Author: Dick Mangrum

Research by two Clemson University professors on Russian social media trolling has drawn the interest of U.S. agencies charged with protecting the country’s national security. Patrick Warren, associate professor in the John E. Walker Department of Economics and Darren Linvill, associate professor in the department of communication, have shared their research on Russian social media disinformation campaigns with the U.S. […]

Autopsies take place this morning on the two Oconee County men who died in a rural home fire last weekend.  The examinations of the bodies are likely to produce a cause for the deaths of Daniel Lee Ayers and Winfred Lee Dills, and Coroner Karl Addis says he expects the outcome to be fire deaths–no foul play involved.  Although three […]

What had the makings for a powder keg type meeting evaporated last night at the Walhalla City Hall, but when the planning commission fell short of a meeting quorum. The planning commission needed the presence of one absent member to hear and vote on a request to re-zone property to allow for a home development on Tyre B. Mauldin Street. […]

An Oconee County man has been found guilty of indecent exposure in front of a deputy sheriff. The conviction of Billy Ray Craig came yesterday in a one-day trial, but the defendant wasn’t around for the proceedings. In his absence a public defender, Kayla Porter, pleaded Craig’s case. The state presented a graphic video recording made in Craig’s front yard […]

An inmate in the Oconee Detention Center contracted Hepatitis A last week, but Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says precautions have been taken and the remainder of the jail population has been offered vaccinations thru DHEC. Those precautions, Crenshaw says, include testing those who were in proximity to the inmate. A defense lawyer said yesterday in the Oconee courtroom that, out of […]

Everyone is said to have made it out of a West Union home fire last night on Hugh White Drive. According to reports received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, there were no known injuries in the mobile home fire that kept fire fighters occupied for two hours last night from around 6:30 to 8:30.  One fire fighter says the result was light […]

A Walhalla man has been sent to prison for about eight years and three-quarter months after pleading guilty to reckless homicide—an incident that took the life of a 71-year old woman. Six years of the sentence handed down to Thomas James Kirby amount to prison time, with the balance to be spent in home incarceration. General Sessions Judge McIntosh today […]

A contractor, J. Davis Construction, announces the completion of a large grading project in Clemson covering 6 acres. The objective was to create a pad on which Duke Energy can install a new switchyard, expanding power distribution to the growing Clemson campus. Beginning on February 14, the project had its share of setbacks. Jarred Flemming, Senior Utilities Engineer with Clemson […]

This is a busy day for those who set the policies for Oconee public schools.  The board of trustees meets twice today–the trustees’ annual retreat-style meeting this afternoon and the regular July meeting tonight.  They are scheduled to vote tonight on goals for the 2019-20 year.  In the view of Chairman Jerry Lee, the number one goal should be to […]