Category: News

With games scheduled against Auburn, Texas A&M, Notre Dame and the Palmetto Bowl matchup against South Carolina, Clemson football announced its non-conference football schedule through 2020 on Thursday. The Clemson University Athletic Department reports that the Tigers take on Auburn (2016-17) and Texas A&M (2018-19) in home-and-home agreements the next four years before traveling to Notre Dame in 2020. Clemson […]

The fourth annual National Bike to School Day is May 6, 2015. Sponsored by the National Center for Safe Routes to School, this event encourages schools across the country to take part in bike-focused activities. Bike to School Day events raise awareness of the need for safer routes for bicycling and walking, emphasize the need to increase physical activity among […]

The South Carolina Department of Transportation seeks public comment on the Federal Fiscal Year 2015 Mass Transit Statewide Federal Funding Plan and projects that will receive Federal Transit Administration (FTA) program funds under the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2015-2016 Mass Transit annual funding program. Charts and category definitions that highlight the various programs, recipients and proposed funding levels are available […]

Community help is needed to find a missing Pendleton man. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reports that 24-year-old Emmanuel Cornelius Quarles was last seen around 11am on April 20. Quarles is described as 5’7″, 150 lbs, with long black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call 864-260-4440.

Walhalla’s Mayfest Art of Living is set for May 15 and 16 featuring art, craft and food vendors lining Main Street. New to the festival this year will be the Mayfest Classic Car Show and the Shaggin’ in the Park event on May 15 from 5pm to 9pm at Kaufman Park. Owners of classic cars are invited to register for […]

The City of Clemson hosts the 2015 USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships today and tomorrow, April 24-25, with over 120 collegiate clubs from across the United States expected to compete in three events. Action begins today with the USA Triathlon Draft-Legal Collegiate Championships. The traditional Olympic Distance Collegiate National Championships is set for Saturday featuring the best collegiate triathletes in […]

Clemson University took top honors among South Carolina universities in the Grand Champion category of the national Recycle Mania tournament, which promotes sustainability and recycling awareness. Universities compete to see which can reduce, reuse and recycle the most campus waste over the span of eight weeks. Clemson University also placed fifth in the ACC and 99 nationally with a recycling […]

A new Smart Driver course offered by the AARP designed especially for senior adults can benefit all drivers. The AARP announces the next course is scheduled for May 22 at Clemson’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Patrick Square. Enrollment is open now and registering is easy, just call 864-944-5224. The course costs just $15 for AARP members and $20 for […]

Schoolchildren that need Internet access to complete assignments, residents of rural communities not served by Internet Service Providers and visitors to the Mountain Rest and Long Creek communities have something in common. However, now, thanks to collaboration between Oconee FOCUS (Fiber Optics Creating Unified Solutions), and the Oconee County Public Library, they have an available Wi-Fi signal with which to […]

For the eighth year in a row, students at Northside Elementary School in Seneca planted a tree on Earth Day, explains Principal Geoff Smith. “As you come around North Townville Street to North Pine, we are close to eight good sized maple trees and we were just able to plant one on the bank facing the Gignilliat Center yesterday. Students […]