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Clemson University has a new chief academic officer. Starting September 16, Robert Jones becomes Clemson University’s first executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. His role is to provide leadership for the university’s undergraduate and graduate programs, academic support programs, research and public service activities. Jones was selected after a national search that drew roughly 400 nominations and applications. […]

The Westminster Music Hall regrettably announces the cancellation of The Shawn James Band concert on August 9. The next concert scheduled at the Westminster Music Hall is August 15 at 8pm, when the Hall welcomes back The Adkins and Loudermilk Band for an evening of bluegrass music. Admission is $15.

Oconee County Schools announces its participation in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program for the 2014-2015 school year. All registered students in the School District of Oconee County are eligible to participate in the programs, which are awarded benefits based on family size and income. A completed application for the 2014-2015 school year must be returned […]

The ribbon is officially cut on a new real estate company in Seneca today. The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce announces that Tri-County Properties will host its official grand opening from 3-6pm with a special ribbon cutting at 4:30pm, explains Oconee County Chamber executive director Jillian Lusk. “Tri-County Properties is a newer real estate company that is here in town. […]

A job fair is planned for Thursday in Seneca. Stratosphere Quality is hosting a job fair from 9am to 1pm at the SC Works office in Seneca. Stratosphere Quality is looking for Quality Inspectors. The pay rate is $9 an hour. The job fair takes places at the SC Works office in Seneca, located at 104 Vocational Drive.

A shooting is under investigation by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. It occurred in the northern part of the county on Tuesday afternoon. Deputies responded to a report of a shooting at 4:15pm on Burrell Drive in Tamassee. When they arrived, they found one gunshot victim, who was treated by EMS and flown by helicopter to Greenville Health Systems. A […]

Deputies of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis are investigating a Westminster homicide after a man was found dead inside his home on Tuesday. Deputies were called to a residence on Jefferson Drive in the Foxwood Hills neighborhood around 4:30pm. When deputies arrived, they found a man dead. Addis identified the victim as 71-year-old Donald […]

A 2-year-old boy was transported to the hospital after he was found at the bottom of a pool in Clemson on Tuesday. Emergency crews were called to the Camelot Subdivision off Issaqueena Trail around 7pm after receiving a 911 call about the child in a private residential pool. Family and a Clemson Police Officer performed CPR until EMS arrived. The […]

Clemson Police are investigating after a missing man was found dead in Lake Hartwell. Pickens County Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan identified the man as James Davis of Clemson. Police said he was reported missing on Tuesday afternoon. His body was found floating in Lake Hartwell at the border of Pickens and Oconee counties along Highway 123. His body was taken […]

Clemson University Police have charged three men in connection with the theft of a large piece of printing equipment from the school. Campus police arrested and charged 57-year-old Ronnie Young, 48-year-old Elmer Garner and 25-year-old Tyson Reese with grand larceny more than $10,000. The university said the charges stem from the theft of a piece of printing equipment from a […]