Author: Dick Mangrum

The office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham today released this statement. “Senator Graham was at Mar-a-Lago last weekend. He has no recollection of direct contact with the President of Brazil, who is awaiting results of a coronavirus test, or his spokesman who tested positive. However, in an abundance of caution and upon the advice of his doctor, Senator Graham has decided […]

Visits by family members and others from the general public are no longer allowed at a 19-bed assisted living facility in rural Oconee County—between Walhalla and Westminster. The facility is the Lakeview assisted care facility in the Five Forks Community that is operated by Senior Solutions of Oconee-Anderson. Doug Wright, executive director, expressed regret that for an indefinite period during […]

Seneca has announced it is postponing the planned “Race for the Green” on Saturday.  The city stresses this is a postponement, not a cancellation.

At a meeting this afternoon, three Westminster elected leaders appeared encouraged by a willingness on the part of two county leaders to help their city put a stop to major water losses.  Mayor Pro-tem Cater and councilmen Chastain and Duncan met with County Administrator Amanda Brock and County Council Chairman Julian Davis.  Going into the meeting there had been questions […]

For reasons of caution, Oconee school leaders have now cancelled Math Madness to have been held Saturday.  According to the announcement, “This decision was made to best protect the health and safety of the more than 700 students, siblings, parents, grandparents, and others including SDOC staff that gather together to participate and cheer on the competitors. We appreciate all the […]

The Oconee Common Pleas jury in Meredith v. Pickens County is deliberating, according to court officers.

Public safety responders were called around 9 this morning to a three-car accident near Seneca on the Old Clemson-Seneca Highway.  County officials say only minor injuries resulted from the accident.

Oconee public schools released a question-answer list this morning on what is now is considered a world pandemic–the spread of the coronavirus.  It comes with the following qualification:  “Due to the rapidly changing situation, these answers may change at any point.”  Here are some examples: “Q. Do you plan to close schools for an extended length of time? A. Any […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS is attempting to verify – true or false – that a suspected case of the coronavirus is being treated at the Oconee Memorial Hospital. A Prisma Health spokeswoman has referred us to DHEC which is the state’s lead public health agency and, as Prisma’s Sandy Dees tells us, is the appropriate agency for questions about any suspected or […]

A car driver escaped injury when his vehicle overturned yesterday afternoon on the Snead Road near SC 183/the Walhalla-Pickens Highway.  Two cars collided around 8 yesterday morning on Walhalla’s Main Street directly in front of the police department.  The police say the drivers of both cars were checked by EMS, but not transported to the hospital.  One of the cars […]