Author: Dick Mangrum

Newsweek reports that Senator Lindsey Graham went on a Saturday boat outing with a group of other senators before starting to feel ill and then receiving a test that determined him to be COVID-19 positive.    According to the report, Graham was aboard the boat “Almost Heaven”, owned by West Virginia’s Joe Manchin.  A statement released yesterday by Graham reads:  “I […]

These days Tom Garrison is a seasoned American farmer.  He’s a fourth generation farmer who runs Denver Downs and his father, Ed Garrison, was the namesake for Clemson’s T-Ed Garrison Arena near campus.  Even though he grew up in a farm family, Garrison counts his childhood experience in 4-H as invaluable.  Garrison said, “It teaches you so much that is […]

Dan Alexander, the mayor of Seneca, and several other municipally-elected officials across Oconee County face a political decision this month.  They must decide whether they’ll toss their fedora or bonnet into the hotbed of politics and place themselves before the voters.  Announcement is being made that Tuesday, November 2 will be Election Day in Oconee five municipalities.  In Seneca, the […]

Oconeeans are awaking to a drizzly morning and a forecast for showers and the possibility of one-tenth and one quarter of an inch of the wet stuff.  That’s enough for planners of tonight’s National Night Out against crime to re-schedule for Tuesday, August 10–a week from today.  The time of 5:30 to 7:30 pm and the Farm Center location remain […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) yesterdayday made this statement.   “I was just informed by the House physician I have tested positive for COVID-19 even after being vaccinated.    “I started having flu-like symptoms Saturday night and went to the doctor this morning.  I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.  […]

For most of last week and into this past weekend, new confirmed cases of COVID-19 are consistently 1,000-plus in South Carolina, traced to the surge created by the Delta variant.  For the last, full-day of counts (Saturday), the new case number was 1,794 across the state, including 26 in Oconee County.  Statewide deaths were four reported Thursday, two reported Friday, […]

Two shootings in Toccoa, Georgia, separated by about 30 minutes, are believed by authorities to be connected.  Randy Shirley, Stephens County sheriff, says the investigation is now in the hands of the state police, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.  Shortly after 11:30 yesterday morning, the police found a male gunshot victim at the Marathon station, known as Buddy’s Quick Stop, […]

Soon Clemson University will welcome a new class of 4,600 first-year, undergraduate students to campus.  Classes begin Wednesday, August 18, and next week move-ins to on-campus housing will get underway.