Category: News

According to Light and Water in Seneca, power by now should have been restored to a handful of customers who lost it four hours ago in an accident involving a car and a utility pole.  Bob Faires, utilities superintendent, said customers affected were Applebee’s and those businesses in a small adjoining strip shopping center.  Reports received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS indicate […]

An accident at the 6 o’clock hour this morning remains an emergency scene at this hour on Seneca’s 123 By-Pass.  According to the fire department, a car hit a power pole in front of Applebee’s and it’s believed an outage has resulted affecting a few businesses in the area of 123 and Pinecliff Drive.  The driver is reported un-injured in […]

No matter the year, whenever Westminster folks gather to talk the issues of their city they often agree that one of the best things that Oconee’s third largest municipality offers is its hardworking and seemingly tireless recreation director, Herb Poole.  Some of the candidates during last night’s forum marveled about what Poole accomplishes for children, and speculated about how the […]

Apparently there was a little too much interest in last night’s League of Women Voters’ forum for the Westminster political candidates.  The forum was delayed twice last night after Clint Livingston, county fire marshal, announced it was necessary to whittle down the crowd to 55–the capacity for the meeting room at the Westminster Fire Department.  Those in the audience who […]

The office of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority at Seneca will be closed from 3 to 5 pm, as part of the preparation for tonight’s chlorine training and drill at the county treatment facility.  The cut-off time today for business, including permits and accepting waste, is 2:30.  If there is a sewer emergency, call 864/973-3804.

Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC-03) released the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced a delay in the implementation of dock and facility permit fee increases for the South Atlantic Division (SAD). “The announcement that residents on Lakes Hartwell and Thurmond won’t experience a steep permit fee increase in January is great news. I have been working with […]

In the last hour, two people were taken to Oconee hospital for injuries in an accident in front of the Bountyland Quik Stop in the Bountyland Community.

Two Pickens County sheriff’s officers are back on duty after a review of an internal investigation in the shooting death a week and a half ago at a home near Easley.  Sheriff Rick Clark announces that Sgt. Robert Porter and Deputy Matt McGaha have been returned to full duty with no restrictions.  Porter and McGaha were placed on administrative leave […]

A vigil to remember those residents of Pickens and Greenville counties who’ve died during domestic violence will take place tomorrow evening in Greenville.  By simply attending, you can show your support for the effort to stop domestic violence.  The vigil will take place at 6:30 pm in front of the Greenville County Courthouse.  The Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of the […]

An early night accident north of Walhalla injured one person.  According to the Walhalla Fire Department, the accident occurred around 7 last night on SC 28 at the entrance to the Stumphouse Tunnel Park.  The car left 28 and struck a tree.