Author: Dick Mangrum

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security, arrested a Seneca man Tuesday on 15 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – 2nd degree. 30 year old Cory Donovan Simpson, of Watershed Road, was released from the Detention Center Wednesday after posting bond. Simpson received a combined $155,000 […]

In Georgia on I-85 entering South Carolina at Fair Play the speed limit reads 65 MPH.  Dawn Moore Smith hopes the northbound traffic will slow down across the line and pull into the South Carolina Welcome Center.  Smith is in charge of visitors’ services. There’s a celebration there to welcome visitors to South Carolina for refreshments, pens, trinkets, special coupons […]

David Underwood confirms talk he will stand down at Walhalla election time this fall.  “12 years are enough (three terms),” Councilman Underwood tells 101.7/WGOG NEWS.  This November Walhalla voters choose a mayor and fill three seats on the six-member council.

That $3 million verdict rendered late last month by an Oconee jury in a real estate trial is under appeal.  Supporting documents for the appeal were filed last week in the Common Pleas Court by attorneys for Redland Properties and Larry Hoeben.  The jury April 28 returned verdicts for the plaintiff, 4105 Liberty Highway, in the amount of a little […]

It’s likely too early to say a lot about Walhalla’s 2023 municipal election to take place in November.  But not if you are thinking about making a run or find yourself in one of the seats expiring.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has been contacted by one Walhallan about his interest in running for city council, but he says, “I’m not ready for […]

Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, addressed the administration’s secretary of state for political affairs during a Washington hearing.  In front of the diplomat in a Washington hearing, Scott expressed concern about foreign policy failures leading to the crisis in Sudan.  And he was critical of the State Department’s inability to swiftly evacuate Americans when violence erupted in Khartoum.

Duke Energy Carolinas is scheduled to file direct testimony this summer to the South Carolina Public Service Commission.  The PSC commissioners will sit in judgment of Duke’s fuel adjustment and how it would affect customers.  Expected to be a player in those proceedings is the state’s Office of Regulatory Staff, which is to represent the public.  Hank Page, Regulatory Staff […]

The higher the thermometer reading, the more likely black bears look for easy food.  South Carolina DNR reminds everyone to secure food attractants such as garbage, bird feeders and pet food to prevent bears from stopping by.  The most common conflicts between bears and man involve unsecured food.  And keep in mind that you should never feed or approach a […]

Law enforcement officers from the Upstate and the Midlands start their 140-mile relay today of the Special Olympics Flame of Hope.  It’s their commitment to raise awareness, money, and other support for South Carolina’s 300 thousand-plus Special Olympic Athletes.  The torch escort run starts at Clemson’s Jervey Meadows Field and finishes tomorrow at the steps of the Statehouse in Columbia.

You can exchange one plant for another during a community event Saturday in Westminster.  The 25th Westminster Community Plant Exchange takes place at 9 o’clock Saturday morning at the Westminster Baptist Church.  Organizer Mildred Spearman says you simply bring a plant and take one home.  But, even if you don’t have a plant to exchange, come anyway and you’ll be […]