Author: Dick Mangrum

U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan, South Carolina 3rd District Republican, has announced he has signed onto an article of impeachment against President Biden, alleging dereliction of duty over the administration’s handling of the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.  In a statement, Duncan calls what’s happened in Afghanistan “a grave humanitarian crisis.”

Foreign Service Officer Tim Hall of the State Department has earned the designation ‘Distinguished Graduate’–having earned a Master of Arts in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University in Washington.  The Walhalla native, a former banker, and former Oconee County councilman placed in the top 10% of his class.  He has worked for the Department of State since September […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS received word this morning of an additional candidate qualifier for one of three available city council seats in Westminster.  That candidate is the Rev. Audrey Reese of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, says the loss of Americans and Afghans to the deadly attacks is the result of “failed leadership at every level of the Biden administration”. Scott wants President Biden to send all military resources to ensure the safety of every American and ally awaiting evacuation from the Taliban-controlled country.  The Associated Press quotes Biden as […]

Records in the Oconee Common Pleas Court indicate a pre-trial settlement has been entered in a two-year old lawsuit that arose from a 2016 accident in which a train hit a tractor-trailer at Seneca’s East Main Street crossing.  Mediator James Jolly conducted an alternative dispute proceeding for the parties.  The plaintiff, Norfolk Southern Railway, motioned for a judgment in its […]

Walhalla resident Amy Welch announces that she’ll run for a council seat in her city’s November 2 election.  Welch teaches at the Hamilton Career and Technology Center.  Her platform includes the following:  “I will work with the community and city leaders to strengthen the utility system, support efforts to make Walhalla safer and cleaner and equip the city with the […]

Today’s South Carolina COVID-19 numbers: 3,259 new cases across the state, 71 in Oconee County. Confirmed:  48 additional South Carolina deaths (two in Oconee) Of 27,573 test results received, positivity:  15.8%

Five Upstate South Carolina hospital systems took part in a news conference today to demonstrate the worsening rate of COVID-19 infection, and the need for the unvaccinated to take advantage of the shots that can protect individuals and all with whom they are in close contact.  The news conference started with remarks by Dr. Surabhi Gaur, chief medical officer of […]

RELEASE DATE: August 26, 2021   Masks Will Be Required on all SDOC Buses Per new requirements by the SC Department of Education The School District of Oconee County received notification earlier today from the SC State Department of Education that re-institutes the requirement of face masks for students and drivers** on buses. The memo states: “Throughout the pandemic, the […]