Author: Dick Mangrum

This year’s seniors at Oconee’s high schools who meet all requirements to graduate will receive their diplomas during ceremonies at 8:30 Saturday morning, May 29 in ceremonies to take place at their school’s football stadiums.  Because of COVID, there will be precautions and guest limits, but details on that will be announced closer to May 29.  If rain is predicted […]

The new Diversity and Inclusion Committee formed by Walhalla in the aftermath of the death last year of George Floyd and a series of protests along Main Street is approaching its duties with an open mind and, according to committee member Lorelei Swanson, a willing to learn. Dr. Swanson said, after a few meetings since last summer, she and the […]

Three candles will remain in front of the seat that the late Dennis Owens occupied as a Walhalla city councilman.  A ceremony of honor and remembrance was carried out at the start of last night’s meeting.  Owens’ widow, Gwen, accepted a proclamation that highlighted Owens’ three-year council service and his many civic and community involvements including Rotary International and the […]

    Illness prevented Danny Woodward from taking part in the January meeting of the Walhalla City Council.  But Woodward’s absence did not stop his colleagues from returning him to the number two spot among city offices.  For the rest of 2021, Woodward will remain mayor pro-tem, meaning he is to act in place of Mayor Danny Edwards when Edwards […]

The state health agency has verified the loss of life among Oconee’s population to be 77 individuals.  DHEC considers four other deaths likely to have resulted from contracting the virus.  The total figure of 81 was current as of midnight on Sunday.

The work being done by the Oconee County administrator is considered to be “excellent”, in the estimation of her employers.  And last night the county council rewarded Amanda Brock a $5 thousand pay raise and took a further step to improve the efficiency of her office.  The council agreed to provide additional staff for Brock, but the exact number and […]

The gas pump/convenience store chain QT–Quick Trip–is about to open its Seneca location at the city’s East End intersection.  Word is the opening planned at 8 o’clock Thursday morning, January 28.

Power pole work by a contractor on behalf of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will require 101.7/WGOG to leave the air for an approximate 2 and 1/2 to a 3-hour timeframe tomorrow afternoon.  That outage, affecting WGOG on-air programs, is temporary only and is scheduled to begin around the 1:30 time tomorrow afternoon.  We apologize to those who listen to […]

The treasury of Oconee County government has been buttressed by the single largest tax payment.  The Duke Energy Corporation has made good on its obligation to benefit both general county government and the public schools.  This time, for the 2020 property tax, Duke issued a check to the county treasury, in the amount of 35,771,953.91, according to Connie Bellotte, deputy […]

  South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents today arrested a Greenville County convenience store operator and charged him with three counts of tax evasion. Viraj Chitranjan Mehta, 37, of Greer, owner of a Greenville convenience store doing business as Harry’s Quick Stop, failed to report $836,927 in sales from 2016-2018, according to arrest warrants. As a result, the warrants […]