Author: Dick Mangrum

101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned of a public event tonight in the Pickens County town of Central that’ll pay tribute to fallen Vietnam servicemen.  The event is to begin at 6 o’clock at 314 Smith Memorial Highway with a ceremony and a cookout and conclude with the playing of taps at dusk.  Frankie Pearson of Westminster says this is an important […]

  The state will not go forward next month with prosecution of Matthew Durham, the Oconee County councilman suspended from office after his arrest last year on charges of unlawful neglect of a child and domestic violence second degree.  Lisa Burton, clerk of court, says her office was notified by the prosecution, the office of the South Carolina Attorney’s General, […]

At 7 o’clock last night, Walhalla Fire Department deployed men and equipment to Crystal Lane near the Bear Swamp Road.  Fire burned a section of grass 60 feet by 50 feet.

A Walhalla man, Thomas Andrew Casselman, has been arrested as part of the government’s case into actions January 6, 2021 during the breach of the U-S Capitol—actions spelled out in court documents as having disrupted a joint session of the U-S Congress.  At the time, the congress met to ascertain and count the electoral votes from the presidential election.  A […]

Oconee County has been selected to receive nearly $22 thousand in federal dollars for food and shelter purposes.  The local United Way announces the monies come from “FEMA” and are awarded under the agency’s emergency food and shelter program.  A local board of directors will meet to decide how the funds are to be distributed.  Emergency food and shelter programs […]

The Seneca police chief was made part of a closed-door meeting last night of the city council.  Afterward, Mayor Alexander announced there would be no action taken which led to adjournment and, by many standards, one of the quickest get togethers of the city’s elected leaders.  The council convened the executive session in line with the agenda which called for […]

A Fair Play woman remained in jail yesterday, on a $10,000 surety bond, after her arrest yesterday on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 41 year old Catrina Lynn Peed, of Arrington Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:26pm Monday. Peed was arrested during a traffic stop yesterday morning, by a deputy from the P.A.C.E. (ProActive […]

South Carolina taxpayers are being urged today to be on guard against tax-time ID theft and tax refund fraud.  That kind of fraud is defined by the state Department of Revenue  when a criminal uses someone else’s personal information to file a false return.  It is important to take proactive steps to protect your identity and to respond promptly if […]

Two engineering representatives manned a Jon boat last summer and conducted what was termed a routine inspection of the span that connects Oconee and Pickens over the Seneca River arm of Lake Hartwell.  The bridge was built in 1958 and serves as a connector from Hartwell Village on the Oconee side to Dockside on the Clemson side.  From their report, […]