Author: Dick Mangrum

The Seneca Bobcats Baseball team will square off with Bishop England High School on Saturday in Game 3 of the 3A State Championship series. This is a winner-take-all game. The Bobcats defeated the Bishops 2-0 in Game 1 on Saturday in Seneca. The Bishops knocked off Seneca on Tuesday in Game 2, 1-0 in Charleston. Saturday’s final will be played […]

  A challenge is in the works for at least one board seat during tomorrow’s nomination meeting at the Pioneer Rural Water District, 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned.  The challenger will be Townville resident Kevin Ramey, who was working this morning to ensure that his name will be placed in nomination.  Ramey seeks Seat #2 now held by Tommy Grant, who […]

  A Seneca man appealed to the city council for the city to put a stop to a water overflow problem at his home on E-S 5th Street.  Willie Holland addressed the mayor and council during the public comment part of last night’s City Hall meeting.  Holland would like the city’s help, even though the property involved is privately owned.  […]

  “Operation Mayday 2017” is a Walhalla police-led roundup of 17 drug suspects charged in 20 arrest warrants.  According to Chief Ronald Wilbanks’ announcement, his department is receiving assistance from the Oconee Sheriff’s Office for an operation that started early yesterday morning and will continue until all suspects are caught.  So far, the police have identified five people arrested:  Latacha […]

Seneca leaders saw examples last night of the city’s new efforts to create greater awareness of a pair of treasures, for which the city takes pride.  One is the newly-completed Strickland Museum, Seneca’s official museum for African-American history.  The other, the collection of fine furniture and related valuables acquired by the city’s director of museums, Dr. John Martin.  Last night […]

  In the opinion of the Seneca’s outside auditor, the city is financially strong and growing.  Mike Stancil’s accounting and review of Seneca’s finances covering the year ended June 30, 2016 was approved during last night’s meeting of the city council.  Stancil gave the city a clean, unmodified opinion.  Once again, there is no management letter that would indicate improvement […]

Four Seneca man have been arrested and charged with drug and weapons violations as the result of a traffic stop late last night on the 123 By-Pass.  The city police made the cases and say they confiscated 14 bags of a green leafy material after being drawn to the smell of marijuana in the trunk of their vehicle.

The public is invited to have their voices heard this month on financial inducement agreements to allow a company to build a large residential and commercial development off U-S 123.  The property involved is believed to be that which runs from the former Jacobs Chucks building to the edge of Lake Hartwell and is envisioned by Clemson Epoch LLC  to […]

Crowds in Pickens were described as enormous for the April 28 Beach Night show and dance and the parallel cruise-in for collectible autos and their owners. And today Charles Dalton, president/CEO for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, announced that the Blue Ridge Fest charity fund-raiser was a record breaker.  “After all the expenses had been accounted for, the event produced […]