Category: News

Emergency housing assistance is available to South Carolinians facing financial hardships due to the COVID-19 crisis.  The assistance is being provided by SC Thrive in the amount of $1,500 for rent in a one-time lump sum payment directly to property owners or management companies.  Those who can qualify include those affected by shutdowns, closures, layoffs, reduced work hours, or unpaid […]

A thief chose the night time to strike two Oconee convenience stores, and the sheriff’s office appeals to the public for information that can lead to the burglar at the Lake Shop on n. highway 11 near Salem and at the Bountyland Quick Stop on 123 near Clemson.  Around 12:30 Tuesday morning, deputies responded to the Lake Shop burglary; one […]

Plans for a new commercial development at Newry are engendering neighbor opposition, and that opposition is expected to come to the fore during county zoning hearing next week in Walhalla.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that petitions are being circulated to oppose special exception requests by a developer to build a large self-storage facility near 391 Newry Road (and SC 130) […]

As South Carolina and places such as Walhalla move to open up their economies comes  a dire warning in a story in the Washington Post.  The newspaper story quotes a research team as warning that parts of the South are in danger of a second wave of coronavirus infections over the next four weeks.  The researchers use cellphone data to […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that a defendant in the case of a Seneca burglary has been ordered to prison for a sentence amounting to seven years.  A court officer tells us that, in front of Judge Sprouse, Waylon Eugene Robinson pleaded guilty yesterday to burglary and grand larceny.

Published reports are circulating today that classes are to be held in person when Clemson Unitversity’s fall semester starts on schedule and a limited number of employees are to return to work as early as June 1st, that according to a plan presented to the school’s Board of Trustees today. Phase One implements a limited amount of staff, Phase Two […]

Walhalla makes this announcement this afternoon:  “The City of Walhalla is beginning to incrementally re-open more services to the public. The intent remains the same, minimize the risk of transmission and for the general well being of the public and city employees. City Hall- Business offices will be re-open to the public on June 1, 2020. Social distancing will be […]

In her capacity, JoAnn Johnson keeps a pulse on the Oconee County business community.  The executive director of the chamber of commerce describes business interests as “thrilled” and “overjoyed” as South Carolina begins to further ease the grip that the pandemic holds on everyone.  Gymnasiums and hair cutters are among those who are welcoming customers back to their premises this […]

  Swain Still, director of Oconee Solid Waste, has provided the following information to 101.7/WGOG NEWS: 1.       When will recycling at the recycle centers return to full operations? “Oconee County Solid Waste, along with Oconee County Administration and EOC, is working on a slow but methodical return to full recycling capacity. The recycling of materials that have the potential to […]

Any time on the highways speed can kill–especially so during the imminent and long Memorial Day weekend holiday.  State troopers are going to be out in full force this weekend, with an eye out and their radar on for speeding violators on I-85 and other highways.  Trooper Joe Hovis says speeding is just one of the many violations that drivers […]