Author: Dick Mangrum

A new indoor shooting range is coming to 123, the Seneca-Clemson corridor. But Deep South Defense last night was denied a variance to the setback requirements of the Oconee County zoning law. The board’s vote 2 in favor, 2 opposed was inconclusive and, in effect, means the variance is not granted. Deep South Defense plans to open an indoor firing […]

An Oconee General Sessions trial has entered a second day, and the prosecution this morning continued to call witnesses in South Carolina v. Michael Childs. The defendant is charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent.

There’s a new chairman of the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals. Jim Codner was elected chairman during the board’s first meeting of 2020.

The period of the next few weeks is the time for Oconee students in the primary grades to get creative as they draw posters that carry a message of stay safe from the wrath of high winds brought on by tornadoes.  Scott Krein, county emergency services manager, invites students in grades 1-6 to get out standard poster paper and craft […]

A motorcycle worth $18 thousand dollars was stolen this month near Westminster. A Crimestoppers alert is now posted for information that leads to the solving of the crime on Old Hurricane Road. The owner says he last saw his 2015 Harley Davidson soft tail bike January 11. The white in color motorcycle had black saddle bags, whitewall tires, spoke rims, […]

Four young Anderson men were arrested in Oconee County in the investigation of a shooting early yesterday morning near Westminster. The wounded individual was sent to a Greenville hospital, but the Sheriff’s Office is not releasing his name, condition, nor the location where the shooting occurred. Several public safety vehicles, however, were spotted during the 5 o’clock hour yesterday morning […]

In the next few months, America will count its population. And, today, a Census Bureau worker spread awareness in Walhalla of the coming of the count that takes place every 10 years. David Carfolite spoke to the Rotary Club and explained that it’s a count of the country’s population on where it lived on April 1. It’s not, he said, […]

A shooting early this morning near Westminster is said to have a connection to a traffic stop near Walhalla. Spokesman for the Oconee Sheriff says the shooting victim was taken to a hospital. No word is available this afternoon on his name or condition. Blue lights were flashing on 183/the Westminster Highway near the Ulbrich plant, and they were also […]

Oconee court officers are hopeful that two men with serious drug habits can get help through an addiction facility within the state’s prisons. Meantime, both Junior Michael Dickert and Reginald Leon Holden have been ordered to serve prison terms. For Dickert, it’s a term of seven years for having pleaded guilty today to possession of methamphetamine third offense. Deputy Solicitor […]

Early today the Walhalla police released to the custody of the county Sheriff’s Office the occupants of a car stop on SC 28 not far from the highway 11 bridge. Police Chief Sean Brinson says, “Our charges will be possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and beginner permit violation.” Brinson referred 101.7/WGOG NEWS to the Sheriff’s Office for further […]