Author: Dick Mangrum

A Newberry County courtroom is scheduled to be venue next month for a pre-trial hearing in a lawsuit that places some member cities of Piedmont Municipal Power Agency at odds with other member cities. The hearing is scheduled November 13. PMPA is the long-time wholesale electric power supplier for the city of Westminster, but the Oconee municipality is not a […]

Three people have been arrested in Oconee County in a drug investigation that started with a traffic stop on I-85. The Sheriff’s Office today announced the arrests on October 2 of Joseph Eugene Willoughby and Laura Renee Place. Willoughby was charged with possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute heroin; Place was issued […]

This is a big day for those involved with the Stumphouse Mountain Bike Park, north of Walhalla.  The public is invited for a ribbon-cutting at 5:30 today that will officially open the second phase of the bike park.  And starting at 3 this afternoon, according to Palmetto Conservation, bikers may enjoy the ride on the Boundary Trail.  There will be […]

Veteran’s Day is a school day and a day students in Walhalla will get an appreciation of the men and women who’ve served in the military. Walhalla Middle School invites all veterans and their families for breakfast at 8:30 Monday morning, November 11, to be followed by a school-wide assembly that’ll further honor the veterans.

Veteran’s Day is a school day and a day students in Walhalla will get an appreciation of the men and women who’ve served in the military.  Walhalla Middle School invites all veterans and their families for breakfast at 8:30 Monday morning, November 11, to be followed by a school-wide assembly that’ll further honor the veterans.

The showers and the possibility of a thunderstorm on Thursday have prompted Salem to change the date for its fall festival.  Instead of Thursday, the festival will take place on Friday this week.  Time stays the same.  5:30 to 7:30 pm.

According to Light and Water in Seneca, power by now should have been restored to a handful of customers who lost it four hours ago in an accident involving a car and a utility pole.  Bob Faires, utilities superintendent, said customers affected were Applebee’s and those businesses in a small adjoining strip shopping center.  Reports received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS indicate […]

An accident at the 6 o’clock hour this morning remains an emergency scene at this hour on Seneca’s 123 By-Pass.  According to the fire department, a car hit a power pole in front of Applebee’s and it’s believed an outage has resulted affecting a few businesses in the area of 123 and Pinecliff Drive.  The driver is reported un-injured in […]

No matter the year, whenever Westminster folks gather to talk the issues of their city they often agree that one of the best things that Oconee’s third largest municipality offers is its hardworking and seemingly tireless recreation director, Herb Poole.  Some of the candidates during last night’s forum marveled about what Poole accomplishes for children, and speculated about how the […]

Apparently there was a little too much interest in last night’s League of Women Voters’ forum for the Westminster political candidates.  The forum was delayed twice last night after Clint Livingston, county fire marshal, announced it was necessary to whittle down the crowd to 55–the capacity for the meeting room at the Westminster Fire Department.  Those in the audience who […]