Author: Dick Mangrum

The Oconee deputy injured in this morning’s accident near highway 59 in the Crossroads Community was responding to a pursuit that started on highway 24.  Neither the deputy, nor the driver of the pursued vehicle, was identified by name. The deputy and the other driver were taken to the hospital.  And the sheriff’s office says it will not identify the […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,106 new confirmed cases and 3 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 8 additional confirmed deaths and 2 probable deaths. There are currently 881 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number […]

Clemson announces that the city will have masks available for pickup by businesses which then can make sure their customers are face-covered, to help push down the infection spread.  Each Clemson business will be allotted a maximum of 100 masks.  The business owners or their designated representatives should pick up their supply Monday at City Hall between  9 am and […]

Information has been received to indicate that there were at least three serious traffic accidents today in Oconee County.  An announcement is anticipated from the sheriff’s office to detail what happened this morning in the southern part of the county where an officer’s car hit a tree not far from highway 59, apparently in pursuit of another driver. State troopers […]

Nearly 1.5 million Americans filed first time claims for unemployment for the last week.  That’s higher than economists predicted.  South Carolina provided a slither of good news on the workforce front. Thomas Alexander, state senator for Oconee-Pickens, said first time claims across the state were 17,098—some 2,200 fewer than the previous week.  In an in interview with JoAnn Johnson on […]

If you, Mr. or Mrs. Oconee, ever imagined yourself as part of a board that sets policy for public education in the county, you have an opportunity later this year to make a difference.  Three of the five seats on the county board of trustees are available in the November 3 General Election.  They are the seats representing districts 2, […]

An Oconee sheriff’s SUV has crashed this morning in the Crossroads Community near Seneca.  94.1 The Lake’s Kevin Hollis reported from the scene that the sheriff’s car apparently left Deer Knoll Drive near highway 59 and crashed into a tree.  Two ambulances were seen in the vicinity.  An officer has been injured, but there’s no immediate information about injuries and […]

One person is reported in custody after what the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says was a pursuit this morning in the vicinity of Crossroads community and highway 59.  Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, confirms there was motor vehicle  pursuit and the suspect was in custody after a short foot chase.

By this morning, there had been no answer as to whether a California utility company superintendent is agreeable to a cross-country move to take over the Westminster utilities department.  Leigh Allen Baker apparently is still weighing to accept Westminster’s offer of an $85 thousand salary to be electrical supervisor/interim utility director.  The job of permanent utility director would hinge on […]

A missing Walhalla teenager, Jayne Reyes, has been located in Florida.  Capt. Tim Rice of the Walhalla Police said last night, “We are working now to get her reunited with her family.”  The police on Tuesday made Jayne the subject of a missing endangered report and had received indications that she might have been in a car in the company […]