Author: Dick Mangrum

The NEXT School is gearing up for the new academic year by staging COVID-19 vaccine clinics starting next week at its Salem campus.  Partnering with Walgreen, the charter school will host two free, on-campus clinics to support vaccination efforts and protect students, families, staff, and local communities.  The clinics are open to the public, and community participation is encouraged.  The […]

A new traffic law arrives next month in South Carolina whose purpose is to lessen congestion and enhance safety on the state’s multiple lane highways.  House Bill 3011 spells out the circumstances when a motor vehicle may not be driven in the farthest left-hand lane.  It requires signs along the interstates that direct slower traffic to move to the right.  […]

Oconee County prosecutors say 17 years was the prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and domestic violence first degree.  Judge Sprouse handed down that sentence yesterday once defendant Tristen Michael Young entered the guilty pleas.  Going into the start of county General Sessions Court, Young had tentatively indicated he wanted a jury to decide his fate, […]

  Confirmation has been received this morning of an outbreak of COVID-19 affecting around 20 inmates and jail guards.  “We certainly hope it has peaked,” said Sheriff Mike Crenshaw about the outbreak that began two weeks ago.  As precaution, three jail guards have been sent home and isolation measures have been taken to protect the jail population.  Crenshaw told 101.7/WGOG […]

A donation from the corporate sector will benefit Tri-County Tech students pursuing studies in the Media Arts Program.  AT-and-T’s $15 thousand donation will fund ten, $1,500 scholarships for low income and/or under-resourced students.  For many years, graduates in the field have worked behind the camera and microphone.  They still get jobs in traditional media and work at TV stations as […]

Partnering with an online data management service, Oconee public schools have announced that families may now register their children for school registration by completing an online enrollment and registration form.  And throughout the new school year, parents may use their “FinalForms” account to update student info, such as contact or medical information.  Students new to the Oconee district may visit […]

Bethel, Maine is considered one of those quaint rural villages in New England.  That’s exactly where Walhalla’s Wayne Garland is this morning, as he has made it to the final state on his trek along the Appalachian Trail.  Having reached Bethel, Garland is now 267.2 miles away from completing the hike to the last mountain on the route from Georgia […]

Motorists saw some positive change at the gas pump with prices in the Carolinas dropping, while U-S demand remained relatively flat and crude oil prices began to change.  But the auto group AAA says it’s too early to know if cheaper prices will be sustained or continue a downward trend.  South Carolina’s price average sat at $2.89.  Nationally, the average […]

An arrest made in the investigation of Saturday’s bomb threat at a Walhalla apartment complex.  The Walhalla police say city and county officers at midafternoon yesterday captured and served warrants charging Ray Adam Loudermilk with failure to accompany and conveying false information regarding the use of a destructive device.  With the help of the Anderson County bomb squad, the law […]