Author: Dick Mangrum

Commenting on those high South Carolina flu numbers, a DHEC medical consultant says, more and more, we are seeing a return to mask-wearing across the state.  It’s one way, says Dr. Martha Buchanan, to ward off catching or spreading flu, RSV, or COVID.  But her top recommendation is getting vaccinated.  Remarks from Buchanan made today on a statewide update on […]

Oconee Planning Commission holds it first 2024 meeting at 6 tonight in county council chambers at Walhalla.  The agenda calls for an election of officers, along with discussion with the county attorney of ideas including the legal ramifications of zoning countywide.

Injuries were reported in a traffic accident around 8:15 last night near West Union on SC 11 at C. Ritter Road.  And Walhalla Fire Department was on the go to an electrical fire at a home on S. Abbott Road.

The League of Women Voters invites the public to a meeting this month that’ll focus on the integrity of the local voting systems.  The program is titled, “Oconee & Pickens County Elections:  Accurate, Secure and Accessible” and takes place 7 to 8 o’clock Tuesday night, January 16 at the Clemson Methodist Church, 300 Frontage Road.  The LWV has arranged a […]

Human remains were found in a North Carolina county north of Salem (Transylvania County), and investigators believe those remains are those of a woman named Kandace Nicole Adams.  And, Oconee Sheriff’s Office, announces the arrest of a 35-year-old man.  The accused is identified as Dustin Wayne Wesley Turpin of N. Lake Drive, Salem – in the vicinity of Whitewater Lake. […]

State grand jury indictments are unsealed today in a narcotics trafficking investigation titled by the office of the attorney general as “Devil in Disguise”.  So far, according to the announcement by Attorney General Alan Wilson, five indictments have been issued in three Upstate counties, Pickens County included, against 64 defendants.  Those defendants will face a total of 327 narcotics and […]

A CDC posting shows South Carolina in a tie for the highest rate of influenza, and Oconee tops a list of 20 South Carolina counties struggling the most with flu cases.

David Root may not altogether be leaving the employ of Oconee County government by the end of the week.  After a closed-door session, the county council gave its administrator the authority to negotiate an agreement by which Root will continue as county attorney for the interim until the county completes a search to find his permanent replacement.  Root is in […]

Savannah, Georgia resident Colin Edwards believes the highest and best use for a piece of property on SC 93/Clemson’s Old Greenville Highway is a Class A climate-controlled storage facility.  Edwards is scheduled to appear before the Clemson Planning Commission for a zoning change to allow for a boat/RVstorage facility.  According to the applicant, one reason that the property has not […]

At their first 2024 meeting, Oconee sewer commissioners are to renew discussion of county government’s plan for a $25 million planned sewer expansion, linked to the southern part of the county.  The commission board meets tomorrow afternoon at the Seneca Water Plant.