Author: Dick Mangrum

Governor Henry McMaster has issued Executive Order 2023-13 to reconvene the General Assembly for an extra legislative session to take up enhanced penalties for illegal gun possession, bond reform, the General Appropriations Act, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, and other matters of public importance beginning Tuesday, May 16 at 12:00 PM. “The General Assembly has made progress on a few […]

I-85 northbound traffic entering South Carolina is encountering crumbling asphalt which, for some travelers, makes for a first impression of the state.  It’s National Travel and Tourism Week.  The question of when the state might authorize the highway repairs is one that Dawn Moore Smith at the Welcome Center cannot answer, so 101.7/WGOG NEWS has sent an inquiry to the […]

On this Mother’s Day weekend, an effort to raise awareness of tracking fetal movement in the third trimester of pregnancy, a way, South Carolina DHEC says, to improve the birth outcomes for mothers and babies.  DHEC partners with Count the Kicks in the effort to improve maternal health and birth outcomes.  According to a recent CDC report, the maternal mortality […]

Two vehicles, a pair of Ford Rangers, collided this morning at a Walhalla W. Main Street intersection.  According to the fire department, one person transported for medical attention.

A 30-year old Oconee man stands accused of multiple sex crimes against children after his arrest at his home Tuesday near highway 59.  The sheriff’s office identified Cory Donovan Simpson as charged with sexual exploitation of a minor second degree.  Besides the sheriff’s office, the investigation involved the Anderson Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security.  According to the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security, arrested a Seneca man Tuesday on 15 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – 2nd degree. 30 year old Cory Donovan Simpson, of Watershed Road, was released from the Detention Center Wednesday after posting bond. Simpson received a combined $155,000 […]

In Georgia on I-85 entering South Carolina at Fair Play the speed limit reads 65 MPH.  Dawn Moore Smith hopes the northbound traffic will slow down across the line and pull into the South Carolina Welcome Center.  Smith is in charge of visitors’ services. There’s a celebration there to welcome visitors to South Carolina for refreshments, pens, trinkets, special coupons […]

David Underwood confirms talk he will stand down at Walhalla election time this fall.  “12 years are enough (three terms),” Councilman Underwood tells 101.7/WGOG NEWS.  This November Walhalla voters choose a mayor and fill three seats on the six-member council.

That $3 million verdict rendered late last month by an Oconee jury in a real estate trial is under appeal.  Supporting documents for the appeal were filed last week in the Common Pleas Court by attorneys for Redland Properties and Larry Hoeben.  The jury April 28 returned verdicts for the plaintiff, 4105 Liberty Highway, in the amount of a little […]