Author: Dick Mangrum

Two members of the Keowee Fire Protection Commission at Keowee Key will be the only ballot candidates for two commission seats in the November General Election.  They are Don Chamberlain and Bill Griffiths.  Residents of the Keowee Fire District had until noon today to qualify as candidates to run November 3.

  For everyone attending events of the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, face masks are now a requirement.  That’s in keeping with the order of Governor McMaster.  The Performing Arts Center also has combined and moved its shows nearby to the outdoor football/soccer field.  If you plan to attend an outdoor show, please bring your own chair and blankets.  They will […]

For just a few minutes yesterday, some people who took a test in Easley to determine if they had COVID-19 were led to believe they were infected – only to find out from a second email their results were negative.  101.7/WGOG NEWS spoke with one of the patients tested.  That individual admitted his anxiety level rose during the seven minutes […]

A missing Westminster woman is safe and OK.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office this morning says one of its investigators located Renee Rowland King.  The 41-year old woman is safe and OK.  King was reported missing July 20.

Duke Energy is teaming with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce to start a new program aimed to help small businesses rebound and survive during the COVID-19 crisis. The Chamber will use a $100,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to provide support to 56 small businesses in the counties Duke Energy serves in the state, with half of those […]

This is the start of an annual South Carolina weekend in which stores may sell items without adding the state sales tax.  The tax-free weekend traditionally is a time for students and their parents to take advantage of buying items for school which, in Oconee County, starts August 24.  JoAnn Johnson, executive director of the chamber of commerce, is alerting […]

Here’s a follow-up to our story that raised concerns that the country’s count of its population could fall short and that local communities, such as Oconee County, could lose some of the dollars of federal aid that it deserves.  Steven Dillingham, Census Bureau director, has repeated that the bureau remains committed to a complete and accurate count—notwithstanding the safety guidelines […]

A 40-year old motorcycle operator lost his life yesterday when his bike left a rural Oconee road and hit a mailbox, fence, and tree.  Coroner Karl Addis said Keith Wesley Wilson of Seneca died at the scene.  The accident was reported around 1:45 in the afternoon. Trooper Brandon Bolt said troopers investigated the accident on Crossroads Drive near the Sitton […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,295 new confirmed cases and 30 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 44 additional confirmed deaths and 9 new probable deaths. Oconee County numbers were 16 new cases and one additional death—that of an elderly individual on August 1. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 96,132, probable […]