Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee’s federally-chartered health clinic, Rosa Clark, will be a player in dispensing vaccine to protect against COVID-19.  The clinic is located on the grounds of Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital.  A limited supply of the Moderna vaccine arrived at the clinic last week, and Executive Director Vicki Thompson says the plan is to give shots by appointment only on Wednesdays, […]

Westminster will turn to a field representative from the state Municipal Association to guide city officials through a priority-setting workshop.  Tomorrow afternoon’s workshop at the Westminster Historic Depot is planned as a one-half day event, from 1 to 4 o’clock.  Facilitator will be Jeff Shacker, field rep for the South Carolina Municipal Association.

Between January 10 and 16, Oconee County’s numbers of first-time claimants for jobless benefits were the highest among the tri-counties.  There were 420 Oconeeans who applied to the state for unemployment compensation.  First-time numbers were lower in Pickens County, 121; and in Anderson County, 230.

In the latest 24-hour counting period, Oconee County saw more than 100 new COVID-19 infections.  In Sunday’s DHEC report, there were 107 new Oconee cases and 3,450 new cases statewide.  New South Carolina deaths:  60 (including that of an elderly Oconeean who died Friday).  Of 13,560 test results statewide, the percentage of positivity hit 25.4%.

At the 6 o’clock hour this morning, fire fighters were attending to a storage building fire on Goddard Avenue in Utica.  No one hurt, according to reports.