Author: Dick Mangrum

Law enforcement and cleanup crews needed five hours to restore traffic flow in Habersham County, Georgia at the Tom Arrendale interchange Monday afternoon when a semi-truck overturned.  The Georgia Patrol reported the driver of a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia from Statesboro was headed south on Georgia 365 and about one-half mile south of the Arrendale interchange failed to maintain his lane, […]

The mayor and council in Seneca are on notice that they will be asked to raise the cost of a water tap fee.  This comes at a time of the start of construction on numerous home developments in the Seneca area and a tap fee analysis done by the city’s number crunchers.  Scott Moulder, city administrator, reminded the city’s governing […]

A summer internship at two hospitals in east Africa helped Clemson nursing student Rachel Girvin recognize the value of taking it slowly, and to be more intentional, when caring for patients in emergency situations.  Girvin started her internship in a Tanzania city close to the Kenya border where she had the chance to assist doctors and nurses with multiple deliveries.  […]

Free food this afternoon at a Walhalla church.  The pantry at the St. Luke Methodist Church will be open this afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 pm.

The government’s nuclear watchdog agency announces a passing grade for Oconee Nuclear’s draft environmental impact statement.  That environmental review is part of the lengthy process underway for Duke Energy to qualify for a second renewal of its operating licenses for the Oconee Nuclear Station.  The passing grade, announced by the NRC’s Lance Rakoven, is a recommendation, and it comes at […]

Rising junior and senior high school students in South Carolina are invited to apply for a teen academy of the Columbia field office of the FBI.  The two-day academy, June 26 and 27, at FBI headquarters in the capital city is designed for high school age students to learn about the country’s top domestic police agency, as well as crimes […]

Chairman Matthew Durham of Oconee County Council has arranged a town hall meeting at 6 tonight at the American Legion Hall in Walhalla.  The get together will follow the following format:  Durham, the District Two councilman, gives a brief presentation on where Oconee government has been, where it is now, and where it’s going.  Then, the meeting will open to […]

South Carolina’s presidential preference primaries are history.  Next up on the election calendar are the state’s Democratic and Republican primary elections June 11.  They are held to allow the two political parties to decide their nominees for the November General Election ballot.  Oconeeans interested in qualifying as primary election candidates for any one of the various available offices should file […]

The Governors Highway Safety Association has released its latest stats on fatal traffic accidents involving pedestrians.  Between January and June 2023, U-S drivers hit and killed 3,373 people on foot — an average of 18 deaths a day.  2024 is not yet two months finished, yet Oconee County has seen two pedestrian traffic deaths, according to Coroner Karl Addis.  One […]