Author: Dick Mangrum

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.

Following an analysis that revealed the overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the first two weeks of June were among residents who were not fully vaccinated, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) discovered similar results when looking at provisional data for the entire month.   From June 1-30:   5,344 cases were reported […]

As the Delta variant spread continues, South Carolina today reported a significant increase in key COVID-19 numbers.  New cases documented Tuesday were 474; Wednesday, they were 798, with five of them being Oconee County residents.  Statewide, three new deaths were confirmed.  Of 8,946 test results received, the positivity was 12.1%.  For the previous 24 hours, the percentage was 10.8.

Children enrolled for kindergarten classes for the new year in Oconee County will start kindergarten next month on a staggered basis.  The purpose is to allow the children who are in the early stages of school experience to be exposed to school-wide and classroom expectations in small groups.  The staggered start also will allow the teachers to build relationships with […]

Westminster announces that the first set of bacteriological water samples has confirmed there’s no bacteriological contamination. However, until the second test is processed, the boil water advisory remains in place for customers in the subdivisions and along side the roads previously announced in the vicinity of Welcome Church Road.  The city’s announcement reads:  “We have collected the second round of […]