Category: News

Westminster believes as a new chief of police.  Kevin Bronson, city administrator, says an offer has been extended to a seasoned officer in the Greenville Sheriff’s Office.  His name is Fred Miller.  Westminster’s current acting chief, Caitlyn Pope, who was an applicant for the job, is going to stay on as second-in-command, according to Bronson.  The city administrator believes there’s […]

A late afternoon Walhalla car accident.  The city fire department was among the responders at 3:30 pm to N. Katherine Street and Playground Road.  It was a three-car wreck, but no personal injuries reported.

Higher airport fuel sales, along with unexpected Oconee County interest income, allowed County Council this week to add $1.4 million to the current budget, according to Matthew Durham, the council chairman.  Durham says the monies are to buy a new compactor for the landfill and upgrade personal safety equipment that, with advanced technology, will enhance the safety of county sheriff’s […]

The West Union police are now responsible for enforcing the law on both sides of the railroad track, over a distance of nearly three miles and about 100 feet on both sides of the track.  Mayor Linda Oliver says her town received notification from the Secretary of State’s office of the acceptance of the annexation.  She gives credit for the […]

A 39-year-old Pickens County man died yesterday afternoon at the Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital — the result of a shooting incident across the nearby 123 highway.  Coroner Karl Addis said it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bathroom at the Burger King restaurant.  The case is being investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.

101.7/WGOG NEWS has been told (at 1:30 pm) of a large presence of police and fire responders at the Burger King Restaurant at 123 and Radio Station Road, Seneca.  No further details immediately available.  One officer told us he thinks there has been a shooting.

Governor McMaster underwent a minor outpatient orthopedic knee surgery this morning, to address what’s called a slight meniscus tear suffered in 2022 while playing tennis with First Lady Peggy McMaster.  The governor’s office quotes the doctor as saying the surgery lasted fewer than 30 minutes and was without incident.  McMaster notified Lt. Governor Pamela Evette yesterday of the procedure.  The […]

The death of an Anderson County man and the brutally cold temperatures that afflicted much of the country at Christmas time 2022 are at the center of a civil suit filed this week in the home county of the late Tony Lee Smith.  As the personal representative of his father’s estate, Scott Smith’s lawsuit alleging negligence seeks a jury trial […]

After being denied bond, an Atlanta, Georgia man remained in Franklin County lockup — arrested in an investigation of road rage last week on I-85 northbound.  According to Sheriff Steve Thomas, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office began its investigation after a 9-1-1 call that a gunshot was fired March 27 at one vehicle.  Thomas gave the following account to Lake […]