Author: Dick Mangrum

State Representative Bill Whitmire, Oconee Republican, admits he’s “re-thinking” his stance in opposition to lowering South Carolina’s gas tax, as the pump price keeps increasing.  A number of Oconee outlets today are posting a gallon of regular gas at $4.19.  Just across the line in Georgia, stations there are charging around $3.89, as the result of Governor Kemp’s decision to […]

From his talk this week with Governor McMaster, Oconee’s Bill Whitmire senses that the state’s chief executive will be in his corner come primary election time.  “He (McMaster) has been a very good governor to work with.  I just recently met with him just this past week and we had a good conversation.  I feel like he’s very supportive of […]

The following announcement today from SC Department of Health and Environmental Control: “The U.S. healthcare system is facing an iodinated contrast shortage that is impacting many healthcare facilities across the country. Iodinated contrast is used to help physicians view organs, tissue, or blood vessels during certain imaging exams and procedures, especially CT scans, some vascular studies, cardiac catheterizations and many […]

An Oconee County organization that is devoted to the needs of those who have life-long developmental disabilities is not immune to cyber attacks that frequently come from abroad.  The email provider for the Tribble Activity Center near Seneca has traced spam and malware laced email IP addressed back to Russia and Malaysia, among other locations.  Here’s a 101.7/WGOG NEWS clarification:  […]

An informal get together has been announced for Oconee County military vetersn who served in a combat infantry unit and those who’ve been accorded the Purple Heart decoration.  Local veteran leaders, including Jerry Dyar, the county’s V-A officer, are in hopes of re-organizing local combat infantry and Purple Heart organizations.  The meeting will be 10 o’clock Thursday morning, May 19 […]

The Oconee-founded J. Davis construction company has expanded to the other side of the state.  According to an announcement, J. Davis now has an office at Faber Place in N. Charleston.  There the builder will pursue projects for coastal clients.  An office ribbon cutting event attracted an audience from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.  Joel Davis made this statement:  “J. […]

The Foothills Christian School in Westminster will share in federal funding to be distributed among 19 non-public schools in the state.  The school gets $175 thousand from an allocation of the second round of Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools program, first authorized under the 2021 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and continued under the American Rescue Plan.  The […]