Category: News

After a rainy summer, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander is hopeful that tourism will pick up this fall with the start of college football.  On Saturday, the Clemson Tigers kick off the 2013 season by hosting the Georgia Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium.  Mayor Alexander expects to see many people and is optimistic about the impact it will have on the local […]

A new hardwood gym floor will soon be installed at the City of Seneca’s Shaver Recreation Complex.  The City has received bids and Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander expects work to begin soon on the project.  “At Shaver we are getting ready to redo the gym floor and the stage area there is also being torn out and having another way […]

Tri-County Technical College recently released its new Schedule Booklet and Janelle Hicks, director of Health Care Programs for the Corporate and Community Education Division at Tri-County Technical College says there is still time to take a class, even if you did not get a Schedule Booklet.  “There times a year, we try to produce what we call our Schedule Booklet […]

Many employers are considering factors other than strong skills and experience when deciding who they will hire. A new CareerBuilder.com study looks at other traits that decide who gets hired. CareerBuilder’s Michael Erwin shared these thoughts via Skype.  “A good sense of humor, an eye for fashion or even knowledge of current events is really going to help you move […]

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Probably best remembered for the keynote speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the “I Have a Dream” speech.  However that dramatic speech was something that was unscripted, explains Clemson University Political Science Professor Dr. Joseph Stewart.  “It really is a momentous day in American […]

A new “walk zone” at the center of campus between the library and Calhoun Drive will help make a busy part of Clemson University safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.  The University Media Relations Office reports that people on bicycles, skateboards, skates and scooters must dismount as they pass through the walk zone, preventing collisions that could hurt pedestrians and riders […]

The Clemson University Board of Trustees has opened nominations for the Clemson Medallion through October 4th. The Clemson Medallion is the highest honor conferred upon an individual by Clemson University. It is presented to individuals who have rendered notable and significant service and support to Clemson University and who exemplify the dedication and foresight of university founder Thomas Green Clemson. Nominees […]

Police in the City of Clemson are searching for a man suspected in a number of recent thefts.  Clemson Police Chief Jimmy Dixon said that 24-year-old Chadwick Marion Abercrombie stands charged with one count of grand larceny for the theft of a motorcycle valued at more than $10,000.  He is also believed to be involved in over 30 additional thefts […]

Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas says he expects to be back soon once the procedure and recovery are over.  Dr. Lucas is preparing for a heart valve replacement.  He released this statement after the announcement that he’s taking medical leave of one to two months: “It seems I have a congenital defect of my aortic valve (which is […]

Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas is taking a medical leave from the district.  School Board of Trustees Chairman Andy Inabinet released this comment in a news release, “Dr. Lucas will be on medical leave beginning September 5.  Following heart valve replacement, he is expected to be on leave one to two months. The Board of Trustees announces that […]