Author: Dick Mangrum

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,599 new confirmed cases and 3 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 15 additional confirmed deaths and 2 additional probable deaths. There are currently 908 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number […]

The highway patrol announced this afternoon the arrest of a man in the investigation of a late night accident Thursday that injured a second Hartwell man and that man’s eight-year old passenger.  It was a two-truck accident on the rural Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway 11 reported around 9:30 pm.  According to trooper Hovis, charged with felony DUI with great bodily […]

A motor vehicle hit and severely hurt a bicyclist this morning in Anderson County, and the state patrol appeals to the public for information to find the driver.  The accident occurred around 7 this morning on Pickens Drive near the Six and Twenty Road.  The suspect vehicle possibly will have headlight damage and right front and passenger side damage.  If […]

Four people have been interviewed for the open job of principal at Ravenel Elementary School, and a recommendation on who is to be hired will be made to a special meeting next week of the county board of trustees.  The Ravenel principal’s job opened when Angie Henderson resigned.

The increase in Oconee County COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks has led Walhalla to implement stricter rules covering all city-sponsored meetings.  Going forward, until further notice, everyone attending a Walhalla meeting will have to wear facial coverings, hand sanitize, and allow their temperature to be taken at the door.  There will be reduced capacity allowed for meetings that […]

  A 25-year old man from Charleston sits in the Oconee jail having been ticketed four times by law enforcement as part of an investigation from an attempted traffic stop yesterday morning in the southern part of the county.  Tickets issued to Bradon Lee Ashley Potter allege driving under suspension, failure to stop for a blue light, operating an uninsured […]

An accidental stove fire late last night near Seneca inflicted grease burns to the hands and arms of a resident of the McPhail Apartments near the Carson Road.  Chief Richie Caudill of the Seneca Fire Department said the victim was conscious and showed no respiratory problems.  However, because of the burns the decision was made to evacuate him to the […]

A driver and a passenger were airlifted for medical treatment from a late night two-vehicle accident on S. Highway 11 not far from Parkway Campers.  Lance Corporal Joe Hovis of the highway patrol identified the two requiring treatment as Able Chavez-Bausita of Hartwell, Georgia, along with an 8-year old passenger.  Both vehicles were headed south on the two-lane highway.  Hovis […]

A head-on crash around one o’clock yesterday afternoon near Seneca left a motorcyclist dead and a second driver charged by the highway patrol.  The coroner said the crash reported on 59 two miles south of the city limit was fatal to 32-year old motorcyclist and Westminster resident William Andrew Cheek.  According to state trooper Joe Hovis, pickup truck driven by […]