Author: Dick Mangrum

South Carolina DHEC announces that Friday’s one day count of new COVID-19 cases topped the one thousand mark.  The state health agency for that day registered 1,011 new confirmed cases of the virus and two additional deaths statewide.  Oconee case numbers for the last three days of reporting were:  11 on Thursday, 10 on Friday, and 9 on Saturday.  Saturday’s […]

A special inspection of the Keowee Dam in Oconee County turned up no problems, according to an official of “FERC” – the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  Michael Woodruff inspected a de-watered power tunnel of the Keowee Dam last Tuesday and, according to “FERC” engineer Wayne King, the inspection found the power tunnel to be in satisfactory condition.

A preferred route for high-speed rail service in the future would bypass Oconee County, and a former Seneca councilman says that’s a disappointment.  According to an article in the Toccoa (Georgia) Record, a newly-released report from the Federal Railroad Administration depicts high-speed passenger service between the Atlanta and Greenville-Spartanburg airports on a route that would include stops in Anderson, South […]

Oconee County school children remain in the midst of a summer time vacation.  But already some students are eager to return to their classrooms.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent, told the county trustees last week that a woman told him that her three grandchildren can’t wait for a new year of school.

A suspect fled on foot as the Walhalla police learned of a potential bomb threat Saturday at the Highland Glen Apartments off E. Main Street.  The police evacuated the apartment residents, but a search of the complex found no explosive and the apartment residents were allowed to re-occupy their units.  The Walhalla police responded around 8:30 pm to what they […]

An Oconee County taxpayer opened a letter that claimed his personal property taxes were delinquent and a tax execution was entered against him by the county tax collector’s office.  The letter came from what was described as a credit services company that claimed the delinquent tax matter had been referred to that company.  It was a scam, according to the […]

A zoning appeal will be heard at 5:30 this evening at the Walhalla City Hall.  Kaylee McAlister is applying for a special exception to allow her to place a new mobile home at 114 Norton Street, inside a general residential zone.  The public is invited.

An Oconee County woman was killed in a late Saturday afternoon head-on crash near Central.  Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said Deborah Williams died of blunt force trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, Six Mile Highway at Red Fox Road.  Williams was 71 years old and lived on Ebenezer Road, West Union.  State trooper Matt Southern said Williams […]

Westminster on Saturday lifted the boil advisory that applied to customers in the vicinity of the Welcome Church Road.  According to the city, a second round of samples confirmed there’s no bacteriological contamination.  The advisory had been in place since Thursday.