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On Saturday, retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, a 100-year-old survivor of the Bataan Death March and revered alumnus and professor emeritus of Clemson University, was presented a Filipino World War II Veterans Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on Saturday. The Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom are […]

A new MBA Online Program will give students more flexibility in learning at Clemson University. Soon students will be able to receive an advanced business degree entirely online through specially designed coursework they can access as their schedules permit. The university’s board of trustees recently approved the College of Business’ Greenville-based program to enhance and expand its online degree delivery.

Veterinarians across South Carolina are joining forces with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) this spring to help owners protect themselves, families, communities, and pets against rabies. As required by state law, all pet owners must vaccinate their dogs, cats, and ferrets. Local veterinarians offer vaccines year-round, but the spring clinics help raise awareness about rabies […]

On March 22, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made this statement. “I deeply appreciate Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster’s service to President Trump as National Security Adviser. He has much to be proud of as our national security postures have greatly improved on President Trump’s watch. He is one of the great national security minds of our time and a […]

Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station volunteers, including members of its Young Generation in Nuclear organization and its First Line Leaders Council, recently cleaned roadways near the station in support of Keep Oconee Beautiful Association’s (KOBA) “One Bag at a Time” initiative. In total, volunteers picked up 30 bags of trash near highways 183 and 130. Oconee Nuclear Station participates in […]

The Governor recently announced the nomination of census tracts for South Carolina to be designated as Opportunity Zones and within this process is the inclusion of two Census Tracts in Oconee County. “The Oconee Economic Alliance nominated just about all of the eligible census tracts in Oconee County that qualified to the South Carolina department of Commerce,” stated Emily Hodge, […]

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources’ (SCDNR) 13th Annual National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State Tournament, along with the IBO 3D Archery Tournament, will be hosted March 27-29 at Sumter Civic Center, 700 West Liberty Street, Sumter, SC 29150. Student archers competing in the state tournament participated at one of three regional events across the state in […]

Congratulations to the Seneca Rotary Students of the Month for March. Students pictured from left to right: Kingston Waddell (Northside Elementary), Serenity Speed (Ravenel Elementary), Jehovah Holland (Seneca Middle), Kenidy Boggs (Blue Ridge Elementary), and Jerry Lawrence (Seneca High).

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a Lansing, Michigan man on two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree. 41-year-old Brian Keith Collins of Balzer Street in Lansing, MI was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center by a deputy from the Warrants Division after being extradited from Michigan to South Carolina. Collins was […]