Author: Dick Mangrum

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.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 133 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 7 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 8,030 and those who have died to 362. Five of those deaths occurred in elderly individuals in Clarendon (2), Florence (1), […]

County auditors in South Carolina have been notified by the state Department of Revenue of decisions made in Duke Energy’s appeal of its 2019 property tax assessment. The outcome has implications for Oconee County’s treasury, as Duke is the county’s highest taxpayer. A memo to the county auditors from Taylor Ingram at the DOR states, “Duke is ready and willing […]

Nearly 53,000 Oconeeans are eligible to vote in the June 9 primaries, and now every voter in South Carolina is qualified to vote absentee in both the primaries and runoffs.  Governor McMaster today signed into law legislation passed yesterday by the General Assembly that authorizes any voter to vote absentee in any election in June 2020.  The provision expires on […]

Prisma Health is offering community screenings in Seneca for COVID-19.  The tests will be offered from 10 am to 2 pm Saturday at the Blue Ridge Elementary School, 995 S. Oak Street. Only those with COVID-19 symptoms will be tested.  You do not need a doctor’s order.  Tests will be given regardless of ability to pay.  No appointment is needed.  […]

A brand new fire engine was “wetted down” this morning at the Walhalla Fire Department and, through a long-standing fire service tradition, was slowly pushed into its bay to take its place alongside other fire fighting vehicles.  Built in Sumter, this new fire engine cost Walhalla $384 thousand, but well worth it according to Chief Brandon Burton.  “It’ll be a […]