Author: Dick Mangrum

Perhaps the most complex civil case ever tried in Oconee County remains without full resolution, years after the trial.  South Carolina Supreme Court is the latest of three courts to render judgment in the construction defect case brought by the owners of Stoneledge at Lake Keowee townhomes against multiple companies involved in the construction.  After two weeks of trial, million-dollar […]

A near 6.5 mile section of SC 11 in Oconee County is going to get attention next year by the road pavers.  That stretch of 11, from South Union Road north to Armstrong Road, is among the paving jobs for which the DOT will seek contractors’ bids.  Other projects for the 2022 are secondary 24 (Country Junction/Burnt Tanyard Rd) from […]

A Democratic hopeful for governor will make stops Saturday evening in Seneca to spread his message to small businesses.  Joe Cunningham, a former U-S representative from the South Carolina coast, is expected to arrive at Ramcat Alley at 4:20 Saturday afternoon, drink a cup of coffee at one of Ramcat’s restaurants, and then be led by Jody Gaulin, the chairwoman […]

Some 53 and one-quarters acres which Oconee County intends to buy is property that is  adjacent to the county’s Solid Waste Complex on the Wells Highway.  It’s not, as 101.7/WGOG NEWS earlier reported, adjoining the landfill.  After an executive session, the county council voted to commit up to $200 thousand to make the purchase.  This morning Amanda Brock, county administrator, […]

Oconee County in court papers named the estate of a Utica property owner in a condemnation notice filing, accompanied by an offer by the county to acquire the property.  A county code enforcement officer at the end of 2019 found 14 Padgett Street, including a mobile home on the property, to violate the International Property Maintenance Code.  The county now […]

The COVID-19 test facility at Clemson’s Nettles Park will be closed from Thursday, December 23 through Sunday, January 2 and re-open on Monday, January 3.  You can find an alternate test location by visiting the test site page on the South Carolina DHEC website.

If COVID-19 cases are spiking across the country, why have case numbers within Oconee public schools dropped off?  Here’s a theory from Dr. Thorsland, district superintendent, in response to a question today from 101.7/WGOG NEWS.  Thorsland said, “I’m not a medical expert, but we had such a spike in cases in August/September, it might have given our area of the […]

Salem community churches are inviting the public to return this weekend for their annual drive-thru, “Living Christmas Story.”  It’s the sixth annual holiday event to be held this weekend–Friday through Sunday, December 10-12 from 6 to 8 o’clock at night at the Eagle Ridge School, formerly the Tamassee-Salem Middle and High School campus.

Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina’s Junior U-S senator, is a co-sender of a letter to the acting Social Security commissioner to immediately reopen SSA’s field offices to the public.  “On March 17, 2020,” the letter from Scott and fellow Republican Mike Crapo of Idaho reads, “the Social Security Administration (SSA) suspended in-person services because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  This suspension […]