Author: Dick Mangrum

The area’s blood center worries that any time a winter weather event takes grip, the loss of a full day of blood donations eats away at inventory levels.  According to the Blood Connection, this makes the current, un-relenting critical need even worse.  The low blood supply is affecting local hospital orders, which means patients are also affected.  If your business, […]

The potential that the weekend storm will create black ice has prompted the South Carolina DOT to point out that that accumulation will appear first on bridges and overpasses.  They should be approached with caution.  Christy Hall, the state’s transportation secretary, says, “The safest solution is for drivers to stay off the roads if at all possible.  If you must […]

Yesterday afternoon the storm that WGOG land can anticipate was centered west of Portland, Oregon.  New observations are going to allow forecasters to better predict the track.  The South Carolina climate office expects the storm will have a variety of impacts statewide.  The most snow and ice are likely in the Upstate.  The point when temperatures freeze can make it […]

The newest numbers’ report from South Carolina DHEC disclose an additional two COVID-19 deaths of Oconee County residents.  The same report contains two deaths in Pickens County and four in Anderson.  Oconee’s death toll is now pegged ta 271, of which 256 are confirmed deaths from the virus and 15 are considered probable deaths.

A woman near Westminster was jailed after her arrest on the charge of stealing equipment from the counter of a drug store.  Records released by the police department show the arrest of Laura Lee Taylor, 35, on the charge of grand larceny.  The arrest warrant alleges that on December 3, Taylor took a $5 thousand handheld register product scanner at […]

Crews for the South Carolina DOT are prepared to work around the clock and use available resources to ensure motorists are as safe as possible, in the event the forecast weekend storm materializes.  Those resources include 2,500 SC DOT employees preparing for the event; 60 thousand tons of salt; more than 525 thousand gallons of salt brine, along with about […]

You can’t play the game of politics without knowing where the geographical boundaries lie.  Monday night, Oconee NAACP and the League of Women Voters held a virtual forum on re-districting that featured presentations by David Root and John Ruoff.  Root is the attorney for Oconee County; Dr. Ruoff is considered an expert when it comes to the subject.  Jody Gaulin, […]

The Methodists invite people for free food from their pantry today at Walhalla’s St. Luke Methodist Church.  The food giveaway will run one hour this afternoon, from 4:30 to 5:30.

There’s truth to this morning’s newspaper headline that three Westminster councilmen are quitting.  It appears that the resignations were triggered by something or things said during an executive session, which followed last night’s regular January meeting. In an interview with 101.7/WGOG NEWS, Rusty Cater confirmed he quit and was informed that colleague Danny Duncan had quit and that a third […]