Author: Dick Mangrum

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office recently held a graduation ceremony at the Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla, for five current and one former state inmate, who have completed courses and earned a Certified Production Technician Certification from Tri-County Technical College. The names of the five current inmates who received certificates will not be released by the Sheriff’s Office due to […]

  A Seneca High School football player suffered a medical emergency during a JV football game Thursday evening. The player was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital. To protect the privacy of the student, according to the Oconee public schools, no further information will be released. Dylan Hudson, principal of Seneca High School, said “First and foremost, our prayers and support […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and a bipartisan group of United States Senators are visiting Saudi Arabia.   The Senate delegation will meet with Saudi officials to discuss current political affairs in the region.  The United States and Saudi Arabia have a common interest in preserving the stability, security, and prosperity of the Gulf region and consult closely on […]

Grant Keehn, Walhalla councilman, has confirmed talk that his daughter, Abigail, and sons Jacob and Micah are going to bypass Monday’s candidates’ forum at the Walhalla Middle School.  Those three Grant Keehn family members are on the November 7 ballot, seeking seats on the city council.  Monday’s forum, to run 6:30 to 8 o’clock, is sponsored by the League of […]

Forty years or so ago a Walhalla attorney and his wife joined friends for dinner.  And after that meal Alex Macaulay was talked into running for the district state senate, a seat he won.  In a 101.7/WGOG NEWS interview Macaulay, now a retired judge, says it was a pair of friends — Blake Griffith and Dr. Sam Moyle — who […]

Stacy Jackson of the Oktoberfest Committee urges 101.7/WGOG to go easy on any kind of unpleasant weather for the opening today of the 44th Oktoberfest at Sertoma Field.  He says, “This (the early morning sprinkles) will be out of here by 11:00 or so and we will be gearing up for the ribbon cutting as usual.”  That ribbon cut, to […]

President Biden spoke to the nation on America’s response to the Israel-Hamas war and Russia’s war with Ukraine.  By launching missiles from a destroyer in the Red Sea against drones and missiles, the U-S has taken its first military action.  However, Senator Scott, South Carolina, says the Democratic president has failed to send nearby Iran a clear, forceful message.  Scott, […]

The spokeswoman for the West Texas company which operates the Bountyland Quik Stop chain says although the brand of gas is changing, the name Bountyland will remain.  The Kent Company’s Meredith Bright yesterday confirmed that the Bountyland Quick Stop outlets are switching brands, from Exxon to Texaco.  A loyal Exxon customer has expressed worry that he and others might lose […]

An accident amid the lunch time traffic on the 123 Seneca ByPass tied up a section of the highway 10 to 15 minutes until both vehicles could be removed.  The police reported no injuries in the crash of a 2020 Genesis sedan driven by a 61-year-old Seneca woman and a 2020 Chevy pickup truck driven by a 21-year-old Commerce, Georgia […]

After a career with Duke Energy, Richard Ledford could have taken it easy.  Instead, he’s giving to others through his work as president of the board of directors of Our Daily Bread in Seneca.  He’s not the only Ledford working on behalf of the soup kitchen; he has influenced family members to volunteer for the public good.