Category: News

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 […]

It’s March Madness for the SCDNR’s Climatology Office, and the climatologists, in partnership with the National Weather Service, are recruiting citizen precipitation observers for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. It is a grassroots volunteer network of backyard weather observers of all ages and backgrounds. The program started in Colorado in 1998 and was introduced in South Carolina […]

Refunds in the amount of millions of dollars are headed to Oconee’s three largest municipalities. All it will take will be a vote tonight by the policy board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, voting to approve a committee’s recommendation. Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster are to receive the refunds as the member cities of the JRSA. Seneca is in line […]

Five people were hurt in the wreckage of three vehicles Saturday afternoon on the 123 Seneca-Clemson corridor. The wreck occurred at the Wells Highway traffic light and involved two cars and a motorcycle. According to the highway patrol, one of the car drivers, Bradford Bearden, was lodged in the Oconee jail on charges of driving under suspension and two charges […]