Category: News

The top 10 candidates for the Republican presidential nomination squared off Thursday night trying to capture the attention of voters watching the first nationally televised debate. Clemson University Political Science Professor and GOP Political Consultant Dr. Dave Woodard feels no mistakes were made by the candidates. “I thought all the candidates were sort of guarded and professional looking last night. […]

Thanks to a $1.23 million gift of networking technology from Big Switch Networks, Clemson University’s complex computer network will be more manageable. The Santa Clara, California company is a leader in developing software-defined networking technology. This software makes the network another programmable part of Clemson University’s high-bandwidth computing infrastructure. It will enable engineers to easily automate and adjust network traffic […]

U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy addresses the summer graduates of Clemson University at 11am today, Aug. 7, in the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville. Officials will award degrees to approximately 850 graduates at the school’s first graduation ceremony in Greenville, scheduled because of renovations under way at Littlejohn Coliseum on campus. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the ClemsonTV […]

The City of Clemson announces that the grinding site at the Department of Public Works on Old Central Road is temporarily closed due to construction. The site will re-open on Aug. 11, 2015. The City of Clemson apologizes for any inconveniences caused during this construction project.

A Westminster man sits behind bars, charged in connection to a July 26 larceny case. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that 28-year-old Dewayne Scott Brooks faces one count of breaking into a motor vehicle, one count of petit larceny, two counts of financial transaction card fraud, one count of financial transaction card theft and one count of criminally receiving […]

A wanted man is back in Clemson to face numerous felony charges including murder. Thursday afternoon, 23-year-old Jaron Lamont Gibbs was returned to Clemson after being captured by U.S. Marshals in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. Gibbs stands charged with murder, attempted murder, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a […]

The votes are in and the winners of the inaugural Oconee Outdoors Photo Contest have been announced by the Oconee Heritage Center, explains assistant curator Jennifer Moss. “First place went to Kristin Clardy for her photo “Rural Oconee”, second place went to Nia Johnson for her photo “On the River” and third place went to Kim Richardson for her photo […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help from the community solving an Aug. 3 burglary that occurred at a Seneca area business. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details. “A deputy responded to Palmetto Spirits on Highway 123 around 3am on the incident date. The deputy met with the complainant who said that an alarm call […]

A rally for Zachary Hammond, the teen shot and killed by a police officer, is planned for noon on Aug. 15 at Norton-Thompson Park in downtown Seneca. The Put Down the Guns Now, Young People Organization sponsors the rally, explains Jack Logan. “With Zachary Hammond, we try to prevent these type tragedies. We reached out to help them because we […]

The Oconee County Coroner’s Office issued a press release on the death of 19-year-old Zachary Hammond of Seneca, who died on July 26 in an officer-involved shooting in Seneca. Coroner Karl Addis states that Hammond sustained two gunshot wound to the upper left chest and collarbone. The gunshot wound to the chest was fatal; the gunshot wound to the collarbone […]