Category: News

The man who designed the tiger paw logo for Clemson University has died. The university said 83-year-old John Antonio died Thursday in Greenville after a long battle with cancer. Antonio was with an advertising firm in 1970 when he was asked to design a new logo for the Clemson Tigers. He noticed that most other Tiger logos across the country […]

Area Development magazine, a national, leading economic development publication, has awarded South Carolina with its 2013 Silver Shovel award for the state’s economic development efforts last year.  Area Development magazine recognizes states in four population categories that have recruited the highest quality and most jobs per capita, which have broken ground in the previous year. This year marks the eighth year of […]

A new survey reveals 55% of American workers say that they are overweight and 41% say that they have gained weight at their present jobs. According to the survey, people in high stress professions or who work long hours behind a desk were the most likely to put on the pounds. Michael Erwin of CareerBuilder.com, which commissioned the Harris Inter-active […]

Government health officials have been looking at Americans’ visits to the emergency room and finds that one if five report at least one ER trip in the past year. Julia Holmes of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics explains the biggest reason for an ER visit for adults.  “The most common combined reason for […]

The SC Treasurer’s Office is providing a college savings plan, a Future Scholar 529 account, with an initial deposit of $529 for any child born in the Palmetto State on May 29, 2013.  The grant, according to the press release, is being provided through private funding sources.  Future Scholar is a qualified 529 College Savings Plan that gives you a smarter […]

Cogongrass, an invasive weed that threatens natural habitats, finds its mug shot on South Carolina billboards posted by the Department of Plant Industry, a part of Clemson University’s regulatory division. The campaign asks citizens to identify and report the pest to authorities so it can be eradicated.  Cogongrass is in its bloom stage right now, so it is in its […]

A Clemson University team of biosystems engineering faculty and students won the $5,000 second-place prize in the ACC Clean Energy Challenge. Named Brewcovery, the team created a plan for converting food and brewery waste into sustainable products for growing grains and energy crops. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the ACC Clean Energy Challenge is a competition for students from […]

The WorkLink Workforce Investment Board has named Ronnie Allen to the position of Executive Director. Allen will serve as chief operating officer of WorkLink, whose mission is to connect companies and employees in Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties. Allen joins WorkLink with extensive experience in the manufacturing workforce area.  As Human Resources Director with a major manufacturer, he connected local […]

A Pickens County man will spend the next 12-years in prison.  Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins announces that a judge sentenced Edgar Bartholmen Merrifield to 12 years in prison after being convicted of committing or attempting a lewd act on a child. According to Solicitor Wilkins, evidence presented at trial established that Merrifield on multiple occasions touched a child on […]

Oconee County School Food Services will offer meal services this summer.  These feeding services will provide free lunches at the Seneca Middle School Gymnasium.  One lunch per customer per day.  You must be a resident of Oconee County and you must be 18 years of age or younger. The seamless summer feeding programs runs June 10 thru July 26; however, the program […]