Category: News

(Seneca, SC)————————————-The Regular Board Meeting for the School District of Oconee County is set for next Tuesday at 6pm and the School Board will be doing a first reading on several items, including School Choice Application, Assisting Students with Medications and Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention. Also, it is School Board Recognition Month and Denise McCormick and Andy Inabinet will […]

(Seneca, SC)—————–WGOG’s Dick Mangrum in reporting this morning that Pioneer Water has lifted its boil water advisory after a sample test checked out. The boil water advisory for those being served by the Westminster Water System remains in effect until further notice.

(Seneca, SC)————-The Oconee County Legislative Delegation has scheduled their annual meeting next Thursday, January 24th at 7pm at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium in Walhalla. For those citizens who would like to address the Delegation, call the Delegation Office at 864-638-4237 in order to be placed on the agenda. All requests to address the delegation must be received by 5pm next […]

(Seneca, SC)————-More rain is forecasted for the already drenched Golden Corner this weekend. And the rain we received yesterday. 0.18 of an inch, now gives Oconee County right at 4 inches of rain for the year so, according to county weather observer Barbara Wilson. Since January 1st of last year, Oconee has received over 88 inches of rain.

(Seneca, SC)———– Third District U.S. Congressman Jeff Duncan filed legislation this week in Congress, entitled the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act. According to a press release, the Act, if passed, would require that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and have an opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion. Also, this week, U.S. Senator […]

(Seneca, SC)————————-The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division in investigating an officer involved shooting involving deputies from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office that occurred Wednesday evening in Anderson County in Liberty. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an address on Shadow Hill Lane to serve a domestic violence arrest warrant on 72 year old Michael […]

(Seneca, SC)————Yesterday, the City of Seneca Events Committee met and several items were on the agenda, including a proposal to move Seneca Fest back to downtown Seneca during Memorial Day Weekend, pending approval from Seneca City Council.

(Seneca, SC)—————Earlier this week, Seneca High School named and introduced their new football coach, Seneca alum and former Bobcat Assistanct Coach and player David Crane, who comes to Seneca after serving as head coach at Greenville High School. In regards to players staying with the program instead of attending school elsewhere to play football, Coach Crane believes that building relationships […]

(Seneca, SC)—————-Earlier this week, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announced that they are the first law enforcement agency in the world to employ the Pursuit Alert technology. By downloading a free app, citizens can be alerted if they are within a two mile radius of an ongoing pursuit involving a Sheriff’s Office Patrol Vehicle. However, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw […]

(Seneca, SC)———————–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made two arrests Tuesday in an investigation into what is being called “a theft ring” that spans the Golden Corner including several municipalities and may also reach across the county line into Pickens County. The Sheriff’s Office arrested 19 year old Gage Austin Lyda of Walhalla on multiple charges, including one count of First […]