Author: Dick Mangrum

On this day of love, Valentine’s Day, a Walhalla church is thinking of those who are in need of nourishment.  It’s another open-the-pantry day at the St. Luke Methodist Church.  From 4:30 to 5:30 this afternoon, church workers give away various food products.

Thanks to Clemson University resources, Oconee County-based Ripple of One has been able to sharpen its social media marketing efforts.  The faith-based non-profit, Ripple incentivizes families to move beyond government handouts.  In so doing, parents can focus better on education and readiness for work. Ripple of One has connected with a team of students at Clemson’s Pearce Center for Communication […]

The U-S observes a national holiday, President’s Day, on Monday.  That day all branches of the Oconee Public Library will be closed.  Still there will be ways for patrons to transact business.  The virtual library branch will operate for e-books and audio books, streaming movies through Kanopy, and e-magazines through Flipster.  The outside book returns remain open at all locations.  […]

The mobile health outreach of Clemson University has expanded its Oconee County services to inmates at the local jail.  It’s part of a collaboration to diagnose and treat hepatitis C in high-risk populations.  In 2020, the latest year for numbers from the CDC, there were nearly 4,800 new, short-term infections and more than 107 thousand new chronic cases of hepatitis […]

South Carolina DOT is opening a one-month comment period this week for questions and comments on the agency’s plans for the Clearmont Road bridge over Colonel’s Fork Creek near Westminster.  The DOT intends to replace the bridge.  Meantime, DOT wishes to hear from members of the public and will accept comments between Thursday, February 15 and Friday, March 15.  One […]

A 43-year-old Walhalla man was jailed Friday, facing multiple charges after his arrest near Seneca.  Law enforcement records identify the arrested man as Evan Michael Hood and the charges against him as breach of peace, burglary second degree, and assault and battery second degree.  After receiving a disturbance call February 9 at a home near Strawberry Road, officers used video […]

Oconeeans of the Republican persuasion are eager to discharge their civic responsibility.  The office of county elections counted 382 votes yesterday — after the first day of early voting ahead of the February 24 presidential primary.  The early voting period runs thru February 22.

Four Oconee County faith leaders are part of a list of more than 100 in South Carolina who endorse Donald Trump’s bid to regain the White House, according to a Trump campaign announcement.  The four named are pastor Steve Black, ministry leader Billy Hamilton, pastor Randy Keasler, and pastor Chris Moss.  The announcement quotes Spartanburg pastor Brad Atkins as saying, […]