Category: News

United States Attorney Beth Drake announces that members of the United States Attorney’s Office and their local, state, and federal law enforcement partners began visiting schools across South Carolina, to meet with students and conduct presentations as a part of South Carolina’s 16th Annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. With a focus on keeping their schools and communities safe, students […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Salem man Tuesday on a charge of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the first degree, explains Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “62-year-old Larry Ricky Ramey of Jocassee Lake Road was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation after being made aware in April of this […]

While the calendar might say it’s fall, the weather says otherwise and that means mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses are still a problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), West Nile virus cases have been reported in people from 46 states, with approximately 1,295 cases, including 67 deaths so far in 2017, compared to 2,038 human cases and […]

Changes to the football game ticketing system for students have been made at Clemson University. For the remainder of the season, students will now register for tickets by class standing, which will provide an additional opportunity for students desiring to attend games to successfully register. Should students have change of plans, there is an opportunity to turn your ticket back […]

Five days after being involved in an ATV accident, a former Clemson University baseball player has died. The Anderson County Coroner’s Office reports that 19-year-old Blake Holliday died Tuesday after he was critically injured in the Oct. 12, accident at the intersection of Major Road and Rube Ashely Road. The coroner lists his cause of his death as head trauma. […]

Astronomers are excited about a recent discovery. The Clemson University Media Relations Department is reporting that an Albert Einstein prediction has been proven true. The direct detection of gravitational waves or ripples in space time, in addition to light from the collision of two neutron stars was recently confirmed. The discovery marks the first observation of a cosmic event in […]

A mobile control tower is helping to land planes at the Oconee Regional Airport for Clemson University football games. On Oct. 7, the airport used the tower to guide 45 pilots in and out of the airport for the Wake Forest football game, so the airport will use it again when the Tigers play the Florida State Seminoles on Nov. […]

Clemson University has been awarded a $1 million grant to build a biking and walking trail in the Fants Grove area south of the campus by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that the trail is part of a biking and walking trailways project that aims to develop connections around campus that support […]