Author: Dick Mangrum

Water releases are continuing through the turbines at the Savannah River dams at what the Army Corps of Engineers says is a high rate. All reservoirs are above full pool and are expected to stay that way for several days. The near-record rainfalls of late have accomplished more than topping off the reservoirs. They have loosened walkways, caused trees to […]

At times, depending on how busy the day may be for the Oconee Courthouse, parking is at a premium in the courthouse vicinity.  And that can present problems for those who have trouble walking from their cars to the courthouse entrance.  The parking situation worsened this week when the owner of a corner lot at Short and S. Tugaloo streets […]

No matter where you live, there’s likely fascination with how the outside world sees your environment. Of late, there seem to be no shortages of examples of how national media see events that have occurred in Oconee County and have involved the lives of a handful of residents. The latest example is the HBO documentary series that recounts the Monopoly […]

There are multiple ways you can transact business with the Oconee County Tax Center, thru online keyboard clicks.  County Auditor Christy Hubbard is drawing attention to the various online service options offered by her office, by the Treasurer’s office, and by the Tax Assessor’s office.  It’s a way, she says, for county taxpayers to further protect themselves from catching covid-19 […]

Prisma Health has made its new Virtual Visits free to anyone seeking care for potential COVID-19. Prisma Health Virtual Visits, which launched earlier this month, include a new on-demand video option in addition to the existing online visit option. To access the free virtual visits, use promo code COVID19. The video visit is available 24/7 for ages 3 and older. […]

Both sides have finished questioning witnesses, and a 2016 Walhalla car accident dispute is headed to an Oconee jury—most likely some time tomorrow. Judge Cooper in the Common Pleas Court this afternoon allowed the jury to go home for the night, with the instructions that they are to return for duty at 9:30 in the morning. At that time, they […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Spartanburg County men yesterday on drug and weapons charges. 19 year old Randy Deshaun Landrum of Lauren Hope Lane in Moore and 18 year old Joshua Wayne Moore of Bellweather Drive in Duncan were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:20pm and 12:56pm respectively on Temporary Custody Order’s until arrest warrants […]

A spokesman for Clemson University says an individual who was in self-quarantine for the possibility of COVID-19, in fact, does not have the virus.  Clemson spokesman Joe Galbraith confirmed that to 101.7/WGOG NEWS just moments ago.  The word also has gone out to the university community that the individual, described as a “non-student,” does not have the virus.

A company is requiring work to be conducted this afternoon on the 101.7/WGOG tower transmitter, and it will mean the station will be off the air for a period this afternoon.  We are told our airwaves will go silent around 12:30 this afternoon.

A Pickens County sheriff’s officer assigned to conduct an internal investigation of a Walhalla car accident nearly three and a half years ago was the first defense witness this morning in the Oconee Common Pleas Court. Pickens County is the defendant in a lawsuit filed for an Oconee man whose car was involved in a 2016 accident which also involved […]