Author: Dick Mangrum

Because of power outages, Oconee County Recycle Centers remain closed until at least the noon hour tomorrow.  The Oconee Landfill at Seneca will open at 8 tomorrow morning.  Provided power is available, the county transfer station opens at 8 also.

Because several Oconee schools are without power, tomorrow will be another eLearning day for all county public school students.  Students are not to come to school buildings.

A good swath of Oconee County tonight remained without electric power service, including parts of the Walhalla area.  But crews are at work.  At one restoration site, workers are dealing with an electric power pole on Walhalla’s E. Main Street near the Presbyterian Church.  As the result of Walhalla outages, along with downed lines, sections of a number of Walhalla […]

After nearly 12 hours, electric power has been restored to the 101.7/WGOG studios on the Westminster Highway.  Unfortunately, however, we remain off the air because of no power at our tower location.  We are hoping that the power crews will be able to restore that service shortly.

An estimated 27 thousand power outages are reported in Oconee County.  On E. Main Street, West Union, Upstate Children’s Center has lost power, and the owner is allowing parents to return to pick up their children.  They should do that by avoiding E. Main from the vicinity of Burger King, where an electric power line has fallen across the street.  […]

South Carolina DHEC data show a decrease in the rate of infant mortality.  The infant mortality rate dropped from 7.2 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births in 2018 to 6.9 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births in 2019.  This reflects 26 fewer deaths in 2019 than the previous year. There were eight Oconee County infant deaths in 2019.  […]

As far back as the middle of the 20th century Christmas time in Seneca was synonymous with the window decorations at the anchor location for a popular 5 and 10 variety store.  City officials planning the 2020 Seneca Christmas Show have recovered a nugget from the past to help stir holiday emotions.  The Santa Claus figure that appeared in the […]

A fire late yesterday morning damaged cars and scrap metal at a privately-run recycling business near Seneca.  The fire scene was Hunnicutt Recycling on the Old Clemson-Seneca Highway.  Seneca Fire Department answered the first call and relied on Oconee Emergency Services and the nearby Keowee Fire Department for assistance.  It took the fire fighters about one hour to control the […]

With two to three inches of rain forecast and the risk of flash flooding in the higher elevations,  all developed campgrounds on the Andrew Pickens Ranger District in the Sumter National Forest are closed today.  They will remain closed until after the storm passes and the Forest Service has had time to check for damage.  Our friends with that federal […]