Category: News

Several Pickens County residents were under the impression that a vote on a new animal control law would take place at their county council meeting last night.  But Chief Deputy Creed Hasche of the Pickens Sheriff’s Office says, “If you have been told or heard this information please be aware that those rumors are false.”  Why?  Because, according to Hasche, […]

A Salem man announced his candidacy last night for Seat One, Oconee County Council. Crest Drive resident John Elliott says he will seek the seat in the June 12 primary election. The office is now held by Edda Cammick, the council chairwoman. In his announcement, Elliott said, “As a lifelong South Carolinian, licensed Certified Public Accountant, Company Controller, and Oconee […]

Juries have been selected for two trials in Oconee General Sessions Court, and one of the trials gets underway this morning.  That’s the case of the State v. Billy Whitmire, charged with domestic violence second degree.  In a second trial tomorrow, Bowdy Crowe-Key faces the charge of burglary second degree. Judge McIntosh heard pre-trial motions yesterday in the case of […]

Rain forecast Wednesday will mean a change in the schedule for Alan Wilson’s visit to Oconee County.  Originally planned for the local airport, the South Carolina Attorney General will instead meet the public at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Seneca Family Restaurant on the 123 Seneca By-Pass.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned of the potential for Wilson to meet opposition in […]

The use of the X-Lite guardrail in the U-S has been blamed for multiple highway deaths.  And for now, because of the controversy over their use, the South Carolina DOT has suspended the installation of any of the new X-Lite devices on the state’s highways.  In a statement late last week, the DOT said, “The agency is monitoring the additional […]

Duke Energy announces a delay in the schedule to move the third and final transformer to the Bad Creek plant.  The last of the 700,000 pound transformers had been scheduled to be moved tomorrow and Wednesday.  This afternoon, however, a Duke spokeswoman said an equipment repair will delay the move for about two to three weeks.  A new date will […]

Change doesn’t stand still for anyone. And that may especially be true in Fair Play, a community with an interstate running thru it. Those at yesterday’s community meeting learned of a major highway project in the works. Fair Play residents also were told that the availability of piped sewer and the eventual development of the Golden Corner Commerce Park mean […]

After a period from Saturday to Sunday was full of a cold rain, the U-S Weather Observer at Walhalla has made a prediction.  Weather watcher Barbara Wilson says she, too, predicts six more weeks of winter.  The wet stuff amounted to 1.15″ on Sunday and 1.36″ on Sunday.  Yesterday’s high temperature was 46 degrees.  The 24-hour low temperature was 30.

Oconee County Democrats will meet in convention to prepare for the 2018 political season.  The convention takes place at 6 o’clock Tuesday, March 6 at Seneca’s Gignilliat Community Center.  Paulette Keffas-Chassin, chairwoman, says invitations will be issued to the three South Carolina Democrats who have announced their candidacies for governor in this year’s primary election.

The future for the former Fair Play school property will apparently rest with the community’s volunteer fire department. Terry Swain announced to a community meeting yesterday that a recommendation will be made to the board of Fair-Oak Youth Center to deed the five-acre former school property to the community fire department. Once the location of a community high school, the […]