Author: Dick Mangrum

Seneca’s Thursday night entertainment event “Jazz on the Alley” is taking the week off.  According to city announcement, the cancellation will allow Seneca to evaluate the event’s rate of compliance with Governor McMaster’s COVID-19 guidelines for large gatherings.  Officials hope Jazz may resume next week.

  Two people have been implicated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office for this month’s fire in a tractor-trailer that was backed up to the Goodwill Industries store near Seneca.  One is Athens, Georgia resident Jennifer Elizabeth Beanes who remained jailed today, charged with third degree burglary, petty larceny, and third degree arson.  The second is a suspect for whom the […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 543 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 7 additional confirmed deaths. New Oconee cases numbered 14. There were no additional Oconee deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 111,202, probable cases to 1,349, confirmed deaths to 2,387, and 124 probable deaths. Testing […]

Main Street Walhalla is taking advantage of the Dog Days of Summer this week.  The downtown promotion program invites the public to the downtown Saturday to shop stores, dine at restaurants, and stop by the Humane Society’s booth.

101.7/WGOG NEWS learned this afternoon that an empty restaurant building on the 123 Seneca By-Pass will be transformed into a Moe’s Southwest Grill.  A principal involved in the project has confirmed that Moe’s will expand to Seneca and locate in the building vacated recently by Captain D’s.  There’s a J-Davis Construction sign in front of the location.  Further project details […]

First word from Oconee School District is that the start of the delayed school year this morning is running smoothly.  Spokeswoman Jennifer Dodd says, “District administrators are out and about visiting schools this morning.  They have said things are running smoothly across schools — students are excited to see their teachers; they are wearing masks without issue.  Our teachers and […]

The Seneca City Hall and other city public buildings re-opened for business this morning, after being closed late last week for deep-cleaning.  Four city employees tested positive for COVID-19, and the city instituted the closings out of caution.  But it’s back to business now.

  Court sources say nothing is yet official, but there’s some belief that the State Court Administration might direct Oconee County to schedule its first week of jury trials since the pandemic was declared in March.  That would be a General Sessions Court week now scheduled to start September 21.  In the meantime, 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned, the Clerk of […]

A weekend caravan of automobiles followed a tri-angular route connecting Oconee’s three largest municipalities, and an organizer says things went well.  The Saturday evening caravan sought to raise attention to the idea of an Oconee County Commission on African-American Affairs as well as the Say the Names campaign that calls names of African-American victims of police brutality.  Betty Jo Smith […]