Lake access point to close for construction

A Lake Hartwell access area will be closed shortly after the start of the New Year and remain closed, likely, for most of 2022 to allow for improvements.  Oconee County announces the closing, Tuesday, January 4, of the Seneca Creek Access Area.  Anticipated re-opening will be December 7, 2022.  A Department of the Army permit authorizes a new 3-lane boat […]

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Gauging the surge locally and statewide

State health officials are scheduled this afternoon to release the latest South Carolina COVID-19 numbers, for a three-day period to cover Thursday through Saturday.  On Wednesday last week, the latest day for which DHEC numbers were available, 796 new cases had been confirmed across the state.  There were an additional 15 deaths, including two Pickens County residents.  The latest test […]

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Suspected thief seen on foot near burglary

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has released the description of the suspect in a burglary Wednesday last week near Seneca’s corporate limit.  The office at Upstate Materials, SC 130/the Rochester Highway, was ransacked and items stolen apparently between 7:30 and 8:30 at night.  Evidence points to a tall, white male, wearing tennis shoes, jeans, a plaid button-up short, and a camouflage hat.  […]

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EV charge station to be considered by Walhalla

  A new electric vehicle arrived the other week at a home in Walhalla.  Its new owner says he’s looking forward to “cutting the hose” – a reference that this motorist no longer will be subject to the unpredictability of gas pump prices.  101.7/WGOG NEWS learned Friday that the idea of establishing an electric vehicle charge station will be discussed […]

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Oconee County fentanyl deaths in 2021

101.7/WGOG NEWS reported recently that deaths from drug overdoses in the U-S set a record every year for the past 20 years.  And for the first time, the number of Americans who fatally overdosed over the course of one year surpassed 100 thousand.  Drug overdose figures published by South Carolina DHEC reflect the year 2019 and show that, during that […]

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine caution

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday it is advising citizens to receive the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine brands over the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) brand, due to a higher efficacy rate found in the former two, and the rare but serious side effect related to blood clotting that is associated with the Janssen vaccine. […]

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Pre-Christmas week Oconee car wrecks

Heavy pre-Christmas week car accidents on heavily-used highways are creating traffic backups this afternoon in Oconee County.  State troopers reported injuries at 123 and Mahaffey Drive near Seneca.  That accident caused a long backup for westbound traffic.  The patrol reports an accident on 188/the Keowee School Road at Cane Creek and Harbor roads.  There was a long backup of traffic […]

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