Author: Dick Mangrum

The Anderson County Coroner’s Office identified a 66-year old truck driver from Concord, North Carolina as the man killed in a one-vehicle crash yesterday morning on I-85 in Anderson County, near mile marker 27.  He was Ralph Delano.  Delano was driving an 18-wheeler headed south when it left the interstate, hit guardrail, went through a fence, and impacted a power […]

Two young people have been charged with attempted murder and other offenses in the Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation of the gun shot wounding of a man last week at a home near Westminster, in the Holly Springs Community.  The sheriff’s office announced yesterday that Gavin Lamar Tukes, 18, of N. Spring Street, Westminster and Sayphonh Miranda Aquilla Xayachack, 25, of […]

In a Tuesday event-filled afternoon, 101.7/WGOG NEWS learned of a Walhalla to West Union police chase, a wreck that backed 123 Seneca By-Pass traffic, and an apparent isolated storm that downed a tree across SC 130 at Little River Road, north of Salem. Walhalla Police Chief Brinson says his counterpart at West Union, Josh Epps, was able to stop a […]

Boxes of food will be given away this afternoon in Walhalla.  To receive a box of packaged food including vegetables, cheese and chicken, simply show at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main between 4:30 and 5:30.

Today’s DHEC report: 1,954 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Carolina (21 in Oconee County). New confirmed deaths statewide:  11 Of 16,717 test results received, the positivity:  15.5%.    

South Carolina’s U-S senators believe the country needs work on roads, bridges, ports, broadband and other infrastructure, but they differ on what to spend to accomplish.  Senator Graham was part of the bipartisan support today for the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill.  Senator Scott, however, calls it reckless spending on unrelated pet projects.  “This bipartisan infrastructure bill is good for […]

A 40-year old Clemson man has been transferred from the Jackson County, North Carolina jail to the Oconee Detention Center.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office today announced the charge of trafficking in methamphetamine against Tarrell Lashawn Lee Williams of the Old Clemson Highway.  Arrest warrants allege that undercover operatives made two separate controlled buys this year from Williams in Oconee County, […]

The state patrol reports the driver of a tractor-trailer truck died shortly after 9 this morning in an Interstate-85 accident, seven miles north of Anderson.  Trooper Hovis gave the following details.  The accident occurred in the southbound lanes when the tractor-trailer went off the right side of 85, hit guardrail, and then hit a fence and utility poles.  The trooper […]

The School District of Oconee 2021-2022 school year COVID-19 Guidelines have been posted on the district website.  It is important to note that these guidelines can change at any time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or legislative action.  A summary of the guidelines is included below; complete guidelines can be found on the COVID-19 page of the district website. […]

Excitement and anticipation abound in Walhalla, the County Seat of Oconee, at the prospects that a Georgia couple are in the process to acquire a large former school building on the grounds of the Center for the Performing Arts to develop a hotel.  Among those excited is Mark Thompson, executive director of the performing arts center, who can envision multiple […]