Author: Dick Mangrum

At length, Oconee County planning commissioners last night batted around the idea that it’s time to regulate the storage of junk—even though what might be junk in the eye of one might not be junk in the eye of another.  Still one commissioner, Mike Smith, brought to the meeting photographic evidence of what he called accumulation of junk outside businesses […]

High school football workouts are taking place, but it’s an open-ended question of whether fall sports will be permitted in South Carolina.  And for that decision school districts, such as Oconee’s, will defer to the state’s High School League.  However, a decision on how many fans, if any, will be allowed to attend sporting events such as football games is […]

A Tri-County Technical College commissioner from Oconee County is line to receive national recognition for his commitment to advancing the community college movement.  John Powell has been notified by the Association of Community College Trustees that he’s the recipient of the 2020 Southern Regional Trustee Leadership Award.  The award is to be presented virtually in October during a Leadership Congress […]

Clemson University is providing an updated report on the levels of SARS-CoV-2 in the university and city wastewater treatment facilities.  Those facilities include the University Plant, the Clemson Cochran Road Plant, and Pendleton Plant, which also serves a portion of the city of Clemson.  Among the latest findings:  levels in the Cochran Road sewage dropped into the Level Two range, […]

A Mountain Rest woman, unaccounted for since late last week, has been located and is safe, according to word from the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, quoted an investigator yesterday as saying Teresa Dawn Witt is safe and was located after having been reported missing on Saturday.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,105 new confirmed cases and 9 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 11 additional confirmed deaths and 7 new probable deaths.  The report today included nine new Oconee cases, but no deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 92,404 probable cases to 547, confirmed deaths to 1,721, […]

When the Oconee School District welcomes back students on August 24, those students will find there’ll be no change in the use of school bathrooms—with one exception.  A district spokeswoman says the schools will have plans in place to limit the number of students inside a bathroom at any one time.  Other than that, according to the district’s Jennifer Dodd, […]

An Oconee County Republican has scrapped her plan to attend this month’s national convention, but it doesn’t mean Pat Murray is any less of a President Trump supporter.  On the contrary, Murray believes Trump more than ever deserves a second term and she’s supporting his re-election.  Concerns over the potential to spread COVID-19 in large gatherings, the GOP convention has […]

A young woman was able to overcome health issues and the loss of a new job caused by the Seneca tornado to enroll in a Tri-County Technical College  program that will help her position herself to advance in the field of manufacturing.  Lizzy Warner came up with a plan in which she was able to earn a GED and eventually […]

A young woman was able to overcome health issues and the loss of a new job caused by the Seneca tornado to enroll in a Tri-County Technical College       program that will help her position herself to advance in the field of manufacturing.  Lizzy Warner came up with a plan in which she was able to earn a GED and eventually […]