Category: News

Improved access to libraries for disabled individuals in Oconee County is one major reason existing facilities need renovation. Whether it be the elderly or the disabled, Oconee County needs facilities that can be accessed, says Oconee County Branch Services Librarian Blair Hinson. “One of the reasons that we are seeking updated facilities is just the fact that our facilities are […]

Extra counselors are assisting at West-Oak High School today after the tragic loss of a student Thursday afternoon, explains Principal Kurt Kreuzberger. “Not only do we have our counselors here, the district has a Grief Support Team that they send whenever there are tragedies. Counselors from other schools, clergy, school psychologists, so there were several different people here helping both […]

An auction returns to the radio airwaves at sister station 96.3 WGOG on Saturday. The community is invited to bid on local bargains. The auction airs live from 9am until noon. You can prepare by obtaining a bid number in advance by calling the radio station at 864-638-3616. See items for sale, by visiting www.wgog.com.

The City of Clemson hosts the first annual Clemson Clean Sweep April 6-10, 2015. The Clemson Clean Sweep is being proposed as a weeklong event to promote and encourage cleanup of residential homes/yards, commercial and municipal property. Clemson University has been doing the Clemson Sweep on campus for years. For the first time, it has been proposed that the city […]

The Salem Police Department reports the arrest of a 27-year-old woman this week on charges of obtaining money by false pretense. Salem Police Chief Dave Poulson said Cassie Marie Owens of Tamassee was arrest after an investigation into an incident at a Salem beauty parlor in which a woman approached people and began trying to sell tickets for what she […]

Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis announces that a West-Oak High School student died Thursday after collapsing at school from cardiac arrest. Addis reports that 18-year-old Sierra Jaid Sims of Westminster was taken by EMS to Oconee Memorial Hospital in Seneca after collapsing while entering a classroom. Officials state that when the emergency responders arrived at the school around 12:06pm, Sims […]

A traffic stop that occurred late Wednesday evening in Oconee County resulted in the arrest of a Virginia man and woman on drug charges. Deputies were dispatched to an address on Burkett Road near Seneca in regards to a 911 hang up call with a female claiming to be in an argument with a male and the male saying he […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has introduced The Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015 to ensure we meet the growing demands of 21st century manufacturing by strengthening our universities’ engineering programs. The bill directs the Department of Commerce to designate 25 universities as ‘Manufacturing Universities’ in an effort to better align educational offerings with the needs of advanced manufacturers. The […]

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) introduced and passed an amendment that would increase spending on defense. The vote in the Senate Budget Committee was 12-10. The Graham-Ayotte amendment increases spending in the Overseas Contingency Operations Account by $38 billion, up to $96 billion, from the original allocation of $58 billion. In addition to financing […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed drug charges against a Walhalla man already in jail on charges related to a fatal Saturday night accident. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details. “17-year-old Jordan Scott Tilson was served with warrants charging him with distribution of a controlled substance (Oxycodone) and distribution of marijuana. The warrants on […]