at Louisville, Kentucky especially–and these are Republican Scott’s words–“when we know the initial police reports were falsified.”  Scott also announced that he will continue to seek reforms to no knock warrants, but says it’s important to […]

With only a few days left, Oconee County continues to trail both the state and the nation in responding to the 2020 Census.  By mid afternoon yesterday, Oconeeans’ response rate stood at 58.4%– behind both the state (60.2%) and the country (66.3%).  County leaders are worried that a severe undercount will cost the county valuable monies when it comes to […]

An appeals court has reversed an earlier ruling and now South Carolinians who qualify to vote absentee by mail must now have their signatures witnessed.  Chris Whitmire, director of public information for the state Election Commission, made that announcement yesterday and said his office will continue to notify the public of any changes to the witness requirement through the media […]