Author: Dick Mangrum

If you so qualify, you can vote in one or two upcoming elections in Oconee County.  The first is the South Carolina Democratic Presidential Primary that will take place Saturday, February 29.  The second is an uncontested race to fill a vacated Walhalla city council seat.  That special election will be Tuesday, March 3.  Keith Pace is the only ballot […]

Word was received in Oconee County today that a prisoner who escaped from a North Carolina penal facility last week has been captured in Pennsylvania. The recaptured inmate, Kevin B. Adams, had ties to Oconee County. At the time of his escape Lenoir, North Carolina authorities believed Adams might be in the company of his wife, Christy. This afternoon Jimmy […]

Thousands of taxpayers who received $50 tax rebates last year are receiving 1099s from the South Carolina Department of Revenue. But that doesn’t mean they owe state taxes on the rebate. Generally mailed in January each year, a 1099 is a record showing you received income from someone other than your employer. This form is used to calculate income to […]

The subject of a high-speed chase from North Carolina into Oconee County was taken into custody apparently in the vicinity of the South Carolina Welcome Center.  The chase started earlier this morning in Transylvania County, North Carolina.  Officers there attempted to make  a traffic stop of a white Dodge with a camper pulling a skid steer.  The chase proceeded along […]

African American men make up 2 percent of the teachers in the U.S. In South Carolina, 25 percent of all first-year teachers hired for the 2017-2018 academic year are no longer teaching in South Carolina schools. Call Me MISTER® has spent the last 20 years working to change those statistics. The program works to increase the pool of available teachers […]

A crowd of 300 is expected Friday at Seneca’s Family Life Institute for the city’s annual Black History Luncheon. All tickets have been taken, according to Shelby Henderson. Each year the event grows by reputation. Keynoting this year’s luncheon will be Dr. Brenda Tindall who is involved with the creation of an International African American Museum in Charleston.

The weatherman says he is sorry.  He missed the forecast on Saturday when a 2.5″ snow fell here outside WGOG.  Listeners have given us the following other snowfall counts:  3″ in both Zion and Richland communities; 4″ in Mountain Rest.  At the Hickory Hollow weather station in Walhalla, Official Weather Observer Barbara Wilson reported 2.5″ of snow.