Author: Dick Mangrum

A lawsuit placed in the Anderson Common Pleas Court names as defendants a “John Doe” and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.  It seeks damages and alleges that a John Doe, either a deputy or an employee, tried to stop a vehicle after it was allegedly seen speeding March 23, 2021 on secondary 94, the Old Pendleton Road, in Anderson County.  […]

On Tuesday, out of some 52,441 registered Oconee voters, ballots cast were 11,278.  In the Republican primary, there were 10,690 votes; in the Democratic, 588.

Jim Mann, chairman of Oconee Republicans, says, “I congratulate all who emerged victorious in their individual campaigns for public office.  It’s now your responsibility to serve the people of our county well, and with integrity!”  Tuesday’s local turnout of just 21.5% of eligible voters has caused some consternation.  Mann says Oconee’s 21.5% turns out to be 8% higher than the […]

State Rep. Bill Sandifer says he will not request the state to direct a recount of the votes in his unsuccessful re-nomination contest.  And yesterday all results of this week’s primary elections in Oconee were certified in a 3-0 vote by the county board of canvassers.  Janice Matheson Holbrooks, presiding at the certification meeting, led the board through yesterday’s proceedings.  […]

Today is Flag Day and a special day in the life of a Second World War survivor in Salem.  101.7/WGOG today salutes Ralph Lusk on his 100th birthday.  Mr. Lusk’s daughter, Sherrie, says her dad is a lifelong Salem resident and a veteran of World War Two.

An Oconee County eatery has closed.  Paws Restaurant on 123, the Seneca-Clemson Corridor, in a post to customers and friends on Thursday, said, “It is with devastated heart that we announce that at 3:00 pm today we will close indefinitely.  We thank you for almost 26 years of friendship and support.  This was a sudden decision and saddens us as […]

The plaintiff continued today calling witnesses in its case in Ratliff v. Oconee County, in the second day of a civil trial whose origins date back to a board of zoning appeals’ decision.  One source has predicted to 101.7/WGOG NEWS that the trial will take three days.  And, just before the lunch break, attorney David Paavola told Judge McIntosh his […]

The results of primary election day voting in Oconee are now certified, by action this morning of the county board of canvassers.  This, after the board added a total of 13 votes to Tuesday’s unofficial count – both failsafe and provisional ballots.  Kristi Burr, county elections director, recommended the 13 additional ballots be considered after an evaluation of the circumstances […]

A lawsuit filed this week in the Anderson Common Pleas Court alleges negligence by the Pioneer Rural Water District of Oconee-Anderson that led to an accident at the scene of a large water break near Townville.  The lawsuit for Matthew Roper, filed by attorney Trevor White, alleges that on the morning of June 12, 2022 Roper was taking his dog […]

Janet Smalley of the Partners for Progress introduced the idea this week of creating an arboretum in Walhalla’s Kaufman Park – the home of the city’s Depot community building.  As for the trees that provide shade in the park, Smalley told a gathering of Walhalla United that some trees need to be replaced with new trees.