Author: Dick Mangrum

A car is reported to have hit a guardrail this morning near West Union.  The driver was sent to the hospital.  Damaged in the impact, the guardrail did its job, preventing the car from dropping down an embankment off the Torrington Road.  According to Walhalla Fire Department, last evening a female driver received a medical airlift after her car wrecked […]

Traffic stops are considered by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office as out of the ordinary, but sometimes needed for public safety.  The Sheriff’s Office released numbers today to indicate that, on the average, its officers have stopped fewer than five vehicles a day over the last three years. The basic definition of a traffic stop, according to the South Carolina Criminal […]

Duke Energy has scheduled tests of the emergency sirens within ten miles of the Oconee Nuclear Station.  Those tests will be run Wednesday, August 17 in Oconee County and Wednesday, August 24 in Pickens County.  These times the sirens are to be tested as part of new software installations.  As usual, the tests are scheduled for three minutes starting at […]

A memorial service takes place 7 o’clock tonight at West-Oak Middle School for the Westminster Police Department’s K9 dog “Dexter.”  Chief Dean Awalt invites the public to pay its respects.

A dinner this evening at the Oconee United Way in Seneca will mark 50 years of giving by the benevolent organization.  The news files of WGOG from the year 1966 show that the first countywide fund drive, chaired by Sam Thrift, topped its goal of $31,775.

In the middle of the night, Oconee deputies drew their weapons as they encountered two masked intruders in the Keowee Elementary School.  They ordered the intruders to drop what they had in their hands.  The scene was approximately 12:45 yesterday morning, and the deputies went to the school responding to an alarm.  Law enforcement documents released this afternoon show two […]

A corporate-owned hydro-electric project near Seneca has begun a lengthy process to win a new license—at a time when an act of nature idled the operations there.  A lightning strike two weeks ago halted power production, but a representative of the Coneross Power Corporation says once the damaged equipment is repaired the plant will be back on line.  A tour […]

For the first time, the Oconee County Public Library joined with the School District of Oconee County’s Food Services department to feed kids for free. Three county library branches served free summer meals to hundreds of children.  The meals were provided by the School District of Oconee County’s food services department and were served on weekdays from June 7th – July 29th, except for […]

NEXT School Eagle Ridge announces its founding faculty and leadership team for the start of its first year August 15.  Named principal for the new kind of public school is Joe Greenberg.  He is joined by Sharon Hall, Chameka Duncan, Liz Kuemmerer, Nicole Cartee, and Sena Shirley.  They are joined by the following ten-member faculty:  Daniel Barrier, Shaun McCallum, Chris […]