Category: News

Two South Carolina government offices have joined a national and offshore effort to crackdown against fraudulent charities. Both the office of Secretary of State Mark Hammond and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined the announcement of “Operation Donate with Honor”—a crackdown against charities that claim to help veterans and members of the armed services. Over the last year, Hammond’s […]

Several matters highlight the agenda for a special meeting next week of the Westminster City Council. The meeting will take place at 6 o’clock Tuesday night in the City Hall Conference Room. Two of those matters involving the city’s electric power provider are divided between the open part of the meeting and the executive session, planned at the end of […]

A procession of jeeps and motorcycles will make its way thru Walhalla tomorrow evening around 6:20 to 7 in a demonstration of support for the charity Toys for Tots. Sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserves, the program buys toys for parents who can’t afford Christmas gifts to their children. The jeeps and motorcycles will start out from the VFW Club […]

Edda Cammick, chairwoman of Oconee County Council and Salem’s representative on council, issued a statement today reacting to comments by colleague Julian Davis as the council voted this week to grant Salem $210 thousand dollars for a highway 11 water line project. Cammick and Davis were on opposite sides of the vote. Davis questioned whether it was a proper use […]

Two streets in Seneca are in line for surfacing work, as the result of a vote this morning by the South Carolina Department of Transportation “C” Fund Committee for Oconee County. The re-surfacing work will take place on Elm Street and on part of Railroad Street, between N. Walnut and N. Fairplay streets. The committee acted on a motion by […]

An airplane repairman from Townville has been placed on probation by order of Federal District Judge Tim Cain. U-S Attorney Sherri Lydon said the sentence of three years probation was handed down to Jeffrey Michael Patterson, 41 years old. According to the U-S Attorney’s Office, the facts of the case were as follows: “Patterson was employed at a local FAA […]

Six years ago, a ceremony and a marker near Westminster brought attention to the first African American place in Oconee County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The location of what was the Retreat Rosenwald School is on the West-Oak Highway. The Retreat School served African-American students during South Carolina’s period of dual education. And the […]

For students, a stint as a congressional intern is an excellent chance for experience with constituent services, the legislative process, government policy, and the news media. The office of Senator Tim Scott is now accepting intern applications for available positions in the South Carolina Republican’s Washington, Columbia, Greenville, and North Charleston offices for this fall. An intern’s hours are flexible […]

The new rule that holds back students from promotion to the next grade because of the lack of reading proficiency was a topic at this week’s meeting of the Oconee school trustees. As explained to 101.7/WGOG NEWS by District Four trustee Denise McCormick the rule applies to students who can’t read at the third grade level. McCormick was encouraged by […]

The acting clerk for Salem, Marti Jennings, released a statement today on the death of the small town’s mayor: “The Town of Salem is heartbroken to announce the passing of our Mayor, Diane Head, age 54 of Park Avenue, Salem. Mayor Head was in her 3rd Term of office and was known as the Peoples Mayor. She was involved in […]