Early May gun incident leads to arrest

An arrest has been made by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office in an investigation that started in early May when a deputy sheriff interviewed a man who said he had a confrontation with a second individual that allegedly led to the second man pointing a firearm and making threats.  Law enforcement records show the arrest of Jonathan Edward Gosnell, 33 years […]

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A book with your name on it?

  Each Thursday, the Friends of the Oconee Library hold a book sale in the basement of the Walhalla Library.  The Friends invite everyone with an interest in the written word to sample the selections.  They say a book may have your name on it and is just waiting for you.  Book sales are held Thursday between 11 am and […]

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Officer-involved shooting in northeast Georgia

The GBI (the Georgia Bureau of Investigation) is investigating an officer involved shooting in Toccoa, GA. The Toccoa Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on Tuesday, July 5, 2022. One man was shot prior to law enforcement’s arrival and died. A second man was shot and died during the police encounter. No officers were injured in […]

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Joshua Ford

West Union, SC– Joshua Dillon Ford, 25, of West Union, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022, at his home.   A native of Johnson City, TN, Joshua was the son of Danny Eugene and Kendra Carr Ford. He worked for Mountain Top Golf Course in Cashiers, NC as a maintenance worker.   In addition to his parents, Joshua is […]

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Thunder, lightning, heavy rain

Some within WGOG land are liable to have lost sleep early this morning when a storm walloped an area between Seneca and Clemson.  Around 2 o’clock this morning thunder, light bolts, heavy downpour.  The traffic signals at 123 and Wells Highway apparently paid a price.  They were on blink this morning.

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Westminster’s air-conditioning ordeal

By 10:15 last night, Westminster crews had restored electric power service for most customers impacted by the outage early in the afternoon.  Marty Reid of the utilities department said by late last night, only isolated outages remained.  Repair crews were activated just after 1 o’clock in the afternoon when construction workers hit a utility pole near Simpson Street.  That left […]

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Lake Keowee death — an accident, says the coroner

Coroner Addis of Oconee has updated the report of his investigation as to what happened yesterday on Lake Keowee: “A 38-year-old Greenville man died Monday afternoon (July 4th) in the emergency department at Oconee Memorial Hospital from drowning. Michael Criswell, 38, was with friends at Stamp Creek Landing on Lake Keowee Monday afternoon.  They were wading in the lake when […]

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Willie Aikens’ film due out this month

Baseball’s rich library of films can soon add another.  It’s titled, “The Royal” and depicts the Major League career of Seneca native Willie Mays Aikens, his downfall to drugs, and his later redemption.  The movie draws on a book by Kansas City-based writer Greg Jordan, the first 11 pages of which center on Aikens’ growing up in Seneca.  Stories on […]

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