Author: Dick Mangrum

Through technology students can learn, but there’s an advancement that the chairwoman of Oconee school trustees has decided may not be best for students in early grades. That’s the use of Chromebook laptops which Meghan Ketterman believes are a bad substitute for foundational learning skills – writing by hand and reading books.  She commented to 101.7/WGOG NEWS on the news […]

A 50-year-old Atlanta area woman was jailed Friday night at Walhalla, having been charged in the death March 31 of a man reported to have been walking at night on 123 near Westminster.  Spokesman for the state patrol, Mitchell Ridgeway, today confirmed the arrest of Kenworth driver Marnithia Shaunta Tulloss, 50, of Stone Mountain, Georgia on the charge of hit-and-run […]

City and county officials, along with stakeholders, are on the receiving end of a new memo that comes out of the continuing project to re-constitute the framework of Oconee sewer service.  It focuses on a timely 21st century topic in Oconee County – managing growth in one of the state’s fastest-growing counties. The memorandum draws thefollowing observation:  managing growth is […]

Kyle Thomas, president/CEO of Blue Ridge Bank, will serve an additional three years as a member of an advisory council to the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond, Virginia.  The Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council meets twice a year to share insights on the economy, banking conditions, and other issues of interests.  The chair of the Richmond Council then sends reports […]

The recent decision by a judge in the matter of nighttime lights from a dock on Lake Keowee has been appealed to a higher court.  Sources familiar with the case that pitted a lakeside home development against one of its residents has been appealed to the state Court of appeals in Columbia.  Steve Kirven, master-in-equity in Oconee and Anderson, ruled […]

A Seneca man arrested late last week in a sex crime investigation is being held on a detainer by “ICE” – Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.  Luis Armando Argueta Montejo, 43, was charged with incest and criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, investigation started April 11 after a juvenile gave birth to a […]

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Derek Pace, 46, with Misconduct In Office on Friday, April 17, 2026. The SLED investigation was requested by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. Pace was identified as a former Oconee narcotics agent. Pace was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. The case will be prosecuted by the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.

In our story on the search for a new Walhalla elementary principal, we incorrectly stated that Scott Dixon once served as principal there.  Dixon is the middle school principal, a job he has held the last 15 years.