Category: News

Roper Mountain Science Center, a facility of Greenville County Schools, announces that the following School District of Oconee County teachers have been selected to attend the Science P.L.U.S. Institute during the summer of 2014.  From Northside Elementary Laura Land, Eddie Chavis from Seneca Middle, from Tamassee-Salem Middle and High Patricia Childress, Sandy Whiteford from Walhalla Middle and Lisa Curry and […]

An Anderson man caught a near record-breaking flathead catfish in a local river on Wednesday.  The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reports that Danny Aderhold reeled in the catfish weighing over 79 pounds, 9.6 ounces while fishing in the Cooper River.  Although his catch is technically the state’s largest, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said it must beat the […]

Today, drinking remains highly prevalent on college campuses worldwide. A new study looked at how effective a web-based screening and intervention program was for reducing unhealthy alcohol use among college students on a national scale. “This study was done amongst a sample of students who exhibited fairly moderate to heavy drinking.” Dr. Nicholas Horton from Amherst College and co-authors used […]

Non-profit organizations that serve senior citizens in both Oconee and Anderson counties have jobs to offer.  Those jobs will be showcased during an event on April 2 in Anderson hosted by SENIOR Solutions. The open positions available cover many of the non-profit organizations and all involve close work with senior citizens.  They include drivers, home care aides, adult day care […]

South Carolina ranks as the #1 state in the nation for women killed by men; 1 in 5 female college students are sexually assaulted; 1 in 4 women are the victims of domestic violence; and over 50% of middle and high school girls experience sexual harassment in school. Historically, the movement to end violence against women has been led chiefly […]

U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey is making an appearance at a festival at Clemson University. Trethewey is the featured author at this year’s 7th Annual Clemson Literary Festival. She is scheduled to give a reading and book signing at the Clemson University Alumni Center tonight at 8pm.  Trethewey, a professor of English and creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta, won the Pulitzer […]

Clemson University will celebrate the role research plays, on campus and beyond, during the month of April with activities highlighting the academic excellence and scholarship of its students and faculty. Research and Innovation Month kicks off Monday with a thesis competition that will challenge research students to communicate the significance of their projects to a non-specialist audience in just three minutes. Other […]

The Driving SCIENCE-Saving Teenage Lives program has been awarded a $53,500 grant from the American Honda Foundation. The program developed by Clemson University’s College of Engineering and Science, exposes teachers to the best practices for improving student achievement and promoting awareness of motor sports careers. It was developed with grants from DuPont, Safety-Kleen and EcoPower and in partnership with the Clemson […]

The South Carolina House approved a bill Wednesday that would officially put the State Election Commission in charge of the state’s future presidential primaries. Until 2008, South Carolina’s political parties ran and paid for their presidential nominating contests. However, legislators put the state agency in charge that year and approved one-time funding. After strong debate in 2011, lawmakers included language in the […]

It is now official. Barring a last-minute entry, Republican Governor Nikki Haley will once again face Democratic State Senator Vincent Sheheen in the race for governor. Both Haley and Sheheen officially filed to run in the 2014 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election this week. The two squared off in 2010, Haley received 51% to Sheheen’s 47%.  Most experts put the governor […]