Category: News

The Clemson Tigers will take the field against the Oklahoma Sooners on Dec. 29 in Orlando in the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl. The game will kick off at 5:30pm in the Florida Citrus Bowl and will be aired on ESPN.

A freshman at Clemson University was found dead in her dorm room Sunday. According to university officials, she apparently died from natural causes. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the student as 18-year-old Stefanie Martin of Columbia. She was a general engineering student. Kelley is investigating the teen’s death but does not suspect foul play.

Thomas Nation, a sixth grade student, will represent Seneca Middle School in the next round of the National Geographic Bee. Nation was one of five students from grades six through eight to compete by answering geography questions. All five, including Berkeley Cannon (6th grade), Alan Ross (7th grade), Logan Wood-Campbell (7th grade) and Sergio Gonzalez (8th grade) as well as […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man on charges of criminal domestic violence. A deputy with the Warrants Division arrested 44-year-old James Bradley Rogers on criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature after a Nov. 22 incident in which Rogers produced a pistol and shot at a female as she was driving away from the Old […]

At 3:37pm Sunday afternoon, firefighters from the Pickett Post – Camp Oak station were called to a single vehicle crash on North Highway 11 in the area of Tamassee Elementary School where a trailer carrying horses flipped, ejecting two of the animals into the road. According to Oconee County Medical Services, one horse died during the accident and the other […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) issued the following statement on the nomination of Ashton Carter for Secretary of Defense. “Ashton Carter has the knowledge and capability to serve as Secretary of Defense during these difficult times. He has proven to be a leading voice when it comes to articulating the damage done to our military by budget cuts. I […]

The Athletics Department at Seneca High School presents a Holiday Special next week where admission to cheer on the Bobcats is free. On Monday, Dec. 8, the Bobcats Basketball Program will host a triple header. The JV Boys team will kick off the action at 5pm in the Gold Gym. The varsity teams will play in the Blue Gym beginning […]

Felony DUI resulting in death charges have been dropped against a Westminster man. On Sept. 6, the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a multi-vehicle collision at the intersection of US 76 and Sheep Farm Road in Seneca. The collision resulted in the death of 28-year-old Michele Wright and 29-year-old Joshua Silvers of Iva. Based upon information from the scene […]

The Service Learning Club at Keowee Elementary School hosted a school-wide poetry contest to highlight the importance of trees in advance of this year’s Arbor Day on Friday, Dec. 5. Students in grades k-5 wrote a variety of creative, tree-themed poems. Winners received a pine tree to take home and plant as well as the opportunity to read their poems […]

The Seneca High School Choral Department presents “Sounds of the Season” on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 8pm. The program will feature the Women’s Chorus, Men’s Chorus, Honors Women’s Chorus, Honors Chorale and Madrigal Singers. The concert will open with the Madrigal Singers singing “Merry Christmas Madrigal” from the balcony of Seneca Baptist Church. The Women’s Chorus will present a selection […]