Author: Dick Mangrum

Walhalla Rotarians learned yesterday about a private school that boasts an enrollment of 148 students in the Bountyland Community near Seneca. Chris Bateman, head of Oconee Christian Academy, was guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting. The school offers instruction from kindergarten thru the 12th grade and student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1. According to Bateman, all Oconee Christian Academy […]

Another anniversary of the 9-11 attacks passed in September without news on the project to establish an Oconee County memorial to those who lost their lives or were injured in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. But 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned of developments behind the scene to finally see the Oconee project become reality. Officials […]

Polls across Oconee County open at 7 o’clock this morning for General Election Day voting. And those who vote early, it appears, will be greeted by periods of rain.

An Oconee General Sessions jury viewed a dash cam video late yesterday afternoon of an arrest scene, at which the Walhalla police arrested a driver in a restaurant parking lot on drug charges. Johnny Matthew Robinson went on trial yesterday, charged with trafficking meth and possession of a controlled substance. The jury heard testimony that the police found a pickup […]

The office of aging under Lt. Gov. Kevin Bryant will bring $10 thousand dollars in the form of a grant for the Oconee Veterans Council. The official announcement will come at a Thursday morning news conference in Walhalla, and Veterans Council spokesman Jerry Dyar says the credit for eliciting the money goes to two state officials from Oconee County—Senator Thomas […]

The law is changing this month to require all South Carolina mopeds to be registered with the DMV and to display a license plate. There’s also the requirement that moped riders, under the age of 21 years old, will be required to wear helmets. Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says these are changes designed to protect those who ride mopeds, as […]

An Oconee County-based contractor, J-Davis Construction, has completed renovations to western North Carolina’s Sapphire Valley Country Club. A catastrophic fire last year destroyed half of the facility. The re-construction of the 21 thousand square foot building began in August 2017 and continued through late this year. The features include a new kitchen, dining area, and mechanical facilities. Joel Davis, construction […]

The driver of a Jeep is said to have been lucky to have escaped death near the Newry Dam on SC 130 when his vehicle cleared guardrail, and he was ejected and temporarily trapped. The Saturday night accident around 9:30 occurred on two-lane 130 in the vicinity of the Keowee Sailing Club. The driver, who apparently was by himself, was […]