Author: Dick Mangrum

Investigation continues into the shooting last night involving a man and his wife in rural Oconee County, but the sheriff’s office believes what happened was the result of a domestic situation and there appears to be no danger to the general public.  In a statement today, the sheriff’s office said:  “At this time based upon evidence that has been gathered, […]

Many Oconeeans are putting their lives back together after the interruptions caused yesterday by tropical storm Zeta.  For many of them, voting is on their minds.  We are told the lines are long outside the in-person absentee voting precinct.  The wait time, according to elections director Joy Scharich, is approximately one hour.

Power restoration is the reason that the main connector between Walhalla and Westminster is blocked to traffic.  The detour is in the vicinity of Coneross Creek on SC 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway, and motorists are being diverted to country roads on either side to continue their travel.  A repair crew is at work to replace a broken power pole, a procedure […]

A power outage in the Salem-Tamassee area continues to affect the transmitter location of 101.7/WGOG.  Until electric power is restored there, WGOG is unable to resume over the air broadcasting.  However, our programming is being streamed through wgog.com and the “listen live” link.  You can also access our programming by downloading the WGOG Radio app.  The Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative […]

Halloween tomorrow is going to be different because of the world pandemic, but a good and scary time is possible if everyone will take the proper precautions to minimize the risk of spreading the virus.  Officials discourage haunted houses and large gatherings, but door-to-door trick-or-treating can be done safely if individually wrapped candy or goody bags are for children to […]

The city of Walhalla water treatment plant has lost electric power service, and all Walhalla water customers are requested to conserve water use and use water only for essential purposes.  Scott Parris, the utilities superintendent, makes the following plea:  “Due to yesterday’s storm and power outages, the Walhalla Water Department is experiencing water supply issues.  As a result, the department […]

In the latest report from South Carolina’s health agency, 918 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 were added to the state’s totals, along with 13 new deaths.  An additional 30 Oconeeans have been confirmed to have the virus.  In the report issued yesterday, South Carolina case numbers jumped, deaths dropped.  A total of 6,945 test results were received by DHEC Wednesday.  […]

The spokesman for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative says Blue Ridge’s goal is to restore power by sundown tonight to most of its remaining customers who’ve been without service since tropical storm Zeta powered its way into the five-county service area yesterday morning.  Shortly before 6 this morning, the number of Blue Ridge outages in Oconee had been reduced to […]

Two medivac helicopters flew into Oconee County early last night to transport what the sheriff’s office reports were two victims of gunfire.  Officers say the shooting incidents occurred at an address on the Rocking M Lane near Mountain Road and SC 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway.  Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said shortly before 8:30 last night, “At this time, […]