Author: Dick Mangrum

A high-speed chase on I-85 yesterday afternoon passed thru Oconee County and resulted in an arrest in Anderson County. Georgia’s WLHR Lavonia reports the chase started about 2pm near a weigh station when Franklin County deputies tried to stop a black Acura for speeding northbound. As deputies approached, the Acura put it into high-gear reaching 90mph by the time it […]

An ambulance was at the scene of an accident at the 9 o’clock hour this morning at a rural Oconee County location.  The highway patrol reported the accident at Mountain Road and Plant Road–between SC 11 and 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway.  Information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS indicates the accident involved a car and a pick-up type vehicle.

Over recent years, Westminster has shouldered its fair share of problems—the solutions for which seem hard to find. But the Westminster representative to the Oconee County Council made clear last night he supports the city and can see a future for better times ahead for the city. Julian Davis, the county council chairman, addressed the mayor and council during last […]

City of Seneca elected leaders removed from their agenda a pair of legal matters that they intended to address in a closed-door meeting last night, at the end of their regular October meeting. City administrator Scott Moulder announced that Bo Bowman, the city attorney, was tied up yesterday in depositions and would not be present to advise the mayor and […]

The city administrator for Westminster says he’ll need another month or so to better gauge the effect on revenue lost from the end of the wholesale water contract with the Pioneer Rural Water District. Chris Carter, city administrator, showed the mayor and council last night the numbers on water usage and revenues since its large wholesale customer went into the […]

If the real Big Foot actually makes an appearance this month in Westminster, his every movement will be recorded by a camera in the air. The city council last night gave its blessing to a Walhalla man’s plans to fly a drone over the two-day festival that’ll pay homage to a mythical creature. Dale Glymph, festival organizer, introduced drone operator […]

Final touches are being placed on a master plan for a Seneca streetscape and road improvements. And that plan is now expected to reach the hands of the mayor and council during their work session at the end of the month. Scott Moulder says an outside company was tasked with coming up a plan for a streetscape from the EN […]

A meeting has taken place for Oconee County to be included in next year’s nationwide census that will give a snapshot of how much the county has grown in population and the various demographics that are associated with that. Adam Chapman, Oconee planner, took part in last week’s meeting that included representatives of the Census Bureau’s Atlanta office. The federal […]

Seneca’s Walnut Street rail crossing is closed for “several hours” today for what’s described as routine maintenance by Norfolk Southern. From what Police Chief John Covington has learned, there will be other such closings as the railroad company works thru its maintenance schedule. Covington said, “We do not know in advance but they do make us aware of closings as […]