Author: Dick Mangrum

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is recommending a second, COVID-19 booster shot for certain individuals to further prevent severe cases in higher risk groups. DHEC’s recommendations largely mirror recommendations announced Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   DHEC recommends a second booster for those 12 and up who are moderately or severely immunocompromised. A second booster should […]

A tree that fell this morning on a road near Walhalla likely will force school bus drivers and others to take an alternate route.  The location is the Lusk Road between Playground and Rocky Knoll Roads.  Problems associated with cutting and removing that tree is interfering with thru traffic there.

Oconee and the 45 other South Carolina counties, rated by the CDC, are now in a low transmission category for the spread of COVID-19, and the state’s assistant epidemiologist says her agency is encouraging by the drop of case numbers.  However, Dr. Jane Kelly recommends that everyone remain vigilant to the possibility of another outbreak, such as the ones caused […]

A traffic stop Tuesday in Walhalla brought out the police canine for a sniff of the vehicle.  As result of that stop at N. College and EN Broad streets, the police say, a 28-year old local woman, Megan Danielle Holman, was arrested on the charge of trafficking meth or cocaine.  The police said they confiscated a large quantity of a […]