Category: News

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 […]

In the next couple of weeks, you will be hearing a lot about the Greater Oconee County Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming membership directory. In years past, the Chamber has had an online directory for all of our members to be listed with contact information. At this time, the Chamber feels there is great value in having a physical publication that […]

A late freeze has claimed part of the Upstate peach crop, but strawberries have dodged the bullet and may provide a much-needed infusion of cash for fruit farmers.  The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that peach farmers in parts of the Upstate lost much their crop to a mid-April freeze. “We have some small peach growers that are 100% […]

Clemson University and Adobe will work together to enable campus-wide access to Adobe’s world-class Creative Cloud tools for all Clemson faculty, staff and students, effective immediately. In addition to the Creative Cloud software, Adobe will invest in an innovative, state-of-the-art Adobe Digital Studio to be housed in Clemson’s R.M. Cooper Library. The studio will serve as a teaching, training and collaboration environment to support […]