Author: Dick Mangrum

From Crystal River, Florida to Oconee County will come the Rascally Raccoon Refuge, a wildlife rescue. The plans for Rascally Raccoon Refuge are confirmed to 101.7/WGOG NEWS in an interview with Sonia Bessiere.  The Bessieres have acquired about 88 acres on SC 130/the Stamp Creek Road – where a gun range operated on property now acquired by the Florida couple. […]

Here are the Palm Sunday service plans for Walhalla’s St. John’s Lutheran Church.  Two services are planned tomorrow:  9 am in the Fellowship Hall; and 11 am in the sanctuary.

“We are currently in the process of testing bacteriological samples to determine if the water has been contaminated.”  That’s in this morning’s Westminster announcement that all water customers are advised to vigorously boil their water at least one full minute before drinking or cooking purposes.  The potential contamination arises from a main water line break.  The next update is scheduled […]

A gun range, that has generated noise complaints, is changing hands, the seller confirms to 101.7/WGOG NEWS.  Scott Durham of Seneca, the owner, says he can confirm an agreement has been reached to sell the gun range property along SC 130, the Stamp Creek Road.  But Durham says, at the direction of attorneys involved, he will make no further comment.  […]

Jeff Duncan, South Carolina’s 3rd District representative, voted in the minority today on the $1.2 trillion-dollar government funding package, to avert a partial government shut down.  And Republican Duncan says, “I proudly voted NO on this omnibus because it does the exact opposite of what Americans demand from Congress” — a reference to the government’s debt and the situation at […]

John Elliott, chairman of the Oconee County Budget, Finance, and Administration Committee, opened today’s workshop by stating that he can already foresee two parts of the budget – insurance and salaries – are going to require a $2.3 million increase.  But, so far as solid budgets are concerned, County Administrator Amanda Brock cautioned the committee that the numbers they are […]

A project to replace a rural Pickens County bridge is a high priority for the South Carolina DOT.  For now, the price tag to engineer, obtain rights-of-way, and build a new Pace Road bridge over a tributary to the Saluda River is pegged at $3.2 million.

Walhalla Fire Department was one of vendors at “STEM” Night last night at the James Brown Elementary School.

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has entered a city police investigation in which a 21-year-old Walhalla man remains jailed, facing multiple child sex crimes.  The sheriff’s office says a violent crimes investigator last week obtained 23 warrants for Brian Lance Ramey.  Previously, on February 28, according to the sheriff’s office, Ramey was jailed and charged by the Walhalla police with 11 charges.  […]