Author: Dick Mangrum

Authorities say a head-on crash around 12:30 this morning in rural Anderson County took the life of a 32-year old Spartanburg man.  The Anderson County coroner’s office identified the deceased as Joseph Michael Mahone, the driver of a car.  The state patrol reported the accident on SC 187, the Wild Hog Road near Roberts Church Road.  Master Trooper Gary Miller […]

Re-cycling has taken a hit during the pandemic, but Walhalla may have a solution to the trash dumpsters of Main Street merchants overflowing with used cardboard and general waste.  Brandon Burton, city administrator, announced last night the city will order larger dumpsters to accommodate Main Street businesses.  Used cardboard mixed with regular trash can’t be re-cycled, but there’s still a […]

City of Walhalla is welcoming new faces to its police department.  Chief Brinson announces that a certified officer, Hunter McCall, will fill a vacant position.  Two other policemen–Mark Boatman and Devin Matthews–have graduated from their training course at the state Criminal Justice Academy.

Oconee sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a shooting last night near U-S 76, the Long Creek Highway.  One person with a gunshot wound was taken to the hospital.  The call to investigate came shortly after 10 o’clock.

A beer maker from Charleston is among the latest to buy a spot on Walhalla’s Main Street.  Libby Imbody, Walhalla’s Main Street director, in a lengthy report to the city council also announced that an Oktoberfest food truck operator has decided to move into a stick-built building on Main Street.  Main Street comings and goings are a part of the […]

A Walhalla water customer was accused this week of speaking harshly to a counter clerk at city hall.  The incident, witnessed by the city’s recreation director, prompted a discussion at the council meeting table last evening about measures that can be taken to de-escalate situations in which a utility customer is angry and is venting that anger toward a city […]

A landmark structure is disappearing today in Westminster but the city has hopes that, in its place, will come a new building to mete out justice for all.  Large machinery is bringing down “the round top church” on E. Main Street, to clear the way for the construction of a new county magistrate’s office.  City councilman Yusef Mefleh had a […]

For Sunday, August 1—the latest day for which COVID-19 numbers are available in South Carolina—DHEC reports the following:  new cases, 1,651.  Of those new cases, eight are Oconee County residents.  Statewide, two new confirmed deaths have been added to the rolls of the deceased in the state.  Of 20,910 test results received, the positivity was 19.7%.  

“Multiple” tubers last weekend on the Chattooga are potentially subject to a federal citation for activity inside a section of the Wild and Scenic river that forbids tubing and watercraft, according to Ranger Robbie Sitzlar of the Andrew Pickens District of the U-S Forest Service.  A couple of the tubers required medical help as part of a search and rescue […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS has received confirmation that Oconee County’s Paul Cain is the new president of the South Carolina Association of Counties, having been elected by the membership during the annual meeting last weekend on Hilton Head Island.  Cain is the Seneca member of the Oconee County Council, serving District Three.  The statewide association is the one that represents county government […]