Alabama plane landed at Oconee Airport

The appearance of a small, business-type jet airplane yesterday at the Oconee Regional Airport near Clemson naturally attracted some speculation–considering the wing of the plane sported a University of Alabama logo.  We’re not sure about the business of the Alabamans, 12 of them, carrying golf clubs, but the fact that it was Bama raised some speculation by Clemson fans on […]

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Murdaugh indicted on murder charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel announced today that the Colleton County Grand Jury has indicted Richard Alexander Murdaugh for two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the deaths of his wife Maggie and his son Paul. They […]

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Hart maintains conservatives under attack

In letters to Columbia, an Oconee County councilman complains that, in Oconee County, conservatives “are under attack.”  One letter went to the new South Carolina House Speaker, Merrill Smith. District Five’s Glenn Hart makes reference to the state’s intentions to prosecute Hart’s suspended colleague, District Two’s Matthew Durham.  Hart credits Durham with leading a conservative movement in Oconee—a county in […]

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County fathers to consider grant applications

In its first July meeting next week, the Oconee County Council will have plenty to consider—especially when it comes to grant applications, particularly putting up local money to supplement what the feds are offering.  The largest consideration is an estimated $7.2 million project to allow the Rogers Group of Greer to re-hab the runway pavement for the Oconee Regional Airport.  […]

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Doris Evelyn Smith Worley

Townville, SC — Doris Evelyn Smith Worley, 69, wife of Larry Dennis Worley, of Townville, SC, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at AnMed Health Hospital.   A native of Walhalla, SC, Mrs. Worley was the daughter of the late Gentry P. and Ruby Gunn Smith. She worked in the textile industry and was of the Baptist faith. Doris was […]

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Two weeks of rain makes a difference

Higher than normal rainfall prompted the S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on July 13, to downgrade the drought status for 29 counties in South Carolina.  Many of the counties were just upgraded on June 30. The Drought Response Committee tries to avoid going in and out of drought stages so quickly but decided conditions had improved enough […]

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Clarifying a West Union Council story

A story that came from this week’s West Union Town Counci meetingl this week highlighted the possibility that, in a regional wastewater study, attention might be paid to the idea of the dissolution of the current Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  In fact, that’s only one potential component of what the study might cover.  And 101.7/WGOG NEWS is happy to […]

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