Author: Dick Mangrum

Following the Christmas and New Year’s vacation, two schools in the Westminster area top the running count of COVID-19 cases.  Figures from the Oconee School District show that West-Oak Middle School, with 13 cases, and West-Oak High School, with 11 are the highest district-wide.  Tamassee-Salem Elementary, Orchard Park, Keowee, and Walhalla Elementary were the lowest in case numbers.  Only one […]

Residents of the Adams subdivision at Seneca can prepare for the removal of a landmark from their neighborhood.  The city administrator confirms that yesterday a pre-demolition conference took place at the former Kellett Elementary School building.  A crowd of around 50 or more is believed to have been present.  For many years, debate has ensued as to what’s the best […]

Sources have told 101.7/WGOG NEWS a handful of Oconeeans were part of the crowd last week at the U-S Capitol.  One of the participants says the Oconeeans were part of two groups who joined others in the protest.  Two of the local participants politely declined our invitations for on-air interviews.  A source sympathetic to them says one or more would […]

New homes will spring up along SC 59 not far from the Wells Highway.  The county planner says the project is in the advanced permit stage.  An engineer has indicated there will be 66 lots on 25 acres off 59 south of the Wells Highway intersection.  Property there has been cleared.

In this time of one COVID surge apparently on top of another, some people have forgotten about the importance of protecting against influenza.  DHEC announces a one-hour flu clinic will take place next week at the West-Oak Middle School in Westminster.  The clinic will be staged from 4 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon, and everyone is asked to enter […]

Coroner Karl Addis says the 53-year old woman killed in yesterday’s three-vehicle accident north of Salem was Elgin, South Carolina resident Sabra Coward Lott.  Her death late yesterday afternoon was attributed to blunt force trauma injuries.

The Third District representative in Washington, Jeff Duncan of Laurens, has issued his reaction to impeaching the president.  Republican Duncan holds to his support of President Trump and voted against the impeachment measure.  He said yesterday, “We are yet again witnessing a brazenly partisan attempt to remove President Trump from the White House with seven days left in office.”  And […]

A realtor says two sets of core commercial buildings in Walhalla’s downtown are changing hands, and he’s encouraged that it looks like an example of old building preservation and conversion to new use.  John Powell of Powell Real Estate has given 101.7/WGOG NEWS details of what’s happening with the former Davenport Funeral Home building, as well as the nearby set […]

The Walhalla police and members of other city departments formed yesterday’s escort that took city councilman Dennis Owens to his final resting place at the Oconee Memorial Park.  The police remember Owens as a constant supporter of their department, along with a number of other attributes.  They included hardworking, passionate, and a diverse participation in community affairs.  Of Dennis Owens, […]

One Oconeean’s death and the contraction by 111 county residents of the coronavirus are included in the newest numbers’ report from the state health agency.  Statewide DHEC yesterday reported 4,673 new cases; 42 deaths, including that of an elderly Oconeean whose death occurred on Sunday.  A total of 17,425 test results statewide showed a positivity of 27.1%.