Author: Dick Mangrum

A second man has been arrested in the police investigation of gunfire last week at a Westminster street corner.  According to law enforcement records, the second arrest is that of Jerad Milton Grimes.  Eighteen-year old Grimes is charged with assault/battery by mob second degree in the shooting that wounded and hospitalized a 24-year old man.

A two-car accident this morning at a Seneca intersection involved a Seneca police vehicle and apparent injury to two people who were taken to hospitals.  The accident occurred around 7:30 at 123 By-Pass and E. North First.  State trooper Hovis said the police vehicle was headed west and was attempting a turn onto N. 1st; the second vehicle, a Buick, […]

The launch of an astronaut crew aboard SpaceX this morning in Florida apparently caused a streak of light that appeared across the Oconee skyline…and was witnessed by a 101.7/WGOG listener who telephoned us to report what he saw.  The blast occurred shortly before 6 am from the Kennedy Space Center.

Fewer COVID-19 patients need to be hospitalized in the Upstate, and Prisma Health will no longer run a dedicated COVID unit at its North Greenville Hospital.  With that change, Prisma will re-open its long term acute-care North Greenville unit and move forward with plans to expand a primary care clinic.  But Prisma’s Dr. Wendell James makes this precautionary statement:  “While […]

An incumbent member of the policy board for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative survived a re-election challenge.  In two days of balloting, Frank Looper held onto his Pickens County seat on the Blue Ridge board of directors.  The ballot count gave Looper a winning margin of 524 votes.  In votes cast by Blue Ridge customers across the multi-county service area, […]

The state DNR is reminding anglers of the legal limits on taking trout.  A DNR officer cited two fishermen near the Walhalla Fish Hatchery for carrying five trout out  at a time back to their car.  Between the two, according to Sgt. Busha, the two had 35 trout.  The legal limit is five for each person per day.  Busha confiscated […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested three subjects Wednesday during a search for a wanted suspect.   Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Division conducted warrant services yesterday at two separate locations in Oconee County in their search for 26 year old Zachery David Fields, who was wanted on multiple charges related to a pursuit Tuesday afternoon near Westminster.   The […]

The following announcement this afternoon from Oconee County: “On Friday, April 23, 2021, the Oconee County Rock Quarry will be closed for final plant adjustments and Quarry rock production. Various items sold by the Quarry ran out earlier this week when damage sustained by the jaw crusher and required maintenance of two cone crushers halted production. Rock Quarry personnel will […]

Jim Charbonneau is the new owner of the former Stoudemire building on the 123 Seneca ByPass, and he will move his Golden Corner Wealth Advisers there.  But that isn’t all.  Charbonneau has a contractor to make changes to the building, including the installation of an elevator.  On the second floor, he plans to create office space for other businesses.

New cases:  408 including 12 in Oconee. Statewide, 19 additional deaths, including one in Pickens. Of 10,992 test results, positivity:  4.7%