Author: Dick Mangrum

State troopers are announcing a pair of arrests in their investigation of Saturday night’s pedestrian fatality near Seneca. According to trooper Joe Hovis, two Seneca residents are facing charges in connection with the death of an 11-year old girl, Emmalee Budrevich. At the time of her death, Emmalee and companions were walking in the vicinity of Wells Highway and the […]

A day after the Clemson public hearing comes word from Seneca that the mayor and council are being called into a special, closed-door meeting tomorrow night for a legal matter on “water agreements.”  101.7/WGOG NEWS has been told tomorrow’s 6 o’clock City Hall meeting will serve as a briefing for those elected leaders who did not attend last night’s hearing.  […]

Oconee school trustees are in a forgiving mood. Last night the board, in a 5-0 vote, decided to forgive inclement weather days #s 4 and 5 on this year’s school calendar. Steve Hanvey, assistant superintendent for operations, said this morning, “We will use our 3 make up days in the calendar, the first of which is Monday, February 26.”

A long-time Oconee EMS worker recently retired, giving him more time for an avocation that gets him into the fresh air and where he can experience nature. Walhalla’s Wayne Garland last fall traded the sound of sirens and daily medical emergencies that are routine to paramedics for a new kind of life.  And one of the ways he passes time […]

The World of Energy promotes National Engineers Week with a program at 5 o’clock today. Students of all ages have a special invitation to the one-time screening of DREAM BIG,” produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The screening is free and open to the public. It is geared toward students and aims to inspire kids of diverse backgrounds […]

The third, and final, transformer move through parts of upper Oconee is scheduled tomorrow and Thursday. This move could take two days over a 30-mile route from West Union to the Bad Creek hydro plant. Electronic message sign boards will offer notification to drivers along the affected routes. And drivers are reminded that it’s a slow move, with speeds averaging […]

A meeting of the Oconee Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission takes place at noon Thursday at the Oconee Heritage Center for the purpose of reviewing new grant applications.  The commissioners recommend to county council which applicants receive “A-TAX” monies accumulated in Oconee County.

Facebook gab lit up late last night with people talking about a loud boom they heard in the vicinity of highway 11, from Salem to Walhalla, and as far as Toccoa, Georgia.  However, Oconee Sheriff’s Office said it received no calls about such a noise, except one inquiry from a Greenville TV station.

The police in Seneca carried a search warrant yesterday to a W-S 4th Street apartment and arrested the tenant on the charge of distribution of heroin. The police say the man arrested, Timothy Joshua Evans, is subject to facing other charges, as the result of a search of the 31-year old Evans’ apartment. According to the police, they seized marijuana, […]

Five Oconeeans, including three county leaders, dominated last night’s public hearing in Clemson, at which the city took comment on a proposal that by, expanding its borders to the west, Clemson will gobble up seven acres of Oconee County property set aside for a large condominium project. In spite of making their opposition positions clear, the Oconeeans may have left […]