Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Clemson University men’s basketball team will dance another weekend in the NCAA Tournament after advancing to the Sweet 16. Sunday night, Clemson knocked off Auburn, 84-53, in the second round. This will be the Clemson Tigers first trip to the Sweet 16 since 1997. The next opponent for Clemson will be Kansas.
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It was a busy Sunday for rural firefighters across Oconee County. An abandoned trailer home burned to the ground on West Halfway Branch Road in West Union; fortunately no one was hurt. In addition, firefighters attended to a brush fire on Bush Creek Road near Walhalla and a field fire on East Capewood Avenue in the Friendship Community near Seneca.
Read moreMarch is National Nutrition Month, a time to focus attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. “Go Further with Food” is the theme for 2018, and its importance is timely for many reasons. Whether it’s starting the day off right with a healthy breakfast or fueling up before an athletic […]
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The Lazy Daisy Garden Club presents Taste of Westminster today, March 16, from 5-7pm at the Westminster Music Centre. This is part of the celebration of Westminster’s 143rd birthday. The community is invited to come sample recipes. It costs just $1 per sample with free birthday cake for all attendees. The Lazy Daisy Garden Club of Westminster is a non-profit […]
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The Public Relations Committee for the City of Westminster will meet the first Wednesday of each month. Meetings will be held at Westminster City Hall in the conference room or committee room at 6:30pm. The meeting dates are: April 4, May 2, June 6, July 4, Aug. 1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, and Dec. 5.
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Over 300 runners have registered for the City of Seneca’s seventh annual Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday, March 17. The races start at 8am and 8:15am, respectively, at the Shaver Recreation Complex, which is located at 698 West South 4th Street in Seneca. There will be live music after the race and a St. Patrick’s Day Party with beer […]
Read moreThe Clemson University Cooperative Extension’s website was named to the 2017 South Carolina State Library’s Notable State Documents list. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that the award recognizes state and governmental publications of outstanding merit and usefulness to the citizens of South Carolina. The documents are chosen by a panel of librarians and state employees for their designs, […]
Read moreClemson University has landed on PayScale Inc.’s “Hero Awards List” of employers where at least 80% of employees are “extremely satisfied”, reports the Clemson University Media Relations Department. PayScale examined 276,067 employee profiles from 62,501 distinct employers between November 2015 and November 2017. To read more, visit www.clemson.edu.
Read moreSoutheastern Grocers, the owner of Bi-Lo grocery stores, announced Thursday that it will be closing 19 stores in South Carolina, among them are the Bi-Lo stores on Rochester Highway in Seneca and on Old Greenville Highway in Clemson. The company says it is voluntarily filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a restructuring. A total of 94 stores are being […]
Read moreA Central woman has been arrested for failing to report child abuse or neglect while working as a guidance counselor at Fair-Oak Elementary School in the School District of Oconee County. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that 47-year-old Amy Maria Millspaugh, while acting in her professional capacity as a guidance counselor on March 9, received information that gave her […]
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