Author: Dick Mangrum

Just this week Westminster leaders expressed worry that stepped up efforts to catch drug traffickers who drive I-85 to points north will chase the criminals off the interstate to make their way from the major methamphetamine hub through small towns such as theirs. And their worry is heightened by the fact that small towns, such as Westminster, are thin in […]

President Trump’s view is that he envisions a November race between him and the Democrat Bernie Sanders. But, with politics, there’s nothing like a conspiracy theory. And one that has reached 101.7/WGOG NEWS is that Republican Trump welcomes a match with Sanders, for he sees that as his easiest path to winning a second term. It’s a theory that we […]

A nine-plus year worker at West Union’s Itron plant died yesterday from what the coroner calls an electrical injury while on the job. According to Coroner Karl Addis, Ronald “Ron” Eugene Vandiver sustained an electrical injury to both hands and he collapsed in a hallway in cardiac arrest. The 52-year old Clarkesville, Georgia resident worked as a senior lab technician […]

The School District of Oconee County will operate on a 2-hour delay for Friday, February 21, 2020. District staff will evaluate road conditions in the morning. A final decision on whether to remain on a 2 -hour delay or to close will be made between 6:30-7:00am. The announcement will be made through the district website, social media accounts and local […]

Although he had been billed, John Kerry did not make it for the Joe Biden event in Walhalla.  But Biden’s sister, Valeri, was the main speaker.  Perhaps the most passionate remarks, however, came from a Biden campaign adviser, former CNN commentator Simone Sanders.  The Biden campaign large bus pulled up to Walhalla’s S. College Street where a large crowd squeezed […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a 21 year old missing Clemson University student that was last seen at a residence in the Clemson area at approximately 11:00 pm on Sunday, February 16th. John Andrew Martin, Jr. is described as a W/M, 5’9”, 145 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a […]

What are described as “extra funds” ($877 thousand) will be used to improve three state roads in Oconee County. The decision was reached this morning during a meeting of the county’s state “C” committee. That three-member group handles, at times, millions of state “C” fund monies that are designated for South Carolina counties under what used to be referred to […]

The chiefs of both the police and fire departments in Westminster made their case last night for more personnel in 2020-21. Both departments incurred job losses when the city council chopped city budgets in 2016 to avoid revenue shortfalls. But, as the mayor and council heard last night, the Westminster police and fire departments are having trouble staffing their shifts. […]