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Retired Clemson University Extension agents Rowland Alston, Bill Craven and Bill Riser were recently inducted into the A. Frank Lever County Extension Agent Hall of Fame for their service to South Carolina residents and commitment to help improve the state’s economy. The nationwide Cooperative Extension Service, which traces its roots to South Carolina, takes research-based agricultural and food-science knowledge from […]

Full service contract manufacturer, CRM Global Manufacturing, announces its new location in Oconee County. “This is another example of how a firm could have chosen to land anywhere in the Upstate but chose Oconee County due to its ripe business environment,” said Richard Blackwell, executive director of the Oconee Economic Alliance. The Seneca facility will provide custom production of steel, […]

An historical milestone occurred in Seneca last month as Dottie Ellis was elected president of the Charles McGee Byrd Post #120 of the American Legion. “The first female commander, we just thank you Dottie for stepping up and accepting this role and I know you are going to do a good job.” Upstate District Commander Carlton Patterson took pride in […]

Tillman Hall on the campus of Clemson University was vandalized on Monday. According to a university spokesperson, a report came in around noon stating that the building had been spray painted in several different places. Maintenance crews cleaned off the paint. Clemson University was closed on Monday in observance of Independence Day. Clemson University Police are investigating the vandalism.

The South Carolina Senate is expected to make a final vote Tuesday on the future of the Confederate flag that flies on the Statehouse grounds. On Monday, Senators pushed forward a bill to remove the flag and place it in the Confederate Relic Room during a second reading of the bill. Once the third reading passes the Senate with a […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 19-year-old Andre Jaquez Warren of Augusta, Georgia on Friday. He stands charged with several counts of auto breaking and larceny. Detectives determined Warren is responsible for breaking into at least 32 vehicles parked at various homes. They say 18 of the automobiles had windows busted out to gain access to items […]

Clemson will invite public comment this month on proposed changes to traffic patterns and to the city’s zoning law. A City Council public hearing is set 6:30 Monday night, July 20 at City Hall to consider converting Hedgerow Lane to a one-way street. The police chief and the public works director both recommend traffic flow from Wigington toward Oak streets. […]

Seneca’s representative in the South Carolina House likely spent the weekend mulling over the position he’ll take this week on what to about the Confederate flag. Bill Sandifer and the rest of his colleagues head back to the capital city and, reports speculate, a vote on the flag could come by Thursday. Interviewed last week, Sandifer responded to our question […]

One of the many Republican hopefuls for President next year visits Seneca this morning. Mike Huckabee, a former Arkansas governor, is due to arrive between 11 and 11:30 this morning at the Seneca Family Restaurant on By-Pass 123. Bob Skipp, chairman of Oconee Republicans, is making arrangements for a meet-and-greet event.

NAMI Greenville, the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is launching a public relations and social media campaign in support of Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month to raise awareness about mental health in diverse communities. In 2008, Congress designated July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Before her […]