Author: Dick Mangrum

The Walhalla main branch of the Oconee Library will close at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon for power repairs to the building.

101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned a settlement could be reached in a few months in a four-year old case alleging wrongful death of a Chattooga River rafter.  According to an Oconee court officer, paperwork awaits a judge’s ruling to settle the case of the estate of a Florida man against a rafting company and two of its guides.  The estate of […]

A late night shooting at a Seneca apartment complex wounded one person, and the incident today remains a continuing investigation by the police.  Chief John Covington said the individual, not identified by name, suffered a gunshot wound to the hip area.  The victim has not cooperated with the police as to what happened, according to Covington.  The gun shot was […]

In meetings last night and again tonight, Westminster City Council is interviewing potential candidates for city administrator.  The job opened four months ago at the resignation of Chris Carter.  Previously, city leaders thought they had a replacement, but the preferred candidate dropped out.  Long time City Hall worker Rebecca Overton is serving as interim administrator.

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office has reached out to the area’s college presidents to learn how their institutions handle and address issues of equity and cultural diversity.  And this morning Dr. Todd Voss, president of Southern Wesleyan University, will address a meeting of sheriff’s personnel, to be followed in succeeding months by the presidents of Anderson University and Tri-County Technical College.  […]

An Oconee County regulatory board voted 4-1 tonight to grant a special exception and allow a major communications company to build a 250 foot tower in a rural area of the county where residents take pride in the natural beauty.  The tower is to be built on Mountain Rest private property in the vicinity of the highway 107 tie-in with […]

  Oconee Joint Regional Sewer officials have begun talks with a financial consultant to help frame the projects the JRSA will need and what they are going to cost.  And the key could be whether the member cities can be sold on the projects and whether they would be willing to pay more to treat their customers’ wastewater.  The JRSA’s […]

After the latest court ruling on Friday, witness signatures are now NOT required on ballot return envelopes, according to an announcement today from the South Carolina Election Commission.  The full United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling of the court’s three judge panel issued a day earlier.  In effect, the most recent ruling reinstates the United States […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 542 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, along with 10 additional confirmed deaths.  There were seven Oconee County cases reported. This brings the total number of South Carolina confirmed cases to 142,449, probable cases to 4,006, confirmed deaths to 3,154, and 183 probable deaths.   After further review […]