Category: News

101.7 WGOG NEWS has learned Oconee County, with support from the Sheriff’s Office, will request churches to avoid all services that would attract more worshipers than that which government guidelines suggest is a safe number. The churches, according to Sheriff Crenshaw, are encouraged to replace in-person services with online worship. Avoiding crowds at this time is recommended to hold down […]

Jeff Duncan, the South Carolina 3rd District representative, has qualified to seek re-nomination in the Republican June primary to run for a new, 2-year term.  Since 2012, Duncan has represented the district made of up of the following 11 counties:  Abbeville, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, and Saluda.

Conditions within West Union town government are reaching an emergency stage. A meeting of the town council is called for 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon to sign a temporary ordinance that would “authorize the Council to temporarily suspend the normal operating procedures applicable to council meetings and to authorize county meeting attendance remotely.” This would, according to the proposed ordinance, allow […]

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man on a Fugitive from Justice charge after a traffic stop this week. 38 year old William Charles Cox, Jr. of Country Place Lane was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:04am Wednesday morning. Cox, Jr. has also been charged with Driving under Suspension, Operating an Unregistered Vehicle and Operating an […]

A partnership between Oconee public schools and OneTone Telecom has created locations to offer additional Wi-Fi to the community–especially to students who live where there is no access.  Oconee School District devices may get access at schools and the following parking lot locations:  Calvary Church of God, Mountain Rest Baptist Church, Fair-Oak Youth Center, Fair-Oak Community Center, Long Creek Community […]

Another downtown Seneca building has been sold, and it’s another that will likely see renovation to be placed back into service at some point. The address is 114 N. Townville, last used as a headquarters for the Oconee Republican Party. At least before the health crisis, two other buildings within a one-block section of N. Townville, between Main and N. […]

At the Tamassee DAR, they are following the guidelines and recommendations from the CDC and the health agencies, and others. Jon Holland, the interim administrator, says they have in place contingency plans to handle any student and staff, how they would handle if anyone is diagnosed. The concern there is not just students. According to Holland, several members of the […]

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is transitioning to fully remote processing for all licensing, boat titling and registration transactions. Beginning at 5 p.m., SCDNR offices statewide will no longer accommodate in-person transactions at the customer service counters until further notice. In the interim, operations at SCDNR offices will continue, with processing for all boat titling and registration and […]

Even though the Oconee County Public Library is closed to the public until further notice, the library is still working to provide assistance. Staff has been working at the branches to answer the phones and help with online offerings and answer questions. They have been available during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., to […]

A meeting planned by Oconee County officials tonight in Fair Play has been cancelled. County Administrator Brock and county planner Chapman were to have met with interested members of Fair Play to talk about the future for that rural community, including the plans for the first piped sewer in that area. The meeting had been planned for 6 o’clock tonight […]