Serious car accident near Salem
101.7/WGOG NEWS has received word of a car accident with apparent serious injury between Salem and Keowee Key. The state patrol logs the accident at 10:35 this morning on SC 130/the Stamp Creek Road.
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101.7/WGOG NEWS has received word of a car accident with apparent serious injury between Salem and Keowee Key. The state patrol logs the accident at 10:35 this morning on SC 130/the Stamp Creek Road.
Read moreAtlanta, Georgia city councilman Michael Julian Bond will head to Oconee this weekend to speak at an event, sponsored by the Oconee Branch of the NAACP. Bond’s father, Julian Bond, was a civil rights activist and a leader in the movement. He’ll speak at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon to the Oconee NAACP Branch 65th Annual Black History Tea. It’s a […]
Read moreA New York City concert promoter is drawing attention to a performance at Carnegie Hall this spring by the Walhalla High School choir. The choir, directed by Erin Phillips, has accepted an April 19 invitation to join other choristers for a choir of distinction. They are to be conducted by Dr. Jonathan Griffith, artistic director and principal conductor for the […]
Read moreOconee County’s Richard Cottingham is going to bat against careless, un-thinking drivers who fall into the category of what he calls “Left Lane Lucies.” Cottingham says, “Nothing is more frustrating than to be behind a left-lane Lucy who is holding up everybody. It is not only annoying, but it’s a serious safety issue as some drivers dangerously weave around the […]
Read moreOconee public schools have decided to remain on a two-hour delay this morning. Mountain Rest yesterday saw snow fall, but it dissipated practically as fast as it hit the ground. Roads in the mountain hamlet are said to be slick, but navigable if drivers use caution. In Walhalla, weather watcher Barbara Wilson saw no snow, but a lot of frost. […]
Read moreJust 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 […]
Read morePresident 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 […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Carole Ann Moss, 73, wife of Dewey Larence Moss, Jr., of 315 Ranger Road, Walhalla, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Friday, February 28, 2020, at Davenport Funeral Home. Flowers are accepted. The family is at their respective homes.
Read moreWestminster, SC — Jane Yvonne Oakley, 74, wife of Charles Hayne Oakley, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Sunday, February 23, 2020, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 2:00 PM, prior to the service, […]
Read moreA 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 […]
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