Author: Dick Mangrum

101.7/WGOG NEWS has received word of a pre-trial settlement in a civil lawsuit between a man’s estate and an assisted living care facility near Seneca.  No details of the settlement were given during a hearing yesterday in the Oconee Common Pleas Court in the case of Charles Ward, as personal representative for the estate of Charles Ward Jr. versus Inn […]

The motorcyclist killed in yesterday’s early morning Pickens County accident involving a low-hanging tree along SC 133 was a  27-year old Six Mile man.  According to Chad Hope, deputy Pickens County coroner, Zane Kevin Marcus lost his life in the 12:50 am accident a few miles from his hometown.

A new major crime impacts the community of Utica near Seneca.  Sheriff’s officers are trying to find the person or persons responsible for the death of a Pendleton man who had taken up residence at Utica’s 14 Padgett Street.  The body of Richard Dennis Keese, 62, was found late Tuesday night in front of the home.  Deputies were sent there […]

From South Carolina DHEC:  3,554 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state.  In Oconee County, 82 new cases.  Statewide, there were 73 deaths counted in a 24-hour period, including two each in Pickens and Anderson counties.  Of 29,217 test results received, the positivity was 17.3%. (These numbers reflect the count at Monday’s finish)

The state patrol reports a motorcyclist was killed last night when his chopper hit a low-hanging tree in Pickens County.  By mid-morning, the coroner had yet to identify the fatality.  The patrol reported the accident shortly after 12:30 this morning on two-lane SC 133, three miles north of Six Mile.  The motorcyclist was helmeted and ejected from the motorcycle.

A public official closely tied to the aging populations of Oconee and Anderson says once the latest warnings about Social Security and Medicare are absorbed, there’ll be a shudder that permeates many senior citizens of a certain age.  The board of trustees for Social Security warned that trust funds are projected to deplete one year earlier than previously predicted, and […]

The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) released school, district, and state report cards reflective of the 2020-2021 school year. The 2021 report cards include results from state assessments administered in Spring 2021, the first administration of state assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The state assessment results reflected on the 2021 report cards confirm the alarming trends we have observed […]

Leaders of the Oconee GOP are calling for their hometown U-S senator to be censured.  David McMahan, county chairman, has released a resolution from the party executive committee that seeks disapproval in a formal statement for what it says was Senator Lindsey Graham’s vote with Democrats on the bill known as Invest in America, in part, because it contains no […]

The choice of whether to mask up in Oconee public schools will remain with the children or their parents, at least for now, after last night’s highly-emotional meeting of the county trustees.  Thirty-minutes of public comment, much of it anti-facial coverings, was followed by the trustees’ decision to put off any vote, pending the outcome of a ruling by the […]