Category: News

A 77-year-old man is the subject of an endangered person alert, as issued by the state police.  On behalf of the Allendale County Sheriff’s Office, the state Law Enforcement Division says Ralph Payne was last seen yesterday morning on the Allendale-Fairfax Highway.  He may be wearing a Carolina Gamecocks golf shirt, blue jeans, and black slide-on shoes.  Payne is 5’7″, […]

Second Amendment supporter Matthew Durham says he discovered sections of an existing Oconee County ordinance contradictory to gun rights.  And the county council chairman announces that, at next week’s meeting, the council will consider changes to ensure rights of law-abiding people to bear arms even when times of emergency, such as a contagious period of health, infringe on individual freedoms.  […]

At this hour (2 pm), a car accident on Seneca’s 123 ByPass has caused a traffic backup westbound.  According to onlookers, the wreck involves two cars across from Wendy’s.  One car appears to be severely damaged.

A new Oconee committee with a long name and a big responsibility holds an introductory meeting next week.  The Ad Hoc Sewer Feasibility Implementation Committee was established this month by the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  Although it is not empowered to make decisions on behalf of the JRSA, it’s seen important as the group will explore how […]

Chairman Matthew Durham of Oconee County Council has a message to residents served by the Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Department.  As the result of a successful referendum this month, the process has begun to create the special Corinth-Shiloh district to be taxed for the purpose for, what Durham says will be a fully staffed, paid fire department.  In the works is […]

Plans have been made for an annual holiday time event for Oconee military veterans.  This year’s drop-in takes place 9 am to 4 pm Friday, December 6 at the offices of the county Veterans Affairs on Kenneth Street, Walhalla. Tonya Adkins, administrative assistant, describes on 101.7WGOG NEWS what to expect for those who go.

All branches of the Oconee Public Library will be closed this week — Thursday through Saturday.  However, there are ways to transact with the libraries.  The virtual branch (oconeelibrary.org) will be available for downloads.  All library locations re-open Monday, December 2 at regular time.

Oconee Sheriff’s Office says a 49-year-old man near Walhalla has been charged with trafficking in methamphetamine during the service of an arrest warrant Sunday on the Keil Farm Road.  According to the sheriff’s office, a deputy seized 23.16 grams of meth and arrested Robert Lee Trantham.  The arrest warrant, according to the sheriff’s office, originated with the Walhalla police.

Last evening’s concert by the Clemson University Symphonic Band centered on a Seneca boy’s battle against a rare form of brain cancer.  Six-year-old Crew, with the help of his sister Natalie, wrote a story that follows a family mountain trip to an imaginative video-game world where he discovers an inner strength — the “Spirit of the Wolf.”  And the Clemson […]