Author: Dick Mangrum

Permanent injunctive relief is being sought by a number of property owners who contend their rights are being infringed on.  Greenville attorney Matthew Ozment, on behalf of nine plaintiffs, including land owners on Nimmons Bridge Road and E. Stamp Creek Road, seek a jury trial in the Oconee Common Pleas Court to settle their grievances against M.A.D.S. LLC, Regina Durham […]

Chattooga River kayakers who apparently became disoriented were found safe–the result of a search-and-rescue undertaken by Mountain Rest Rescue.  A party of as many as five kayakers were found in the vicinity of Earle’s Ford.  Mountain Rest was aided by counterparts across the river in Georgia.

Oconee County councilmen are being told that the planning department is getting an increase in building applications and expects its future workload will be increased.  Before county fathers tomorrow:  a staff recommendation to employ, as-needed, a qualified company to help the county review plans for residential and commercial building applications.  The qualified company being recommended is Greenville’s Seamon, Whiteside and […]

What to do about junk that litters Oconee is to be addressed late tomorrow afternoon during a committee meeting of the county council.  Matthew Durham, council chairman, is calling on Oconeeans with interest in a junkyard ordinance to attend tomorrow’s 4:30 pm meeting of the council’s Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Health, and Welfare Committee in council chambers at Walhalla.  The […]

Motorists entering South Carolina after crossing the I-85 bridge from Georgia are in for a smoother ride, but it will be a while.  A spokeswoman for the South Carolina DOT responded this afternoon to the inquiry from 101.7/WGOG NEWS about the cracked and bumpy asphalt that northbound vehicles from Georgia face when entering South Carolina.  The DOT’S Kelly Moore said, […]

Governor Henry McMaster has issued Executive Order 2023-13 to reconvene the General Assembly for an extra legislative session to take up enhanced penalties for illegal gun possession, bond reform, the General Appropriations Act, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act, and other matters of public importance beginning Tuesday, May 16 at 12:00 PM. “The General Assembly has made progress on a few […]

I-85 northbound traffic entering South Carolina is encountering crumbling asphalt which, for some travelers, makes for a first impression of the state.  It’s National Travel and Tourism Week.  The question of when the state might authorize the highway repairs is one that Dawn Moore Smith at the Welcome Center cannot answer, so 101.7/WGOG NEWS has sent an inquiry to the […]

On this Mother’s Day weekend, an effort to raise awareness of tracking fetal movement in the third trimester of pregnancy, a way, South Carolina DHEC says, to improve the birth outcomes for mothers and babies.  DHEC partners with Count the Kicks in the effort to improve maternal health and birth outcomes.  According to a recent CDC report, the maternal mortality […]