Author: Dick Mangrum

The email reads “I’m unable to speak over the phone due to serious throat pain caused by laryngitis.  Can I ask a favor of you?”  That email which arrived yesterday purportedly over the name of an Oconee County resident is a scam, according to what we’ve learned here at 101.7/WGOG.  The scammer has used the good name of Bob Winchester, […]

Parts of SC 107 near the North Carolina line were blocked Wednesday afternoon to thru traffic, as public safety responders attended to a car down an embankment.  The accident required a helicopter flight for one person, with the landing and take-off location the Piedmont Overlook.

Walhalla’s state lawmaker, Bill Whitmire, is in hopes to meet a new colleague.  Whitmire, the District One member of the House of Representatives, is in line to receive a new colleague, Adam Duncan.  A political newcomer, Duncan scored an upset last month when he bested Seneca’s 29-year state lawmaker, Bill Sandifer, to capture the nomination for District Two.  To win […]

WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio quotes the Habersham County, Georgia sheriff’s spokesman as saying a teenage boy died Wednesday in an Atlanta healthcare facility, the result of a traffic accident last weekend at Demorest, Georgia.  Theodore Bone, 15-year-old resident of the Eastanollee Community in Stephens County, was riding in a church van when the accident occurred on Georgia 365 South.  Known […]

Some of those in Oconee in celebration of the country’s birthdate apparently got careless.  At least two grass fires, believed to have been caused last night by fireworks broke out on the Old Clemson Highway near Seneca and on the Pine Grove Road near Townville.  “Great event” is the way Seneca’s celebration at Gignilliat Field is being described.  Several thousands […]

Pro-Palestinians staged a protest yesterday morning at the Oconee County home of Senator Lindsey Graham.  And the senator has issued an apology to his neighbors and their families for the disruption to their July 4 caused by the protesters.  In a statement thru his office, Graham made further clear his position on Israel and Hamas:  “I am with Israel wholly […]

Crews have made repairs to a blown rural Walhalla water line; however, the following sections of the service territory are under a 24-hour boil advisory:  Avondale, Shrine Club, Albert’s and Dickard roads. If you need to reach the city after office hours, dial 864/499-4162.  Any issues related to water, sanitation, or the streets may be reported through a form on […]

A judge’s ruling settles a circuit court dispute among neighboring Oconee property owners.  Judge McIntosh has declared the rural Ellenburg Road that leads to Lake Keowee is a public road and, further, there’s no evidence the county abandoned the road.  Today’s ruling favors defendants Oconee County as well as two partnerships that include other property owners.  It follows three days […]