Author: Dick Mangrum

At any moment, a planned electric power outage affecting part of Westminster should come to an end.  Marty Reid of the city Public Works Department says the outage was necessary as workers today switched a section of the city to a new electrical circuit.  The outage affects customers on E. Main Street to Westminster East Apartments to the former golf […]

REPEAL OF BOIL WATER ADVISORY FOR RESIDENTS & BUSINESSES’ along Highway 93 from Ingles to Berkeley Drive, Cambridge Drive from Hwy. 93 to the Ingles driveway, Old Central Road from Highway 93 to Ford Road, The Woodlands, Creekwood Apartments and The Retreat Apartments Date: Monday, August 19, 2019, Time: 8:00 a.m. The City of Clemson Utilities Department repeals the boil […]

Oconee County public school children will fill up the classrooms today and mark the end of summer recess.  Day one of the new school year is a reminder for everyone to be careful in and around school zones.  Watch for pedestrian and school bus traffic across the county.

Water sample collections in the area covered by the city of Clemson boil water advisory are scheduled are to finish by the 7 o’clock hour this morning, and updates will be posted on the city website.  After a water line break on SC 93 in front of the 7-11, Clemson implemented a boil water advisory at 12:30 yesterday morning affecting […]

Details on last night’s drowning in Lake Keowee remain incomplete this morning.  Coroner Karl Addis says the victim at the Fall Creek Landing near Salem is an Upstate man. Addis last night was in the process of notifying the man’s family.  The victim’s name, age, and city of residence are to be announced by the coroner today.

Late at night a motorcycle crossed a rural roadway in Oconee, hit a fence, and overturned.  Authorities say the sole occupant of the Harley Davidson died.  Coroner Addis says Trapper Scott Freeman was 38 year old, resident of Green Springs Drive, Westminster. State trooper Gary Miller said last night’s accident occurred shortly before 11:15 at the Dr. John’s Road and […]

Some two hours into candidate qualifying for Oconee County municipal elections there was activity for the office of mayor in two towns.  Linda Oliver signed up to run for a new term as West Union mayor.  Two men officially jumped into the contest for Walhalla mayor–Councilman Dennis Owens and the incumbent, Danny Edwards.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has received an announcement that […]

A marketing effort by the three-member staff of the Oconee Economic Alliance may pay off in Oconee County being selected as a U-S expansion for a company located in the Spanish coastal city of Barcelona. Janet Hartman, executive director, along with her two office staff members spread the word about Oconee’s apparatus to attract economic development when they appeared at […]