Author: Dick Mangrum

A new leaf truck has just been added to the arsenal of machinery and equipment of Walhalla’s public works department.  It’s a leaf truck, and Russell Price, department head, says early October is an ideal time to have acquired it.  It won’t be long until the sanitation customers start to rake leaves and leave them in piles on the side […]

Friday, October 16 will be a day that Oconee County public school children do not have to report to their classrooms.  But it’s not going to be a day without learning.  The school district has chosen Friday the 16th as a day for students to practice eLearning at home for days later this year when weather conditions cancel in-class learning.  […]

A late afternoon accident on Walhalla’s N. Laurel Street injured a bicyclist whose bike apparently hit a mailbox.  At first, the police and fire responders thought the accident might have also involved a motor vehicle.  At the scene, medics made the decision to request a medical helicopter which landed and took off from an area behind the 1st Baptist Church […]

Duke Energy is announcing new investments in the market of electric vehicles.  The utility company will install and operate 60 fast chargers across its South Carolina territories that’ll feature power output of 100 kilowatts or more and will offer up to a total of $1 thousand for 400 residential Duke customers who install a Level 2 charging station, provide access […]

A new agreement between the Oconee Sheriff’s Office and Upstate Warrior Solution will offer a helping hand to a veteran who gets in trouble with the law.  Announced yesterday, the agreement will work one of two ways.  If a veteran commits a crime and is arrested by a law enforcement agency in Oconee County, his or her information will be […]

Residents of a Lake Keowee subdivision near Seneca were surprised yesterday to spot a bar in their midst.  They got over the shock enough to take some photographs that have circulated on social media.  The bear was reported along Watermark Court and seen taking a swim in the lake.

South Carolina Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 556 new confirmed cases and 27 additional confirmed deaths from COVID-19. This brings the total number of SC confirmed cases to 148,334 confirmed deaths to 3,300. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 4,309 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 12.9%.

Oconee County going forward will apply stronger health and sanitation rules governing recreation vehicle parks.  Existing R-V parks are granted an exception.  But, in the view of most of the county’s governing fathers, these rules will help protect public health and the environment.  But District Two’s Wayne McCall points out there are segments of the county’s population that because of […]

Oconee County has extended its emergency rule that, for public health, the county will continue to require those who visit and work inside county offices and facilities to wear facial coverings.  The county council approved the extension last night after its attorney discovered that the emergency ordinance would have lapsed prior to the next meeting.  David Root, the attorney, stressed […]