Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has brought multiple charges against a 30-year old Seneca man after a Christmas morning chase that started near Clemson and ended near his home.   Law enforcement records identify the arrested man as Demarcus Shawntez Taylor. Sheriff Crenshaw today gave the following account:  “On Christmas Day at approximately 3:16 pm deputies were dispatched to the Epoch housing community […]

The sale of an Oconee student housing complex makes for the largest real estate deal of 2023 in the county, according to Anna Davison, register of deeds.  The deal, amounting to $115 million, creates new ownership of the sprawling Epoch Clemson student housing complex, spread over some 57 acres across highway 123 from the Hartwell Village Shopping Center.  To buy […]

The decision after a closed meeting yesterday of Walhalla City Council is for Oconee’s second largest municipality to “get moving in the next couple of days” to secure the land needed to build the city community center.  Celia Myers, city administrator, says an approach is to be made with a real estate agent for property purchase and, once that is […]

A section of a Clemson thoroughfare undergoes repairs next week.  The city of Clemson announces that highway 93 westbound lanes will close Tuesday, January 2 to Friday, January 5.  Undergoing repairs will be the westbound lanes of 93/the Walter T. Cox Boulevard between Calhoun Drive and Sherman Street.  The eastbound lanes will be temporarily converted to single-lane traffic in both […]

A compilation of the local stories with the greatest importance in the 101.7/WGOG listening area will be aired four times during New Year’s weekend.  The 2023 Year-in-Review can be heard two times on Saturday, following the 7 am and 12 noon ABC News.  Two airings take place on New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1 at 12 noon and 5 pm.  […]

A rural Tennessee man has been arrested in Oconee County, charged in a pre-Christmas crime at the former Mountain Rest Café, the Highlands Highway.  Law enforcement records show the arrest of Rodney Gerald Briggs, a 53-year old resident of Flag Pond, Tennessee near Johnson City, on the charge of trespassing and malicious injury to real property.  Deputies decided to pursue […]

A civil lawsuit alleges liability in a vehicle- bridge accident a little more than one year ago in Pickens County.  Filed last week in that county’s common pleas court, the suit seeks a jury trial to decide claims of negligence and wrongful death against the city of Norris, Pickens County, and the state Department of Transportation.  Plaintiff in the case […]

A power outage resulted in the area of Walhalla’s WS Boundary Street yesterday morning when a tree dropped onto a Duke Energy power line.  The fire department removed the fallen tree from the roadway.

A one-time paint store in Walhalla sustained a partial collapse during the rain.  Walhalla Fire Department was alerted to what happened at 600 W. Main Street around 8 yesterday morning and has since cordoned off the area.