Author: Dick Mangrum

An email sent to Seneca’s utilities director put the Light and Water Department on notice that issues with the country’s supply chain are going to add up to delays in receiving basic materials used by Light and Water for repairs and utility updates.  And, as the city administrator further explained, all things are going to cost more, with price increases […]

“Facing an increasingly unsteady blood supply, The Blood Connection has helped establish a first-in-the-nation partnership to prepare The Carolinas and Georgia for emergency situations where blood needs are high. The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC) is composed of blood centers from across the nation that have committed to collecting extra blood units on a rotating, “on call” schedule. The extra […]

The toll of Oconeeans lost to COVID-19, to-date, is 238, according to the tracking page kept by the state health agency.  Of the 238, DHEC reports, 226 are confirmed deaths from the virus ad 12 are probable virus deaths.

The mayor and council of Seneca gather at 6 o’clock tonight for a work session and special meeting at city hall.  On the special meeting agenda is Business License Ordinance 2021-17; up for discussion at the work session is the following Seneca business:  Juneteenth Holiday; 2022 Holiday Schedule; Business License Ordinance; Seneca Police Foundation; and Blue Ridge Electric Police Officer […]

Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s Third District representative to congress, applauds the decision by a federal judge in Missouri that temporarily stops the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for employees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in ten states.  Republican Duncan opposes vaccine mandates in all forms. In a statement this morning, Duncan said, “Though South Carolina is not one of […]

A motorcyclist may have suffered a broken leg in a mishap with his bike this morning near Seneca.  The cross-trained personnel from the fire department also reported a separate  minor accident at Shiloh and Carson Roads.  No one hurt in that accident, according to Chief Caudill.

In its traditional style, Seneca led off a series of Christmas parades across WGOG land last night, with a procession that followed a new route.  Seneca welcomed the start of Christmas parade season with parade watchers, at some points, “five or six deep” in the crowd.  Next up is Westminster.  That city’s parade will trot thru Oconee’s third largest city […]

A development company is back to the city of Walhalla with requests to re-zone properties on WS Broad Street.  Four lots are involved in Seasons Development’s application to the city to re-classify the lots from residential-15 to residential-10.  The planning commission, which acts on re-zoning applications, has set a public hearing for 5:30 Monday night, December 6 at City Hall. […]