Author: Dick Mangrum

A controversial bill that divides pro-life and pro-choice advocates is now South Carolina law.  Governor McMaster’s office announced this morning the state’s chief executive signed S. 474, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act into law.  Prohibited are abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, with exceptions for the life of the mother, medical emergencies, fatal fetal anomalies, […]

If you are a Walhalla sanitation customer whose trash is picked up on Mondays, your pickup will either be Tuesday or Wednesday next week.  Russ Price, public works director, announces that Memorial Day trash pickup on Monday instead will be collected on Tuesday and Wednesday.  He requests that customers have their roll carts out by 7 am Tuesday morning.  All […]

A Dollar General store worker, riding his bicycle and headed home after work, sustained serious enough injuries to require a medical helicopter flight from Walhalla to Greenville.  The man, we’ve confirmed with a responding public safety worker, was injured late Sunday night at SC 28 and Corey Road.  The highway patrol investigated.  

This year’s graduating class representing the three high schools of Oconee County numbers 694 seniors.  They are to be graduated in separate ceremonies Saturday morning at Seneca High School, Walhalla High School, and West-Oak High School.  This year’s valedictorians are Logan Christopher Dover of Seneca High, son of Bobby and Faith Dover; Emily Grace Moore of Walhalla High,  daughter of […]

Six people were hurt yesterday in a Seneca intersection accident at S. 6 and Fairplay Streets.  Five of them were in an SUV, and two required extrication by the fire department.  The six injured were transported for medical attention.

A listener this week posed the question of what happened to the idea that a study might be the tonic to ease traffic concerns on 123, the Seneca-Clemson corridor.  To find out, 101.7/WGOG NEWS jogged the memory of Paul Cain who, while a member of the county council, touted the kinds of job opportunities, the lack of which he believes […]

This afternoon in Walhalla a street corner sign announcing that on land donated by a church Habitat for Humanity Homes will be built.  The property, at S. Catherine and S. Wesley streets, is being donated by the Chicopee Methodist Church. Celia Myers, Walhalla community development manager, says, “Habitat for Humanity submitted a preliminary plat, requesting the parcel be subdivided into […]

South Carolina “A-COG” – the government service agency – may best be known for the financial assistance that it channels to local governments for utility lines, highway work, and community development throughout the Appalachian counties of Upstate South Carolina.  But did you know that “A-COG” also provides services to seniors, including the investigation of complaints about the quality of care […]

By the end of next week, the I-85 Oconee sewer contractor will be on the job.  A pre-construction meeting took place today at the county sewer plant.  Don Moorhead Construction of Anderson has the job, worth $12.3 million, to run pipe from the Golden Corner Commerce Park through Fair Play village to connect exits on Interstate-85.  Timetable for work:  start […]