Author: Dick Mangrum

The members of the appropriate council committee reacted positively yesterday to the idea of adopting an ordinance to regulate commercial junkyards across Oconee County.  But the chairman, Don Mize, also said because the county planning commission has just now received new members, the ordinance which the commission has been working on should go back to the planning commission for further […]

The county of Oconee and the city of Walhalla are on their way to new budgets for the new government year starting July 1.  But amendments to those measures were the order of last evening, at both city hall and county council’s meeting chambers.  The county council chose to lower a 3% cost of living raise for employees to 2% […]

In WGOG’S earlier posts and broadcast stories, the distribution dates for this year’s Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program were incorrect.  The correct days are Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 and 8.  The times and location remain the same:  9 am to 3 pm at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Community Center on Holland Avenue.  Our stories also contained the wrong contact information.  […]

The economic development matter on tonight’s agenda of Oconee County Council has been identified pre-meeting by the company name — Meyn America, believed to be a poultry processing business.  Project “Made” is before the county fathers for a public hearing and final reading of a fee-in-place of tax agreement with the prospective company.

Word is out that one of the components for the transformation in Newry community is near ready for its grand opening.  Newry boosters say their new general store will have grand opening at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, May 30.  Dari McBride, president of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, says the store will be an “amazing new addition to Oconee County.”

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is getting a new home at Clemson University.  Ground was broken today for a 143 thousand square foot building designed for education and research.  The price tag:  $130 million and the timetable calls for a late 2025 opening.

Medical transport was required this morning for a Pendleton motorist whose Kia overturned on U-S 123 between Seneca and Clemson.  The state patrol logged the accident at 10:05 this morning and reported that the driver said he took evasive action to avoid an object on the pavement, but that’s when his car went out of control and flipped.

While supplies last, the Oconee Humane Society will give away dog food Wednesday in Walhalla.  Staring at 10, the dog food for Oconee residents will be available at the Walhalla Shade Sail Plaza.

This afternoon announcement by Oconee Sheriff’s Office: “A wanted fugitive from the state of North Carolina was arrested early this morning, near Seneca, after Oconee County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a person with a weapon call, and the Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team was activated. 53 year old Kenneth Wayne Edwards, of Snow Creek Road, was arrested and charged […]

WGOG received word of a rollover car accident in front of Lake Keowee Ford and Chrysler on Highway 123, the Seneca-Clemson corridor, during the noon hour on Tuesday.