Water line repairs on the Keowee School Road
Crews worked past quitting time last evening to repair a water line break on the Keowee School Road near Seneca.
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Crews worked past quitting time last evening to repair a water line break on the Keowee School Road near Seneca.
Read moreSeneca, SC — Lisa Claudine Corder, 61, of 125 Camelot Dr., Seneca, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late William Ellis and Savilla Mae Garrett Corder. She attended Walhalla First Baptist Church. Mrs. Corder is survived by her sister: Phyllis Corder of Seneca, SC; brother: William Corder […]
Read moreFair Play – Betty Richardson Herring Wilbanks, 89, wife of the late CL Wilbanks, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, December 28th, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Betty was born in Fair Play and was the daughter of the late Wilmer Robert and Maggie Annie Grant Richardson. She retired from Fair Play Manufacturing […]
Read moreA description of get away vehicles and direction of travel eventually led sheriff’s officers in two counties to apprehend four armed robbery suspects. The crime was reported early Sunday morning on the Rock Crusher Road, where one of the robbers held a gun on the victim and the others assaulted him and stole property. One vehicle was stopped near Westminster; […]
Read moreAcross South Carolina, 2,208 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced today by the state health agency. DHEC reported 22 new deaths, including that of an elderly Oconeean who died on Sunday, the 27th. Of the new cases, 47 were from Oconee County. Of 8,139 test results received statewide, the positivity was 27.1%. Some other COVID-19 development reported today: By […]
Read moreHere are some factoids gleaned from this afternoon’s COVID-19 release from South Carolina DHEC: As of December 29, South Carolina has received a total of 112,125 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: Week of 12/14: 42,900 doses received Week of 12/21: 30,225 doses received Week of 12/28: 39,000 doses received A total of 31,511 doses of the vaccine have been administered to phase […]
Read moreDetails are being released today about an armed robbery on Sunday near Walhalla and the arrests of multiple individuals. Preliminary information released by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office indicates the crime occurred at a Rock Crusher Road home and a law enforcement chase then ensued of two different cars, one of which was stopped on SC 24.
Read moreMore than 334 thousand Americans have died, so far, from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. South Carolina DHEC published figures show the Oconee County death toll stands at 60 dead.
Read moreThe contractor Rogers Group Inc. has been assigned the job of re-building Clemson’s Issaqueena Trail. It’s a “CMRB” PROJECT — cement modified recycled base which consists of reclamation, milling, re-surfacing, shoulder work, grassing, and other minor work. According to the city of Clemson, the project will cover Issaqueena Trail from SC 93 to 28 and start around the middle or […]
Read more101.7/WGOG NEWS trotted out its review of the strange and tragic year 2020 on the December 27 Community Soundoff. Additional airings of our compilation of the past 12 months can be heard this Friday, following the ABC news at noon, and again this Sunday, in place of our regular Community Soundoff, to air approximately 12:15.
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