Category: News

Oconee public schools are getting an indicator of how prevalent the spread of COVID-19 remains in the community.  Their spokeswoman says that over the Christmas and New Year’s break, a total of 126 new cases were voluntarily reported thru a self-reporting link on the district and school websites.  During the interval, there were 45 employee and 81 student cases, to […]

WGOG Radio recently switched to an HD transmitter to accommodate the translator of our sister station, 94.1 The Lake WSNW. To a small number of WGOG listeners who are now hearing the station on high-definition radio in their cars, a skipping-type reception may result.  This can happen when the driver leaves our HD signal coverage area (which is smaller than […]

A bullet or fragment may have penetrated the arm of a driver yesterday afternoon near Westminster.  Identified in police reports, Larry Gibson was transported by ambulance to the hospital after he and his wife pulled their vehicle over on Doyle Street.  A deputy sheriff quoted Mr. Gibson as saying the couple heard gunshots and he felt something strike him in […]

For many of us, there’s joy in the passing of the trouble year 2020.  It’s in the books, also, for Walhalla’s weather watcher who is imparting final year statistics.  Nearly, 82 and 3/4″ inches of precipitation were measured in Walhalla.  That included melted precipitation from two significant snowfalls in February.  The high temperature for 2020 was 98, which fell in […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the Cruz proposal to establish an electoral commission.   “Proposing a commission at this late date – which has zero chance of becoming reality – is not effectively fighting for President Trump.  It appears to be more of a political dodge than an effective remedy.   “I do look […]

An Anderson business leader recognized that bad roads and highways have a direct tie-in to a healthy economic climate.  Pamela Christopher is now in a position to help ensure that the state’s roads and bridges are kept in good enough shape that the state’s producers of goods have little or no issues transporting those goods to market.  Christopher directs the […]

Probate Judge Kenny Johns will do the honors Tuesday in swearing into office three members of the Oconee County Council.  All three were winners in the November General Election.  Scheduled to take the oath for four-year terms:  the re-elected Julian Davis in District Four and the re-elected Glenn Hart in District Five.  Matthew Durham is the one newcomer to the […]

The Epoch student apartments and the complexes under construction across 123 at Hartwell Village are in Oconee’s pipeline for sewer service, but not the possibility of an additional one thousand apartment units nearby.  In the last two months, members of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority have heard about and discussed apparent interest from a realtor for a project to construct […]

Prisma Health Upstate (which includes Oconee Memorial Hospital) and AnMed Health Center are  among 16 South Carolina health care facilities that have received 97,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.  Today’s DHEC announcement states that its distribution center has received 14,625 doses and distributed 5,555 to health care facilities without the ultra-cold storage required for storing Pfizer vaccine.  By last night, […]

Without question, Oconee’s judge of probate believes that in the COVID-19 year of 2020, matrimony took a hit.  At least from the vantage point of Probate Judge Kenny Johns and his staff.  The office reports these matrimonial numbers:  552 marriage licenses were issued.  That’s only 10 fewer than 2019.  The real difference came in the number of ceremonies that the […]