Category: News

Once that snows starts to stick and pile up, you’re likely to find yourself looking out the window. And it’s not just the wintry scene that’ll be on your mind. You are likely to wonder when the man with the plow on his truck will visit your neighborhood. In times such as these, here’s the priorities for the SC DOT: […]

Multiple sex changes have been placed against a 35-year old Oconee man. The Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest Sunday of Casey Demario Gaines of the John Smith Road, Westminster. Gaines has been charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor with the victim being 11 to 14 years old and two counts of criminal sexual conduct with […]

In a work session last night, the Oconee School Board of Trustees accepted as information a facilities plan, as presented by Dr. Michael Thorsland, assistant superintendent for operations. Thorsland began by announcing that once the new Walhalla High School is completed, administration recommends the district turn its attention to a pair of elementary schools: Ravenel and Fair-Oak. No action was […]

The findings of an autopsy are consistent with the Oconee coroner’s first account of the weekend death of a North Carolina man found on a road, not far from the Pickens County line. Karl Addis, the Oconee coroner, says Rashean Parker II died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. The 21-year old Parker died Saturday morning at Oconee […]

Part of highway 183/Westminster highway is closed tonight as responders handle a natural gas like break. The location is between the Ulbrich Plant and Bennett Road.

WGOG has learned, there will be no school in Oconee County tomorrow.  

Ten new Aixon cameras that some Oconee road patrol deputies wear on their rounds are proving valuable to officers making their cases. They also have a dual effect of protection for a suspect when questions are raised later. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw admitted today that the time is approaching for the need of his office to install equipment that will provide […]

One year of pro-filing cold cases leads the Oconee sheriff to believe there has to be a better way. And Mike Crenshaw thinks that the better way may be devoting the time of one officer to investigating unsolved major cases from the past. In 2013, the Oconee Sheriff’s Office drew the public’s attention to nine unsolved cases—most of which were […]

“It doesn’t look good for school tomorrow since the watch begins about the time our buses will need to roll in the morning.” Those are the words today of Dr. Mike Lucas, Oconee superintendent of education. Lucas advises everyone to follow the local news and the district website for weather delays and closures.

An early Saturday night pedestrian accident in Seneca closed down Wells Highway near Seneca High School for up to one hour. The police say the accident occurred when a 16-year old boy got out of his family’s truck to retrieve households items that had fallen into the roadway at Clydesdale Road. Lt. Robert Tribble said the boy was hit by […]