Author: Dick Mangrum

The coroner has ordered an autopsy on the body of a 64-year old man found around 4 am in the lobby/mailbox aisle of the West Union Post Office.  Coroner Addis has received information to indicate the man, not yet identified by name, was considered homeless.  The West Union police chief, Joshua Eppes, said there’s no indication of danger to the […]

Due to decreasing rates of COVID-19 in South Carolina, Prisma Health has begun phasing out its hospital-based drive-thru COVID-19 testing and transitioning these services to its physician practices. In addition, Prisma Health will expand some patient visitation, beginning this Wednesday, March 24. Hospital-based drive-thru testing locations will begin to phase out on Friday, March 26, with some physician offices already […]

Showers are forecast tomorrow, but if the weather cooperates, Bob Walker hopes as many people as possible come to a Medal of Honor ceremony in front of the county courthouse at Walhalla. Walker recommends that you dress accordingly, bring lawn chairs, for the 11 am event that’ll pay tribute to Oconee County Medal of Honor recipient Lewis G. Watkins, killed […]

The stormwater department of the city of Clemson has begun the first full neighborhood rehabilitation in one of its home developments.  The work has started in the Berkeley Forest neighborhood.  The project is scheduled to take six weeks, with digging to start next week.

A body was found this morning at the West Union Post Office.  The town police chief, Joshua Eppes, says the death is being investigated by the coroner, but there’s no reason to believe there’s any danger to the public.  Eppes says his department was alerted to the situation around 4 this morning.

Oconee’s Clerk of Court, Lisa Burton, confirms this morning that no walk-in business is being allowed at the county courthouse in Walhalla, and the reason is COVID-19-related.  It’s a temporary closing of the building that contains the various civil, criminal, and family courts.  “Our goal at the present time is to re-open on Monday, March 29th or, in the alternative, […]

Heavy fire damage is reported at a home near the Shrine Club Road between Seneca and West Union.  The call came around 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon to a home on Post Oak Lane.  The first set of fire fighters encountered smoke and fire in the back of the single-family home.  The owners of the home were away.  According to Seneca […]

Two cars collided head-on in Seneca, according to the police.  Both the drivers emerged unscathed.  Capt. McClure says the crash occurred around 4:30 Monday afternoon on N. Walnut near EN 2nd Street.  Involved were a Kia SUV driven by a 53-year old Seneca man and a 1978 Ford pickup truck driven by a 72-year old Seneca man.  On impact, according […]

For Walhalla drivers unsure about how to maneuver the downtown streetscape alignment on Main Street, the police have issued the following directions and procedures.  On Main Street, from Ann to Tugaloo streets, you will find angled parking spaces, from which you can back out without entering a traffic lane.  Keep in mind the parking area is not a traffic lane […]

Under a mostly cloudy sky, U-S Forest Service will undertake a prescribed burn of an area of about 130 acres today at Long Creek.  For this burn, the objectives are to benefit wildlife habitat.  They are forecasting light smoke over a short duration.