Author: Dick Mangrum

The following announcement this afternoon from Oconee County: “On Friday, April 23, 2021, the Oconee County Rock Quarry will be closed for final plant adjustments and Quarry rock production. Various items sold by the Quarry ran out earlier this week when damage sustained by the jaw crusher and required maintenance of two cone crushers halted production. Rock Quarry personnel will […]

Jim Charbonneau is the new owner of the former Stoudemire building on the 123 Seneca ByPass, and he will move his Golden Corner Wealth Advisers there.  But that isn’t all.  Charbonneau has a contractor to make changes to the building, including the installation of an elevator.  On the second floor, he plans to create office space for other businesses.

New cases:  408 including 12 in Oconee. Statewide, 19 additional deaths, including one in Pickens. Of 10,992 test results, positivity:  4.7%

  Two seniors at West-Oak High School have made their post-high school plans.  The school has announced that Connor Greene and Herbert “Camron” Smith recently signed letters of commitment to the U-S Army.

The mayor of Clemson, Robert Halfacre, says a community-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination clinic got off to a good start this week, but it’s important to get the word out about the availability of up to about one thousand doses over the next few weeks.  The clinic is open to anyone 18 and older and operates 5:30 to 8:30 pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, […]

  Mayor Brian Ramey of Westminster thinks the state’s health authority is acting like too much of a Big Brother when it comes to his city’s sewer collection system.  But the second-term mayor was in the minority this week when the city council voted 6-1 to enter into a consent order with the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Potential […]

Here is a 101.7/WGOG NEWS correction.  The Oconee school  placed under a Code Yellow this week was incorrectly reported as the Fair-Oak Elementary School.  A spokeswoman for the district said the Code Yellow was the Orchard Park Elementary School.  The Code Yellow was enacted while a sheriff’s vehicle pursued a suspect in the Westminster area.

A contractor will mobilize next week in Clemson to re-habilitate Issaqueena Trail.  The work by the Rogers Group could take until the end of July, and motorists using Issaqueena Trail, at times, could face backups lasting 7.5 minutes.  The city recommends avoiding Issaqueena Trail by taking different routes.  But if you can’t, drive safely and cautiously inside the construction zone, […]