Author: Dick Mangrum

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. […]

Dates and times for December graduation ceremonies have been announced by Clemson University.  Commencement for bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates will take place Thursday, December 16 at 9 am, 1 pm, and 5 pm.  The December 16 ceremonies will be held at Littlejohn Coliseum.   December’s doctoral hooding will be 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, December 15 at the Brooks Center for […]

Two Oconee County men are being accused by the state wildlife department of hunting offenses on Thanksgiving Day.  According to authorities, the state DNR arrested Westminster area residents Thomas Levi Alexander and Samuel Joseph Turner.  Arrest records identify the charges against Alexander as open container in motor vehicle and night hunting for deer or bear first offense; against Turner as […]

South Carolina DHEC says it is closely monitoring emerging information on the newly-identified Omicron variant, as well as the CDC guidance on it.  “At this time,” according to the DHEC statement, “the CDC and DHEC have not identified any cases in South Carolina through sequencing of randomly selected positive samples.”  It further said information about the Omicron variant such as […]

Free tests will be available at local health departments Thursday to detect HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and Hepatitis C.  Those tests will be offered at no charge as part of World Aids Day on Wednesday.  Information about the no-cost tests on Thursday is available by calling DHEC’s  S.C. AIDS/STD hotline at 1-800/322-AIDS (1-800/322-2437) or visiting the DHEC website at […]