Author: Dick Mangrum

“We are continuing to see a strong demand.”  That’s how one of Walhalla’s dedicated Methodists describes the need to help individuals with their food budgets.  This afternoon, from 4:30 to 5:30, the St. Luke Methodist pantry on E. Main will offer boxes of various packaged foods, along with a meat selection and fresh fruits and vegetables.

 Despite the federal Public Health Emergency status for COVID-19 ending this Thursday, May 11, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s inventory of iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Tests has been refreshed and kits are available for free at most DHEC health clinics throughout the state. The new kits feature expiration dates good through the start of next year. […]

A docket for court next month in Oconee contains a civil case for which there are few pre-trial details.  And a court officer says “confidentiality” is the reason.  The case listed for trial—between one and three days—is described as a sexual predator case.  Other than attorneys’ names, no other case names are provided on the roster for Common Pleas Court […]

Cliffs Residents Outreach, a lake community of education-minded homeowners, has expanded its help to further the education of students in the school nearest them—the Tamassee-Salem Elementary School.  Principal Bobby Norizan and his counterpart at the Walhalla Middle School, Scott Dixon, were effusive last night in their gratitude to Cliffs’ residents who are sponsoring a $1 thousand scholarship for Tamassee-Salem students […]

A sixth grade student at Walhalla Middle School led the pledge of allegiance at last night’s school board meeting.  Ava Fortson is held out as an example of having made the transition from the elementary grades to the middle school grades.  In Ava’s case, she transitioned from the Tamassee-Salem Elementary School to the Walhalla Middle School.  

Going into a new school year, Oconee school leaders are splitting one administrator’s job into two.  And the reasons were further told  as the district superintendent addressed the county trustees. Dr. Thorsland last evening took the suggestion of Amanda Holder, the District One’s first-term trustee, and explained that a new assistant superintendent for elementary education will be helpful in improving […]

More than 4,300 students are set to earn bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Clemson University in May. Doctoral hooding will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9 in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Commencement for bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates is scheduled across three different ceremonies in Littlejohn Coliseum on Thursday, May 11 and Friday, […]

Law enforcement officers apprehended a 26-year old man Friday afternoon in the vicinity of a Seneca motel following a short chase on foot.  Arrest records today identify Tyler Wayne Smith as having been charged by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office with burglary, larceny and other offenses.  In the burglary first degree and grand larceny warrants, Smith is accused of entering an […]