Author: Dick Mangrum

Crews have begun to make repairs to a water line break near Walhalla, and the utilities superintendent says service is being restored for the handful of customers affected.  The break was reported in the area of Falcon’s Lair and n. highway 11.  Scott Parris, utilities superintendent, says the break did not cause a widespread outage, only 10 to 15 homes […]

Voters in at least one Oconee County district will have a choice this fall when it comes to electing county school trustees. Sandra Sloan filed her candidacy yesterday to challenge for Seat Three, Oconee School Board during the November General Election. Sloan hopes to defeat the one other candidate for the District Three seat, incumbent Andy Inabinet, long-time board chairman. […]

There is movement on two-year old plans to build a hotel on the 123 Seneca By-Pass on property that borders Lake Keowee and Elegant Interiors and Design. Tree clearing on the property, 2.68 acres, started about a week ago, according to a 101.7/WGOG NEWS source. And this afternoon city officials confirmed a Greenville development group has submitted plans to City […]

The highway patrol has issued an appeal to the public for any information that can help solve a hit-run accident early Saturday afternoon near Westminster. The accident, at 1 pm Saturday, injured a pedestrian standing by the side of the road in the vicinity of 106 Clearmont Road. State trooper Joe Hovis said the patrol is looking for the driver […]

For many South Carolina shoppers, this weekend will be a time to save. The annual tax-free weekend in South Carolina will run Friday thru Sunday, August 3-5. The savings will apply especially to those consumers shopping for school supplies for the new school year, as well as to those looking to buy shoes and clothing. Items considered tax-free are clothing […]

Grant money approved for Seneca will allow the city to start much-anticipated passenger bus routes into other parts of Oconee County, including a route to the satellite campus of Tri-County Tech which opens this month off highway 11. Last night city council approved a $1.4 million contract with bus-maker Proterra to deliver a pair of low or no emission passenger […]

One person has been taken from the scene of an apparent accident near Walhalla to the hospital for treatment. Investigators from the Sheriff’s Office responded during the 8 o’clock hour this morning to an address on the Fairfield Road. According to Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office, first reports indicate the incident may have been a pedestrian accident, but […]

From Oconee County to Hotlanta, July can be brutally hot. But not this year, at least in Oconee. Temps in the 90s are usually a mainstay in July, but in Walhalla the average high temperature for July was 86.9 degrees, according to the records kept by the official weather observer, Barbara Wilson. And today we are forecasting a high of […]

A new policy for Seneca to govern short-term rentals may be on the desks of the city’s elected leaders as early as next month, but the city administrator asked the mayor and council to be patient as he’s first going to require a talk with city attorney Bo Bowman. Just who and how many people are to be allowed to […]