Author: Dick Mangrum

Oconee law enforcement records show the arrest early today of a Westminster area man, Donnie Wayne Wheeler of Sims Street, on the charge of domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.  The arrest warrant alleges Wheeler “did cause physical harm or injury to Victim and said act was accompanied by circumstances of aggravation in that Defendant shot Victim in […]

“SDOC updates Mask Requirement for Buses Consequences will be enforced for students who do not wear a mask. As the district announced last week, the SC State Department of Education re-instituted the requirement of face masks for students and drivers** on buses. School districts were given until August 30th to be in compliance.  The SCDE released a revised memo on […]

New cases statewide:  3,572 (75 in Oconee County) New confirmed South Carolina deaths:  44 Of 32,408 test results received, the new positivity:  14.5% (These numbers reflect Tuesday’s counting)

Requiring all aboard Oconee school buses to wear facial coverings is not working all together.  Associate Superintendent Steve Hanvey says following the federal rule is working well among elementary school bus riders, but not so well among middle and high school riders where, Hanvey admits, there’s been “a little resistance.”  If a student boarding the bus is not wearing a […]

Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has confirmed that he has made a request of the state police for an inquiry into county Coroner Karl Addis, based on information that came to his attention that Addis may have engaged in sexual activity with a female in the coroner’s office near the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  On the advice of the circuit solicitor, Crenshaw […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS and 94.1 The Lake are learning today of shootings last night near Westminster and in Royston, Georgia.  Jimmy Watt, spokesman for Oconee Sheriff’s Office, says an announcement will be made today about the shooting of a woman in the back last night near Westminster.  No other details are immediately available.  Sheriff Crenshaw says what happened near Westminster during […]

A man near Columbia is in jail in Spartanburg as part of an investigation of a homicide last week near Westminster.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office this morning announces the charge of murder against 34-year old Swansea, South Carolina resident Phillip Ronald Miller.  According to the sheriff’s office, Miller is charged in a warrant with murder in the shooting death of Michael […]

Parts of Earlestead Road near Walhalla were closed to traffic for one hour last night, as the fire department and other public safety responders dealt with a tree that fell across the road.  The mishap created a power company service call for one home on Earlestead.

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 […]