Category: News

At the annual public meeting of the Oconee Legislative Delegation, there was talk about roads and bridges—and new school buses on the way. State Representative Bill Sandifer, Seneca Republican, announced that the state has ordered new school buses and they are to arrive in April. The matter is one of urgency because some of the state’s oldest buses in the […]

Members of the League of Women Voters pressed Oconee’s state lawmakers last night to assure there’s no gerrymandering when it comes to re-drawing voting districts, based on the population numbers that come from the next census in 2020. In a statement read by the league’s Reggie Turetsky, the women voters called for a non-political independent panel to draw the next […]

For months, Walhalla insiders have spoken of new interest in their core downtown business district. Some of what’s on the horizon has begun to take shape with the confirmation by two Oconee County business partners that they have secured a prime spot downtown where they plan as many as six new retail stores, including an independent restaurant with rooftop seating. […]

Two members of Oconee County Council spoke to 101.7/WGOG NEWS yesterday about the likelihood that the city of Clemson will annex a small part of the Hartwell Village Shopping Center located in Oconee County adjacent to Lake Hartwell. Both Paul Cain and Edda Cammick expressed their disappointment, but conceded there appears little that can be done to stop the annexation. […]

For one, the Westminster mayor says he is better off having taken two days for a trip this week to the state capital. And Mayor Brian Ramey says he believes the four city council members who went are also now in a better position to govern from the local level. They went for training at the State Municipal Association and […]

The Seneca mayor says he’s aware that, in the last several months, at least five downtown buildings have changed hands. And Dan Alexander says it bodes well for his city to fill up empty storefronts. In an interview, the mayor says he’s aware of a furniture store and other retails stores that are coming to the downtown. He declined to […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that a pair of old Walhalla Main Street buildings are to be demolished to make way for new businesses. One is the Brown building at Main and S. College; the other is across the street bordered by the corner of N. College. Businessmen Robbie Burrell and Ricky Cook have caught the spirit of a new birth […]

Oconee Republicans turned out in Seneca to give a boost to this year’s campaign of Alan Wilson to be re-elected South Carolina Attorney General. Wilson was first elected in 2010 to head the legal department for the state. Before addressing a crowd at the Seneca Family Restaurant, Wilson told 101.7/WGOG NEWS that he and his staff keep busy handling multiple […]

An Oconee jury yesterday returned not guilty verdicts in the case of Bowdy Crowe-Key, charged with burglary second degree and petty larceny. Crowe-Key was arrested in 2015 as the result of an alleged incident at a trailer building. The one-day trial featured a dogged cross-examination of Sheriff’s Sgt. Phillip Bryant by defense attorney Smith.

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office reports one person in custody after a chase yesterday that started south of Seneca and ended in Anderson County. Shortly after 2 pm a deputy tried to make a traffic stop at SC 59 at Sam Brown Road. Further details may be released today.