Author: Dick Mangrum

On the evening of Thursday, July 2, Walhalla will take another step to form its diversity and inclusion committee by inviting city residents to come and take part in a meeting to be attended by the city council, the police chief, and city staff.  The meeting will take place at the Depot and start at 6 o’clock that evening.  Mayor […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,291 new confirmed cases and 12 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 10 additional confirmed deaths. There are currently 832 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number of people confirmed cases […]

Seneca is announcing bus route changes and invites the public for a discussion today at the City Hall.  A public hearing to discuss those changes is set for the noon hour today.  Route changes are displayed on the lower level of City Hall in front of the planning and community development office.  If you can’t make today’s hearing, you can […]

A man who the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says has a record for burglary finds himself back in jail for a new case in which he allegedly burglarized a home last weekend near Westminster.  According to the sheriff’s office, Wayne Emory Drost was taken into custody Sunday morning on the property of the crime scene.  Fifty-nine year old Drost lists addresses […]

Senator Lindsey Graham wants a strong signal sent to China for that nation’s culpability for the spread of the COVID-19 virus.  In his opening statement to a hearing he chaired in Washington, Graham declared, “The entire world needs to send a strong signal to the Chinese Communist Party that enough is enough.”  He and his fellow committee members convened to […]

In response to recommendations and guidelines issued by the Accelerate Ed Task Force, the following statement of Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent of Oconee public schools, was released this afternoon:  “We are processing the recommendations provided to districts in the AccelerateED report. We are in the midst of forming a committee of parents, teachers and administrators to actively participate in continued […]

A committee concerned with Clemson’s economic vitality recommends the city council adopt an ordinance that will require mask or face coverings while out in public in that Pickens County municipality.  COVID-19 cases are surging in Clemson and Pickens County–25 new cases reported today in the county.  A mask ordinance is one of the agenda items for tomorrow’s special city council […]

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 890 new confirmed cases and 3 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 14 additional confirmed deaths. There are currently 824 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number of people confirmed […]

Oconee County’s adult education program is looking toward a new year.  Its director, Steve Moore, is announcing that the program will establish a new home when it re-locates July 14 to a new campus–the former Career Center in Bountyland, which has been renamed the Bountyland Educational Campus.  Classes are scheduled to begin August 17.  Those persons who do not have […]