Author: Dick Mangrum

The City of Seneca and Oconee County have announced that shower services offered by the Seneca YMCA for those affected by the tornado were discontinued at 5 pm yesterday. Showers were still available at Utica Baptist Church last night with the last person in need of a shower allowed at 8:30.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 160 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and five additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 4,761 and those who have died to 140. Three deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Berkeley (1), Clarendon (1), and Richland […]

The JoAnn Johnson Media Foundation, a 501c3 organization in partnership with the United Way, Zone 7 Landscaping and Scenic Heights Church in West Union will give out Grocery Restart Bags on Saturday at the Shaver Recreational Complex. These bags include refrigerated items that may have been lost due to the power outage which resulted from the tornado. They began providing […]

Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent of Oconee School District, admits he was disappointed to hear that the governor and the state superintendent believe it’s best that schools do not re-open the classrooms for the rest of the current year. But he understands and supports Governor McMaster’s recognition that it’s difficult to prevent social distancing in the schools. Part of Thorsland’s disappointment […]

The anxiety felt about falling into the unemployment lines by the world pandemic is not only felt by the displaced workers of South Carolina. It’s felt also by those in charge of administering the state’s jobless benefits. And James Suber can empathize with those who are frustrated trying to navigate a system that requires communications by the internet. Suber, the […]

Church volunteers from the Low Country of South Carolina are responding to the tornado-stricken Seneca area by cooking hot meals on the scene of the disaster. Pastor Stan Rankin, a native of Seneca, has brought a number of volunteers and a portable kitchen from his church-Hamer Church of God- near Dillon. The group will serve hot meals throughout the day […]

Candidates to be the next city administrator in Westminster are being interviewed.  Mayor Ramey says three candidates were interviewed last night; two more are to be interviewed tonight.  The mayor says last night’s interviews went well.  Chris Carter, the current administrator, is resigning and his last day of work is believed to be May 8.

After a closed session, Oconee County Council approved a resolution, proposed by the county attorney, to authorize staff to respond to complaints that have arisen within county Emergency Services. The “complaints”were not identified. As worded by the attorney, David Root, the following motion was approved:  “To direct staff to respond to the complaints related to Emergency Services as discussed and […]

As all of us continue on what seems an indefinite lock down of the lives we used to enjoy, many of us have thought exactly what we missed about living this new normal.  To help gauge what’s on the minds of some of our listeners, 101.7/WGOG this morning opened the phone lives.  And what they told morning announcer Gary Butts […]