Category: News

A Westminster man sits behind bars on criminal sexual conduct with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor charges. The Westminster Police Department reports the arrest of 45-year-old Robert Keith Witzman on Saturday. Westminster Police Chief Dean Awalt states that the victim filed a report on Saturday and investigators were able to gather enough evidence to charge […]

The bluegrass concert cancelled in February after the Po’ Ramblin Boys were snowed in the mountains has been rescheduled. So, mark your calendars and do not miss the return of the Po’ Ramblin Boys to the Georgia Auditorium on the campus of the Tamassee DAR School on June 24. Bad weather resulted in the cancellation of the February concert date, […]

The 2016 Schuck Memorial Blood Drive takes place on Tuesday, May 17, as part of Law Enforcement Officers Appreciation Week. The Blood Drive, from 11am until 7pm, features two buses from the Blood Connection to help reduce waiting time. T-Shirts will also be sold during the blood drive, with sizes S-XL being sold for $10 each and 2x and 3x […]

South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) eleventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Initiative (NTBI) on April 30, turned in 6,688 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount highest total collected statewide during the ten previous Take-Back events. While South Carolinians turned in […]

Clemson University honored thousands of graduates in commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 7. More than 2,625 bachelor’s, 550 master’s and 85 Ph.D. degrees were awarded, according to the Clemson University Media Relations Department. Several student honors were bestowed during the commencement ceremonies. The D.K. Norris Medal, named for a former trustee and awarded to the best all-around graduating senior, is […]

Clemson University marks the 300th birthday of its oldest structural resident, Hanover House, with a public symposium featuring guest speakers from architecture and academics on Saturday, May 21 at the Strom Thurmond Institute on campus. Hanover House, a white home built in the early 1700s in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, was saved from destruction and brought to the Clemson campus by […]

Jan Gibbs, an adjunct instructor/lecturer in Tri-County Technical College’s Medical Assisting program, received the College’s 2016 Adjunct Faculty Presidential Award May 4. This award is given annually at the spring faculty/staff convocation to the adjunct faculty member who is recognized for excellence in teaching, who has consistently high student evaluations and who supports the philosophy and goals of the College. […]

The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is pleased to announce that graduating senior, Hamza Ahmed, has been named a semifinalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholarship Program. Ahmed, son of Javed and Faria Ahmed of Greenville, South Carolina, transferred to GSSM from Southside High School. Ahmed is involved with the GSSM Math Team, actively participates in student […]

It is budget time once again and tonight at a rescheduled meeting, the Seneca City Council considers first reading of the fiscal year 2016-17 budgets. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander gives details. “Each year is different; it just depends on what expenses you have and what the needs are. If you are trying to figure out how you fund something then […]

Three people are dead and three others were seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash in Pickens County, Sunday afternoon. The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports that 25-year-old Megan Mullinax, 14-year-old Kandice Broome and 9-year-old Furman Broome died from blunt force trauma suffered in the collision. The victims were related and lived in the same Greenville home. Troopers said that Mullinax […]