Category: News

Cheryl Cleveland, 71, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, November 9, 2019, surrounded by her family. A funeral service was held at 2 pm, Monday, November, 11, 2019 at Sandifer Funeral Home Chapel. Ms. Cleveland was laid to rest during a private family service on November 11, 2019. Memorials may be made to the MD Cleveland […]

Police, fire, and ambulance vehicles are at the scene of an accident at Seneca’s East End Intersection.  And from what one passerby could tell, it appears the wreckage for now is blocking any turns from 123 onto EN 1st Street.  We now have a report that two vehicles were involved and the injuries appear to be minor in nature.

Electric power service has been restored at two Westminster schools, and classes are on schedule today at both Westminster Elementary and West-Oak Middle School.  A tree down on a power line is believed responsible for an outage that included two sets of mal-functioning traffic lights.

Oconee school trustees have been given the numbers of how many students partake in the district’s food service programs and at what cost. There’s a new district food service director, April Howe, and she brought a boatload of statistics to last night’s trustees meeting on how many students are eating breakfast and lunch. And the numbers on free, reduced, and […]

Talents exhibited by Walhalla High School students in writing and public speaking were highlighted during the November meeting of the Oconee School Board of Trustees. The high school is sporting winners in both categories. Walhalla swept the VFW speech writing contests among the county’s three high schools, and its first, second, and third place winners now qualify for advanced competition. […]

The complicated issue of nailing down the right pieces of property to build a new Seneca school led the county trustees to once again adjourn to a closed-door session. The district previously designated properties at Wells Highway and Garrison Road as the future location for the replacement Seneca Middle School. In the way, however, it’s believed were clear title issues […]

Like clockwork, 101.7/WGOG offers listeners the chance at good deals through our Radio Auction.  Our fall auction is this Friday, and you can be positioned to snag one of the deals by getting a bid number.  Just call the radio station at 864/638-3616 for your official bid number.  And, if you’d like to get a look at what’s available this […]

The pictures taken by a 1941 Clemson graduate of the European theatre in the Second World War have been donated by his son to the university.  U-S Army Captain William Cline’s love for photography is now part of the Clemson Library’s Special Collections and Archives.  Cline’s son, Bill, got quite a surprise when he dug through the contents of boxes […]

The office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor is prepared for a new term of Oconee General Sessions Court with a trial docket containing nine cases. Court week will be Monday thru Friday, November 18-22, with Judge Lawton McIntosh presiding. The prosecutors are focusing on cases involving a variety of alleged offenses—including carjacking armed robbery, drugs, and the ill treatment of […]

A weekend fire burned a mobile home residence in Seneca.  Chief Richie Caudill says the fire occurred during the 5 o’clock hour Saturday afternoon at 506 Hunter Street.  A hospital ambulance and personnel responded and checked one resident.  Caudill says both the city police and fire departments investigated the fire, and that investigation continues this morning.