Category: News

Two Upstate municipalities are painting their towns purple this month in support of cancer awareness.  By official proclamations by Mayors JC Cook of Clemson and Frank Crenshaw of Pendleton, May 2014 is Paint the Town Purple Cancer Awareness Month. The City of Clemson will be displaying banners and large purple bows on the lampposts on College Avenue between Keith Street […]

The Seneca High School Bobcat Athletic Department is partnering with Booster Beds, who will be on campus the weekend of May 10 for a fundraiser.  The showroom will be set up in the SHS Cafeteria at the front of the school.  American Dream Crafter makes all mattresses in Greenville.  The Seneca Athletics and Booster Beds mattress sale takes place on May 10 from 9am […]

  Two days of track and field events are being celebrated at Seneca High School.  The Bobcats won the 2014 Western AAA Region Championships Thursday night.  After 17 events were scored, the Seneca Lady Cats captured 165 points, beating out Daniel with 159 points.  Similarly, the Seneca boys’ team beat out Daniel, 185.50 to 181, for the title.  In addition […]

After discussions to move the Wounded Warriors event to Norton-Thompson Park in downtown, the Seneca Events Committee has decided to move the event honoring veterans back to the Gignilliat Community Center.  Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson gives details.  “The Veterans Appreciation Night is something that the City is very excited about.  We were thinking about trying to put it in […]

The search for the shooter involved in a drive-by incident Friday morning in the City of Anderson is underway.  The Anderson Police Department reports the shooting occurred on East Orr Street around 4am.  Approximately 10 shots were fired into a home and car.  Fortunately, no one was injured.  Police report that a witness saw a red Buick drive away from […]

More than 118,000 South Carolina residents found health insurance through a health insurance marketplace between October and mid-April, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released state-by-state enrollment data Thursday for the exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. While the number exceeds the 96,000 enrollees that the Department of Health and Human Services projected for South Carolina, […]

Clemson University’s Army and Air Force ROTC units will hold a joint ceremony to commission 30-second lieutenants at 1:30pm on May 8 in the Tillman Hall auditorium.  Nineteen students will receive commissions into the U.S. Army and 11 will receive commissions into the U.S. Air Force. The ceremony will feature guest speaker Col. (Ret.) Rick Schwartz, a 1984 graduate of Lynchburg […]

Betsey Shira of Anderson has been honored with the Clemson University Board of Visitors Service Award. Shira is the administrative coordinator for the office of the vice president for finance and operations. She has worked for Clemson since 1991 and for the state of South Carolina for 46 years. Each year since 2006, the board has presented the award to […]

A laser show is being planned for SenecaFest 2014, the city’s annual celebration over Memorial Day weekend.  This week, the Seneca Events Committee approved a plan to add the show, explains Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson.  “It looks like we are going to do a laser show right after the John Anderson and Bellamy Brothers concerts at the Gignilliat Community […]

2014 college graduates should plan on living with mom and dad for a while. Research suggests job prospects will be grim for new graduates. Economist Heidi Shierholz says graduates are entering a down market. “The Class of 2014 is still entering a labor market that has pretty weak job prospects.” Many college graduates will not be able to find employment […]