Category: News

Between Seneca and Clemson a woman awakened by her dog barking looked out and saw a man steal both the dog and her car and drive away. The crime scene was a home on Forest Drive at 2:45 this morning. Oconee Sheriff’s Office has a video of what happened and reports that both the dog and the car were later […]

The coroner says a 77-year old Salem man died shortly after the noon hour yesterday in the emergency department of a Greenville hospital of traumatic injuries suffered in the wreck of his pickup truck.  He was William Stanworth Jackson.  According to the highway patrol, Jackson’s pickup truck ran off the Stamp Creek Road about an hour and a half before […]

A senior at Seneca High School, Tucker Ann Norris, was named today one of more than 4,500 candidates in this year’s Presidential Scholars Program.  Inclusion in this program is one of the highest honors for graduating high school seniors.  Scholars are selected for superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character, and involvement in community and school activities.  In […]

A 37-year old Pickens man was convicted this week on charges of criminal sexual conduct with minor first degree.  Solicitor Walt Wilkins announced that Jason Riley Galloway was sentenced by Pickens General Sessions Judge Miller to 45 years in prison.  According to Wilkins, evidence presented by two assistant prosecutors established that between January 2016 and August 2017, Galloway sexually assaulted […]

One person was sent by helicopter for medical treatment after vehicle left the Stamp Creek Road at Keowee Key and hit trees. Spokesman for the patrol states the driver was headed east on the two-lane road.  Unofficial info received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS indicates the accident occurred at Stamp Creek Road and Flagship Drive and the landing zone for the med-flight […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS has received word of a car accident with apparent serious injury between Salem and Keowee Key.  The state patrol logs the accident at 10:35 this morning on SC 130/the Stamp Creek Road.

Atlanta, Georgia city councilman Michael Julian Bond will head to Oconee this weekend to speak at an event, sponsored by the Oconee Branch of the NAACP. Bond’s father, Julian Bond, was a civil rights activist and a leader in the movement. He’ll speak at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon to the Oconee NAACP Branch 65th Annual Black History Tea. It’s a […]

A New York City concert promoter is drawing attention to a performance at Carnegie Hall this spring by the Walhalla High School choir. The choir, directed by Erin Phillips, has accepted an April 19 invitation to join other choristers for a choir of distinction. They are to be conducted by Dr. Jonathan Griffith, artistic director and principal conductor for the […]

Oconee County’s Richard Cottingham is going to bat against careless, un-thinking drivers who fall into the category of what he calls “Left Lane Lucies.” Cottingham says, “Nothing is more frustrating than to be behind a left-lane Lucy who is holding up everybody. It is not only annoying, but it’s a serious safety issue as some drivers dangerously weave around the […]

Oconee public schools have decided to remain on a two-hour delay this morning.  Mountain Rest yesterday saw snow fall, but it dissipated practically as fast as it hit the ground.  Roads in the mountain hamlet are said to be slick, but navigable if drivers use caution.  In Walhalla, weather watcher Barbara Wilson saw no snow, but a lot of frost.  […]