Author: Dick Mangrum

Sources in place to know have told 101.7/WGOG NEWS that a newcomer will seek the office this year of Seat Two, Oconee County Council.  She is India Lancaster, wife of Jim Mann, chairman of Oconee Republicans.  The District Two seat is held by Matthew Durham, who has announced he’ll seek re-election.  This year Oconee voters fill the seats of Seats, […]

A recent early morning assault in which the attackers used metal pipes to beat a man in a home on Sherwood Drive near Walhalla has resulted in the arrest of one person and an alert that sheriff’s officers seek to arrest three others, including an underage person.  Arrested Thursday in the Bountyland community was a 33-year-old woman, Kellie Renee Brown, […]

Probate Judge Singleton’s idea behind a get together January 19 in Seneca was to bring together local and region officials in position to be able to better help residents suffering from mental health problems.  One of the presenters, Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, was glad to learn of Prisma Health’s announcement that starting this fall, there will be an eight-bed unit […]

“We shall respond” was the message from President Biden after a drone strike killed three American service members and left 34 injured in Jordan near the Syrian border.  The president places the blame on Iran-backed militias.  Senator Lindsey Graham’s message:  “Hit Iran now.  Hit them hard.”

As a Charleston resident, Senator Tim Scott has witnessed the damage that hurricanes create — especially storm Hugo in the late 80s.  And he worked through storms as an insurance agent.  Scott is again trying to win support of his re-introduced bill the “Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act”. The bill encourages flood-prone communities to take preventive action and end the […]

A replacement airport terminal is part of a five-year “wish list” of proposed capital improvement projects reviewed yesterday by the Oconee Aeronautics Commission, in a regular meeting held in county council chambers.  Joseph Barkevich of the Oconee Regional Airport’s long-time outside consultant company W-K Dickson suggested a new terminal to be built adjacent to the existing facility.  Other potential future […]

For their work to arrest a homicide suspect (Dustin Wayne Turpin), two Oconee sheriff’s officers received certificates of commendation and a cup of valor award.  Recipients during a promotions ceremony this month were Sgt.  Jamie Hellams and Corp. Chris Johnson.

Gov. McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and Human Services report progress in school-based mental health counselors for students.  A September 2023 survey showed the number doubled statewide to 1,209 at the start of the school year, from 600 in January 2022.  Across the Oconee district, officials say, there are seven counselors — one for every 1,400 […]

Clemson University animal health officials are urging owners of backyard poultry flocks and pet waterfowl to keep their birds away from wild waterfowl and the waters they inhabit. The warning comes after backyard flocks in Horry and Orangeburg counties contracted the Eurasian strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), presumably from wild birds and waterways frequented by wild birds. In both […]