Author: Dick Mangrum

To help keep members and the general public in a safe environment, the United Way of Oconee has adjusted plans for tonight’s annual meeting and recognition dinner.  It remains on schedule for 6 o’clock at the Lakeside Lodge Resort at Hartwell Village.  However, the dinner will no longer be a sit-down affair.  Instead, the United Way has reserved the private […]

Here are this afternoon’s South Carolina COVID-19 numbers, reflecting the 24-hour count by the end of the day Tuesday: New cases statewide:                                                                     1,878 (20 in Oconee County) […]

Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, and Senator Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat, re-introduced the Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2021 to expand access to credit for an estimated 45 million Americans with either no credit history or a credit history that’s too scarcely populated to generate a credit score.  The legislation would permit landlords and utility and telecom […]

A mini-van turned over after going off SC 24/the West-Oak Highway near the Sitton Mill Road.  This accident, shortly before 7:30, required a medical helicopter to transport the sole occupant, the driver, for treatment, according to the highway patrol.

Mailbox placement and a safety brochure covering rural roads are agenda items next week for the Oconee County Agricultural Advisory Board.  The problems that operators of farm machinery encounter as they maneuver on some of Oconee’s narrowest rural roads and highways have been brought to the attention recently of two county boards and commissions, with the hope that something can […]

A new home development, to be laid out in nearly 80 lots, is in the works for acreage along Seneca’s Wells Highway.  The property covers 44 acres between the Shiloh and Friendship roads.  Developer Eddie Kinsey of Anderson spoke yesterday to 101.7/WGOG NEWS about the project that he and partners Roy and Kenny Jeffcoat are planning with Ryan Homes for […]

By becoming part of a “Friends of Chicopee” group, Walhallans can help advance the effort to re-build a textile era ballfield for baseball, football, and softball.  City officials invite the interested public for a planning meeting at 6 o’clock tonight at the Depot on S. College Street.  Helping to organize the effort is Councilman Danny Woodward, chairman of the city […]

The Clemson City Council decided this week against ordering a mask mandate in their city, but the council encourages the public—even those fully vaccinated—to wear masks indoors and in public.  However, starting today, masks are required to enter all city buildings.  CATbus will continue to follow federal guidelines requiring masks on the buses.  Free tests are available at Nettles Park […]

What started as a casual conversation inside a home near Westminster turned into a shooting and a robbery.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office says the investigation into what happened inside a Holly Springs community home near U-S 76, the Long Creek Highway, Tuesday night turned into an investigation that continued yesterday.  A man inside that home was wounded in the leg and […]

In this afternoon’s DHEC report, the state health agency confirms 1,391 new cases of COVID-19.  Eleven of the cases are Oconee County residents.  Thirteen South Carolinians were added to the state’s virus death toll, two of whom were from Oconee County.  Of 10,071 test results received, the positivity was 19.1%.  These numbers reflect the data counted for the 24 hours […]