Author: Dick Mangrum

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 172 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and nine additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 8,189 and those who have died to 371. Five of those deaths occurred in elderly individuals in Fairfield (2), Greenwood (1), […]

Seneca is announcing plans, with restrictions, to re-open certain facilities.  Starting Monday, City Hall will open to those with legitimate business concerns.  Social distancing will be strictly observed.  Public restrooms will be off limits.  Same applies to the Shaver Recreation Center.  City museums will remain closed.  The fire department will remain closed to public access, but the police station will […]

Unemployment rolls across the country are remindful of the depression, but here in the Golden Corner the number of first time claimants has dropped for another week.  Today’s report from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce showed 356 initial claims filed by Oconeeans for the week ended May 9.  Earlier during COVID-19 the county numbers exceeded one thousand […]

The Oconee County sheriff, Mike Crenshaw, will be part of a conference call tomorrow in which Attorney General William Barr and others will speak to law enforcement officers and express to them their support of local and state law enforcement who often find themselves on the front line of service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Glenn Hart believes a change made in the Oconee County Council meeting agendas has the effect of denying the right of a councilman to speak out. No such intent, according to Julian Davis, the council chairman. Going forward removed from the agendas are the sections allowing for new and old business. Hart, who represents District Five, sees that as infringing […]

The supply of Oconee Humane Society free pet food is dwindling. They have enough left for a few more giveaways including two in the Seneca area on Saturday.  You can receive pet food for dogs, cats, and small pets at two locations–at the Shaver Recreation Complex from 10 to 11:30 am and at Dixie Flooring, US 123, across from Walmart […]

A go-kart accident last evening near Walhalla sent two children to the hospital.  The accident occurred on Little Country Lane near Hefner Road.  A Walhalla fire fighter said out of precaution, the children were sent to a Greenville hospital.  The go-kart wound up in an area of grass and gravel.

For the first time in 20 years, AAA will not issue a Memorial Day travel forecast, as the accuracy of the economic data used to create the forecast has been undermined by COVID-19. The annual forecast – which estimates the number of people traveling over the holiday weekend – will return next year. Anecdotal reports suggest fewer people will hit […]

During the midnight hour, fire broke out in a home in the Townville area.  The location:  Old Dobbins Bridge Road near I-85. As part of a mutual aid agreement, Oconee’s Fair Play Department assisted Anderson County fire fighters in putting a stop to the fire.