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A man has been charged with murder after shooting another man with a shotgun following an argument Thursday night in Central. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office reports that 53-year-old Benjamin Anthony Vinson stands charged with murder and possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime after a shooting incident on Moser Trail. Deputies say Vinson argued with the […]

Clemson University psychology professor Robin Kowalski is among the finalists for the 2014 S.C. Governor’s Professor of the Year Award. The award is presented each year to a professor representing the state’s senior public and independent universities and one representing the state’s two-year colleges. This is the 26th year of the award presentation. Kowalski’s research interests include cyberbullying; aversive interpersonal behaviors, […]

The Eugene T. Moore Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at Clemson University, Jane Clark Lindle, is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in Research from the American Educational Research Association’s Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership Special Interest Group. The award recognizes a distinguished record of excellence in research related to teaching and learning in educational leadership […]

Clemson University marketing professor Charles Duke has been selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marketing Educators Association. The award is bestowed for long-term excellence in marketing education and long-term service and support for the organization above and beyond the ordinary. The award is presented when the occasion arises and has been given only three other times since […]

South Carolina residents are being warned about another phone scam.  The Department of Health and Environmental Control says someone is calling recent surgery patients and claiming to be a DHEC employee in an effort to fraudulently obtain personal information. The caller reportedly contacts citizens and asks about recent surgeries, saying the citizen might be eligible for reimbursement. DHEC has referred […]

A Clemson University employee was arrested Thursday in connection with the unauthorized use of a student’s Tiger Stripe debit card. Campus police arrested 47-year-old Jimmy Ray Oglesby of Townville, who worked for University Housing.  He was charged with felony financial transaction card theft and misdemeanor financial transaction card fraud valued at $500 or less in a six-month period. He was […]

Ten days after a motor vehicle accident on West Queen Street in Pendleton, the driver has died.  Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley reports that 28-year-old Raymond Hanks III of Anderson died at Greenville Hospital System Tuesday night around 7:15pm.  He died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head sustained in the single vehicle accident on April 12 […]

An 81-year-old man reported missing from Easley has been located after walking into a museum in Canton, NC on Thursday. Pickens County deputies said the family of Robert Price notified deputies Wednesday night that they received a concerning call from Price, who claimed to be lost and thought he may be somewhere in Georgia. On Thursday afternoon, an employee of the Canton […]

A hilarious play opens this Friday at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium. “Always A Bridesmaid”, a brand-new Jones Hope and Wooten comedy, runs this weekend and next weekend.  Walhalla Civic Auditorium executive director Bill Chiusano gives details. “In this hilarious new show, four high school friends made a vow to be in each other’s weddings no matter what. Little did they know, […]

The Walhalla High School project remains on track. Oconee County Schools Assistant Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland gives details. “Construction continues to progress very well at the Walhalla High School site and we are still on target for our August of 2015 opening.” Construction of the new Walhalla High School on the west side of Highway 11 is projected to be […]