Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee Superintendent of Education Dr. Mike Lucas, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander, and Congressman Jeff Duncan are among those expressing sadness and condolences over the tragedy in Connecticut. Lucas said principals, counselors, and teachers will support and comfort Oconee students, especially the younger ones, who return to classes this morning, after a weekend of learning and talking about what happened at […]

If you missed it the first time, you can catch it again during the season’s holidays. The 2012 Seneca Christmas Parade, which took place December 3, will be telecast in a 30-minute program to air Christmas Eve at 11 a-m and 7 p-m and Christmas Day at 2 p-m on Northland Cable TV 4. According to the Oconee Chamber of […]

An accident early today on U-S 76 between Westminster and Long Creek left a tractor-trailer practically cut in half. By this afternoon, the wrecked trailer part of the rig lay off the side of the highway. No injuries were reported.

At least one member of Oconee’s state delegation says he will vote in favor of a bill that would make texting-while-driving illegal statewide. Oconee County Council was told this morning that such a bill will be introduced in the General Assembly and Bill Whitmire, the District One representative, declared he will vote for it.

This morning’s rare meeting between Oconee County leaders and the county’s state lawmakers went well, according to participants. The county councilmen and the lawmakers batted around issues of common interest. There seemed to be a spirit of cordiality and a willingness to hold future meetings. The meeting also spotlighted some of the funding issues that have created disagreement. And the […]

Word has been received that Governor Haley has called off her appearance in Oconee County Monday when she planned to sign a workplace bill, authored by Representative Bill Sandifer of Seneca. The ceremony had been planned for the Schneider Electric plant, which Sandifer says is an example of a workplace that will benefit from his right-to-work legislation. Sandifer said he […]

96.3/WGOG NEWS has received word of a mishap involving a large truck on U.S. 76 this morning in the vicinity of Brasstown community. At an S-curve, an 18-wheeler has become disabled and that has created a road hazard. The tract-trailer truck was Georgia-bound, but motorists headed in both directions should be prepared to slow down at and in the vicinity […]

The director of Oconee Emergency Services says of the natural disasters that could occur in the vicinity of Duke’s nuclear plant, he regards flooding more likely than an earthquake, though the area in the vicinity of Oconee Nuclear is known to contain fault lines. In a well-attended forum arranged last night by Friends of Lake Keowee, Emergency Services Director Scott […]

Open house at the new home of the office of Oconee Veterans Affairs takes place 2 to 4 this afternoon. The office recently moved to the large social services’ building on Walhalla’s Kenneth Street.

Four Oconee County rescuers made their way to the Ellicott Rock wilderness area to come to the aid of a hiker. Scott Krein, emergency services director, said the woman suffered a broken ankle. The hiker and her daughter were spending yesterday on the trail when the mother fell. The daughter signaled another hiker for help. That hiker, after walking three […]