Author: Dick Mangrum

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.

Unemployment in Oconee County for August, the last full month of summer, dropped to 5.1%–after having registered at 7.5% of the county’s workforce in July.  According to figures from the state Department of Employment and Workforce, August saw 1,816 members of the county’s workforce out of work but actively looking to land back on the workforce.  In August, the county’s […]

  Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital has reserved Tuesday mornings for their hospital-based, drive-up clinic to get a flu shot.  And the first chance to get that shot will be 7 to 11 tomorrow morning.  Getting a flu shot this year is considered especially important, as the world pandemic continues with still no vaccine available to protect against COVID-19.  Throughout […]

Last night long drive-thru lines wrapped around the parking lots of several 123 Clemson restaurants–a sign that today is the start for blended instruction at the university.

Here’s a two-day report on the latest published COVID case numbers in South Carolina.  On Saturday, the state recorded 706 new cases and nine deaths.  Adding to the case count were eight cases from Oconee County.  The positivity percentage on test results was 11.2%.  For Sunday, South Carolina counted 420 new cases and 13 more deaths. There were seven new […]

A South Carolina Attorney’s General opinion written 34 years ago may apply to the heart of a legal dispute among Westminster city leaders.  At least, that’s the reading by some of what an assistant attorney general opined back then to a Newberry County attorney.  The assistant attorney general, Patrica Petway, responded to the question of whether a mayor or a […]

Walhalla Water Department has lifted a boil water advisory that applied to customers in  and around parts of highway 11.  It means that customers in that area no longer need to boil water before drinking or cooking.  A water main break was discovered early Saturday morning, but an announcement from the utilities director states:  “Following an intense flushing of the […]