Category: News

Henry McMaster will make his first speaking appearance in Oconee County since becoming South Carolina governor.  The state’s 117th governor will keynote next month’s State of Oconee Luncheon.  It’s to be a $25 dollar a plate affair from 12 noon to 1:30 Friday, February 17 at West-Oak Middle School.  Tickets are available from the Oconee Chamber of Commerce.

The body of a man found in a wooded section of Pickens County last week has been identified by authorities.  Coroner Kandy Kelley said the body was that of Kenny Mark Chapman, a 44-year old resident of Evergreen Acres Road, Pickens.  An autopsy is pending, though Kelley says there is no evidence of foul play or trauma.  The death is […]

A car and a van collided at Seneca’s Miracle Circle intersection.  Yesterday afternoon’s accident shortly before 4:45 sent four people to the hospital and temporarily shut down one lane and slowed traffic thru Oconee’s busiest crossroads.  Capt. Robert Tribble said the accident occurred when a car headed eastbound on 123 collided with a van attempting to make a left turn […]

The allegation of the unlawful practice of a regulated profession has landed a Columbia area man in the Oconee County jail.  An arrest warrant alleges that Lexington resident Elbert Carson Boan Jr. accepted a $10 thousand dollar check from a Seneca couple in 2015 to install solar panels at their home, but left the job incomplete.  According to an incident […]

Up to $30 thousand dollars generated by Oconee accommodations taxes is available to the applicants who can meet the county’s criteria.  The county Parks, Recreation and Tourism Commission is accepting applications until 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, February 15.  Those interested may request an ATAX application guide by calling 888-1488 or online at oconeesc.com.  The commission will vote to recommend grants […]

An agreement is in place to train workers at a new manufacturing operation in Stephens County, Georgia.  WNEG Radio reports the agreement to train workers at NIFCO KTW in the Hayestone-Brady Business Park on Georgia 17 is made possible by a Georgia economic development program that provides customized workforce development training at no cost to qualified, new, expanding, and existing […]

A serious fire broke out this morning at a home on the Lecroy Road across from the Falcon’s Lair subdivision.  Other details have yet to be confirmed by 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

A small, rural community between Long Creek and Westminster is organizing its own volunteer fire department.  Charlie King, Oconee Fire Chief, this week announced Holly Springs is next in line to join the countywide system of rural fire protection.  The community is home to a fire substation.  King said this morning, “Members of the Long Creek and Cleveland stations began […]

For Henry McMaster, there’s no better job.  He took the oath of office Tuesday night as South Carolina’s 117th governor.  And McMaster has released a “Let’s Get Started” video as he now fills the unexpired term of Nikki Haley, the new U-N ambassador.

Chainsaws were stolen Saturday evening near Walhalla, and the Sheriff’s Office made an arrest three days later.  Arrest warrants charge Rodney Lee Camp with third degree burglary, grand larceny, and malicious injury to personal property.  A deputy investigated the theft Saturday of several chainsaws from a building on Nectarine Circle and damage to the building during the burglary.