Category: News

The Treasury and the IRS say they have begun direct deposits of the second round of stimulus money, and tomorrow paper checks are set to start going out.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned of a few South Carolinians who’ve checked their accounts and found out they were credited during the night with $600 payments.  The fate of the additional relief that […]

From one week to the next, there’s little change in the job loss numbers pertaining to Oconee County workers.  For the week from December 13-19, the state Department of Employment and Workforce counted 58 new, first-time claims filed by Oconee residents.  The preceding week, the number was 53.

The board of Voter Registration and Elections in Pickens County will conduct a special election in 2021 to fill a seat on the Clemson City Council.  Clemson residents are eligible to declare for the unexpired term of Robert Halfacre, who is moving into the mayor’s office.  The special election is to take place March 23, and all registered Clemson voters […]

  If final approval is given, the upstairs section of a former dentist office in Westminster may be converted to living quarters.  The city planning commission last night voted 4-0 to recommend a change of zoning at 215 Lucky Street from one-family residential to multi-family residential.  The planning commissioners acted on the application of Holly and Nathaniel Douglas.  Planning Chairman […]

Walhalla sanitation customers are being alerted to a change in pick up service effective tomorrow.  For those customers who would normally receive service on Friday (January 1), the pickup day instead will be tomorrow on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31.

Crews worked past quitting time last evening to repair a water line break on the Keowee School Road near Seneca.

A description of get away vehicles and direction of travel eventually led sheriff’s officers in two counties to apprehend four armed robbery suspects.  The crime was reported early Sunday morning on the Rock Crusher Road,  where one of the robbers held a gun on the victim and the others assaulted him and stole property.  One vehicle was stopped near Westminster; […]

Across South Carolina, 2,208 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced today by the state health agency.  DHEC reported 22 new deaths, including that of an elderly Oconeean who died on Sunday, the 27th.  Of the new cases, 47 were from Oconee County.  Of 8,139 test results received statewide, the positivity was 27.1%.  Some other COVID-19 development reported today:  By […]

Here are some factoids gleaned from this afternoon’s COVID-19 release from South Carolina DHEC: As of December 29, South Carolina has received a total of 112,125 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: Week of 12/14: 42,900 doses received Week of 12/21: 30,225 doses received Week of 12/28: 39,000 doses received A total of 31,511 doses of the vaccine have been administered to phase […]

Details are being released today about an armed robbery on Sunday near Walhalla and the arrests of multiple individuals.  Preliminary information released by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office indicates the crime occurred at a Rock Crusher Road home and a law enforcement chase then ensued of two different cars, one of which was stopped on SC 24.