Author: Dick Mangrum

In the past two weeks, South Carolina DHEC test locations have seen increases in those who want to be tested.  Some test locations have seen nearly 100 people each hour.  DHEC is stressing that while tests determine if you are sick, masks and social distancing are critical to preventing illness from the start.  You can be well today and ill […]

Anyone getting tested for COVID-19 at Prisma Health test locations before Thanksgiving gatherings must be tested by the closing times today to ensure they get results before the holiday on Thursday.  If you wait until tomorrow, you may not get your result until after Thanksgiving.  For hospital-based tests — which require pre-authorization through a provider order — people should also […]

The police believe a setting sun on the western horizon blinded the vision of a moped operator yesterday on the 123 Seneca ByPass and caused him to crash his bike into a stopped Ford transit van.  That van stopped for a red light at Pine Cliff Drive next to Applebee’s.  Novie Michael Phillips lay on the highway next to his […]

Seneca utility workers repair a broken water pipe tomorrow near 123/the Sandifer Boulevard and Hi-Tec Road.  The work starts at 7 tomorrow morning and, pending unforeseen circumstances, should finish by the noon hour.  During the repair time, Hi-Tec Road will be closed to thru traffic.

Six new COVID-19 cases appear today on the virus tracking page of the Oconee School District.  All were recorded on yesterday’s date:  one student at Seneca Middle School; one student at Ravenel Elementary; one student at Walhalla High; one employee at James Brown Elementary; and one employee at Walhalla Elementary and a second employee not on campus during his/her infection […]

Another one thousand-plus cases of the virus that doesn’t seem to go away were added today to South Carolina’s running case count.  The exact number:  1,095.  Of that number, 40 belong in Oconee County Five new deaths have been confirmed across the state.  Total test results received by DHEC Sunday were 10,217–a positivity of 10.7%.

Tomorrow is the day that Oconeeans may partake in a free food distribution in Westminster.  From 11 am to 3 pm the mayor and police officers will be among the volunteers handing out Farmers to Families food boxes.  It’s a drive-thru event in the parking lot of the community depot, and due to the pandemic everyone is asked to remain […]

The future of Oconee’s former courthouse is going to be the topic for county council meetings in both January and February, Council Chairman Julian Davis has disclosed today.  One idea is a new roof over the 1956 building that came in with a lot of fanfare, in part, because of its modern features all those years ago.  But county employees […]

A prospect for major league baseball, who has ties to Seneca, is staking his chances with another club.  Tis the season of free agents, and Michael Gettys has left the San Diego Padres’ organization for the Boston Red Sox.  He’s an outfield prospect with power capability, having clubbed 31 home runs in the minor leagues’ last season, 2019.  Gettys’ grandparents […]