Category: News

That smile you see on the faces of those who drive the roads of an Oconee County detour reflects the quality of an impromptu repair job made further necessary by the weight the detour traffic placed on two roads already in poor shape. But that’s now in the past, as a road paver has applied new asphalt covering to Dixon […]

Turns out Oconee’s top two school personnel did not have to be present for this afternoon’s state board meeting after all. Approval was announced by Del-Gratia Jones, chairwoman of the state board of education, to allow Oconee public schools to start the 2020-21 year one week ahead of the requirement that schools may not start before the third Monday in […]

The volunteer staff at Dot’s Kitchen in Westminster can always use a helping hand.  In fact, there’s an opening on the Tuesday crew.  If you would be interested in joining the crew, the requirement is one Tuesday a month.  If interested, telephone Joey Roeder at 647-5509.

In her remarks to Tri-County Technical College’s Class of 2019, State President, AT&T South Carolina Jane Sosebee asked the graduates to remember three things from her address: live in the present, remember the past with gratitude and look to the future with confidence. “This time… this place…these people… this evening is special. Look around you… at your fellow graduates. Some […]

Joe Rukat spent the bulk of his education career in the exploding field of information and technology. But the Walhalla area member of Oconee school board is wistful for the days of stylish long-hand writing. That appears to be disappearing as a younger generation becomes proficient with the keyboard, and cursive writing is being taught to limited and early grade […]

At 1 o’clock this afternoon Oconee’s top school administrators are due in the Columbia meeting room of the South Carolina State Board of Education. District Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland and Associate Superintendent Steve Hanvey are to appear before the panel that sets statewide education policy to get a feel or a decision on whether the state board would be willing […]

Oconee school trustees are one week away from a final vote on a new budget for the next year. They gave the second of three required readings last night, knowing that a decision still to be made in Columbia will dictate the true amount of state aid that’ll be coming to the Oconee district in 2019-20. A committee of both […]

An increasing number of hepatitis A cases in Aiken County and other parts of South Carolina has led the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) to define the spread of the disease as a statewide outbreak. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver infection caused by a virus that is typically transmitted through person-to-person contact with someone who has […]

On Tuesday, May 14 the Foothills Area YMCA invites you to celebrate the 125th Anniversary with an event at Holtzendorff Hall on Clemson University’s Campus. The event will be from 5:00 PM- 7:00 PM and will commemorate the history of the Foothills Area YMCA and the future going forward with the construction of the new facility. Join us for drinks, […]

A leading Oconee Democrat tells 101.7/WGOG NEWS that there’s a chance that former Vice President Joe Biden will make a stop next month at the county Democrats’ annual fundraiser picnic. In what’s already a crowded field of Democratic hopefuls for the White House next year, Biden is regarded the frontrunner. The Oconee Democrats 2019 picnic will take place once again […]