Author: Dick Mangrum

Fire damaged a garage last night near Westminster, at 150 Miller Farm Road.  Rural Fire dispatch reports fire fighters were able to confine the fire to the garage before it could spread to the home.  No one was hurt, but the Red Cross responded with help for one child and four adults.  The fire call came shortly before 7 o’clock; […]

A car and a pickup truck have crashed in front of Wendy’s Restaurant on Seneca’s 123 By-Pass.  There may be as many as two people hurt, according to a report we have from the accident scene.

For the most part, there are no free lunches any more, except at places such as Dot’s Kitchen in Westminster.  Today was a regular day for the volunteers who run the soup kitchen to fill the plates of the crowd that frequents the soup kitchen in the basement of the American Legion building on Lucky Street.  No one is turned […]

The first-year chairwoman of Oconee County Council does not rule out a second year.  When asked if she plans to seek a second year as council chair or whether she would accept the post, if offered, Emma Cammick said today, “Sure, if it’s offered to me, I’ll be happy to serve.”  The office is decided by a vote the five […]

A West Columbia man is accused of stealing a new vehicle from an Oconee County car dealership, and the Sheriff’s Office today continues to investigate the case. The Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest yesterday of Dwayne Eigner on the charge of grand larceny of a vehicle worth $69 thousand December 2 at Scenic Chevrolet. A warrant signed by investigator David […]

Word we are getting is that, effective Tuesday evening next week, three Walhalla men can lose their titles as city councilmen-elect.  On that night at City Hall Dennis Owens, Josh Roberts, and Robbie Burrell are to receive their oath of office to start four-year terms as Walhalla city councilmen.  Voters installed the trio during the November municipal election, the results […]

Oconee appears to be on a track to record a population of 80 thousand people. A question we get at 101.7/WGOG NEWS is just how big we are getting. And a county planner, Adam Chapman, today came through with the latest estimate at his fingertips. According to a 2016 estimate from the U-S Census Bureau, the Oconee County population stood […]

If you are a Seneca resident with designs on serving your city government, the time to start to put up or shut up is tomorrow.  At the noon hour tomorrow, the office of Oconee Elections in Walhalla will open its books for candidates in Seneca’s 2018 election.  Four seats on the eight-member city council are available in the March 13 […]