Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee sheriff’s officers continue to look for a Walhalla area man for whom it intends to serve warrants related to an investigation of narcotics investigation. The Sheriff’s Office this afternoon did not identify the suspect by name, but said a search warrant was executed at his home Wednesday morning at 380 Coffee Road. The suspect was found at the scene […]

The deadline to be part of the next Citizens Police Academy, sponsored by the office of the Oconee Sheriff is next week—Tuesday, August 28. Class members will meet for a series of Tuesday nights until early November and learn about many of the aspects of what it’s like to be a law enforcement officer in the 21st century. There’s the […]

The Phil Cheney Minstrels perform tonight at the Westminster Music Centre on Main Street. Cheney’s group will lead a hootenanny at 7 o’clock tonight. They are promising a song list of popular, old time favorites easily recognizable to the audience and easy to sing-along. Admittance is $10 dollars. Entertainment will run for two hours with a break to allow for […]

Sentiment in a handful of northeast Georgia counties is that television viewers there are better served watching stations from the Atlanta market than they are the Greenville, South Carolina market. The board of commissioners for Stephens County will seek outside help with its petition to move satellite TV customers to metro Atlanta stations. FCC rules state that because Stephens, Franklin, […]

A case alleging murder will be called during next month’s term of the Oconee General Sessions Court. Topping the docket for the week of September 10-14 are the charges of murder, domestic violence second degree, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime against Lee Mikeal Cawthon of the Welcome Church Road near Westminster. Cawthon was […]

Volunteers are being recruited now to join a one-day clean-up of both Devil’s Fork State Park and the shoreline of Lake Jocassee. The 8th Annual Friends of Jocassee VIP Cleanup Day takes place 9 o’clock Saturday morning, September 8. Ken Sloan of Visit Oconee, a friend of Jocassee, says VIP stands for Volunteer, Improve, and Preserve. They need all lovers […]

Starting tonight I-85 southbound drivers at Greenville can expect a detour in the vicinity of the 85/385 Gateway project. Workers will continue the setting of girders for one of the new bridges. I-85 southbound will be detoured at the exit 51 ramp to the collector/distributor lanes. From there, motorists can follow signs to either I-385, Woodruff Road, or back to […]

Seneca will get a standalone Starbucks. That much was confirmed this afternoon to 101.7/WGOG NEWS. As speculated, the location will be the 123 By-Pass where United Community Bank recently closed a branch office near the Miracle Circle.  Word from City Hall is that Starbucks will convert the existing building into a restaurant selling coffee and other refreshments. The building and […]

The judges have made their decisions…and there are four winners in the Celebrate Oconee Photo Contest in the sesquicentennial. Entrants were asked to submit photographs that exhibit the character of Oconee County in three categories: People, Natural Beauty, and Historic Places. The winners are David Devoe’s Steeple and Moon for Historic Places; Gena Turpin’s Jocassee Morning for the People category; […]