Category: News

Both Oconee County Council and the Joint Regional Sewer Authority have frequently met separately in private to try to figure out an agreement on just who is to own, operate, and maintain sewer facilities covering parts of southern Oconee County, including a destination point of the county’s I-85 corridor. Last night the JRSA and county representatives met together and openly […]

Oconee’s three largest municipalities will have to wait to get their hands on sewer service refunds. A recommendation to approve millions of dollars for Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster was taken off the agenda during last night’s meeting of the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority. This, after the board set in motion the pursuit of revenue bond issue to […]

An incident on Doyle Street near Westminster this afternoon is under investigation by Oconee sheriff’s deputies. What happened on Doyle Street near Bennett Road was first reported as a person hit by motor vehicle. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says his officers were told that one person was hit by a vehicle that left the scene. The injured man was being treated […]

The Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) was administered last October at Walhalla Middle School. Eighth graders who score 550 or higher in the Evidenced-Based Reading and Writing portion of the test or 530 or higher in Mathematics portion of the PSAT earn the outstanding honor of being named a South Carolina Junior Scholar. Qualifying scores are higher than the national […]

Information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS indicates a vehicle-pedestrian accident has occurred on Doyle Street near the Westminster city limit.

The South Carolina DOT continues the process to let a contract and make the necessary contacts with affected utilities before repairs are started to a collapsed side of highway 123 west of the city of Westminster. Mayor Ramey has said the collapse of the side of the highway caused an eight-inch water line to pull apart. And, until the collapsed […]

2020 shapes up to be a major political year, and Oconee Republicans are making plans to re-organize during a meeting next week in Walhalla. The party announces that a re-organization meeting for all Oconee Republican precincts will take place at 6 o’clock Monday night, March 11 at Seneca’s Gignilliat Community Center on N. Townville Street. The meeting is open to […]

A team of six outside evaluators has arrived in Oconee County to make an assessment of the quality of education in the public schools. The team is from AdvanceED, and they will start un-announced classroom visits to the elementary, middle schools, and high schools. They’ll be assessing the district policies, programs, practices and learning conditions. All of that goes into […]

Whether you spring forward or fall back, the effects of changing the clocks by only one hour during daylight saving time can be noticeable. This Sunday we will lose one hour of the day. If you’re already sleep deprived, giving up just one hour of sleep can negatively impact how you feel and function during the day. Dr. William Healy, […]

If you happened to have been a patient or used the services of the Oconee hospital in January, chances are you approved of the experience.  That is, if you took the time to fill out a survey from OMH.  Hunter Kome, chief operating officer of Prisma’s Oconee Memorial, reported the patient satisfaction surveys at a meeting last week.  (They are […]