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Team 343 has $5,000 more reasons to be ready for their next competition.  Larry Smith, plant manager for Schneider Electric presented a check to Mike Pearson, Director of the Hamilton Career Center for the robotics team. Mark Jones, an engineer with Schneider Electric mentors the Robotics Team 343 and was instrumental in encouraging Schneider Electric to continue its support of […]

On May 2, 24 PLTW Biomedical Innovations students from Hamilton Career Center presented their Final Independent Research Projects. This was the first year that students had the opportunity to partner with Clemson University Bioengineering Department and Greenville Health System. Professors in the Bioengineering department, along with graduate students and post-graduate assistants, served as mentors for the high school students as […]

U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles announces that 22 federal, state and local leaders have entered into an alliance to identify and protect drug-endangered children in the State of South Carolina. The South Carolina Alliance for Drug Endangered children includes professionals; various law enforcement agencies, social services specialists, child advocates, prosecutors, physicians, firefighters, and local community groups, who are striving for an […]

A new survey says 78% of Americans carry less than $50 in cash on a daily basis, 49% carry $20 or less each day and 9%, who don’t carry any cash at all. Only 7% of Americans typically carry $100 or more. Bankrate.com Senior Financial Analyst Greg McBride gives details.  “I think for a lot of people it is a […]

Anderson Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that sent one man to the hospital on Sunday, where he later died.  Authorities report that a 911 call came in around 3pm in which the caller stated a man had been shot while walking down South Manning Street near South Franklin Street. Officers arrived to find a man shot in the chest. Witnesses […]

Seneca Police arrested a 49-year-old man as he sat in a chair inside a West North 1st Street barber’s shop. Sister station WGOG reports that Fountain Inn resident Antron Dendorick Earle was charged with distribution of crack cocaine on both January 23 and 30. In each instance, the arrest affidavits allege that Earle distributed crack cocaine to undercover operatives working […]

An Anderson County accident that involved a car and a truck sent one driver to the hospital. State troopers say Thursday afternoon’s accident on Highway 24 near the twin bridges was a head-on crash that injured 19-year-old Harley Dylan Suttles of Anderson. Suttles required a medical flight to AnMed Health Center. According to the state patrol, Suttles was issued a […]

Grab your bike and get ready to ride.  This year’s Rally in the Valley is planned for May 24 at 8am from Calyx Farms, located at 6181 North Highway 11 in Walhalla.  Registration ends May 22 at 2:59pm on the website, www.oconeeforever.org/rallyvalley.  This year’s event features BBQ, bluegrass and craft beer.  The ride winds through scenic rural roads in the […]

On Friday, a Clemson University student receives her master’s degree and plans to pay off her student loans and establish a scholarship with $100,000 she won for developing manufacturing software.  Valerie Pezzullo won first place in the MTConnect Challenge 2 for an application that detects vibrations in metal-cutting machines so that corrections can be made before parts are damaged. Pezzullo […]

All students entering seventh grade must receive or have already received a dose of Tdap vaccine on or after their seventh birthday to protect them from pertussis also known as whooping cough. Your child’s school will need a South Carolina Certificate of Immunization showing that he or she has received this newly required Tdap vaccine. Students who have not had […]