Missing teenager

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Westminster teenager.   15 year old Levi Demetrius Locklear was reported missing  last night around 7:44pm by a family member.  Levi has not been seen since 2pm yesterday, according to investigators.  Levi was last seen wearing gray sweatpants and a gray sweatshirt.   Deputies made contact […]

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Continual gas pump price increases

Like many of us, the area’s state senator is not immune to the impact of steep gas pump prices.  Thomas Alexander, the Walhallan who now presides as president of the senate, used the word “unbelievable” to describe the impact on South Carolina motorists who are having to pay above the $4 dollar a gallon mark for regular.  Unfortunately, today’s increase […]

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“I’d like to see him (Putin) gone” — Graham

Senator Lindsey Graham says he doesn’t advocate invading Russia, but he’d like to see Putin ousted, and he’s hopeful the Russian people will rise up against their leader.  Congress is in recess, and today Graham is in Oconee County, his home county, and was scheduled to address today’s Seneca Rotary Club meeting.  101.7/WGOG NEWS interviewed Graham before his speaking engagement.  His […]

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Emergency preparedness grant for Oconee County

Today is the start of the Atlantic Hurricane season.  It may be getting a head start.  Forecasters say the remnants of Pacific storm Agatha may become tropical Storm Alex as it moves from Mexico’s mainland into the Gulf.  Mindful of the time of year, Duke Energy is announcing more than $500 thousand in grants to support emergency preparedness.  Among the […]

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Numbers from first day early voting

Ninety-two people showed up for the first day of early voting in Oconee County yesterday. Assistant Director of Oconee’s Board of Elections and Voter Registration Office in Walhalla Ryan Nowland said he expects the turnout to increase each day.  South Carolina began regular early voting for the first time in the state’s history yesterday after Governor Henry McMaster signed a […]

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“FERC” and Duke confer on safety of dams

The need to maintain the safety of dams and prevent failure is being stressed by a federal agency to Duke Energy, the owner of dams in Oconee County.  A letter last month to Duke officials from “FERC”—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Atlanta office, states, “As an owner of a high hazard dam, FERC requires that you develop and maintain an […]

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Clemson professor at work under the northern light sky

Stephen Kaeppler, an assistant professor of physics at Clemson University, and other scientists launched sounding rockets into the colorful aerial display of the northern lights over Fairbanks, Alaska.  They were studying how energy behaves during an active aurora in a NASA-funded project.  Their launch spot was the Poker Flat Research Range–the largest university-owned, land-based rocket research range in the world.  […]

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Glenn Troy Ward

Glenn Troy Ward, age 70, of Seneca SC passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022.  Born in Anderson SC, He was the loving husband of many years to the late Betty Lou Ward, and the son of the late Jessie Lewis Ward and Nettie Jane Ward.  Glenn worked as a loom fixer at West Point Stevens and could build just […]

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