Category: News

Clemson University police arrested a student in connection with three dry-ice bombs that exploded Sunday night in Thornhill Village on campus.  University police report 21-year old Kaleb Donald Williams, a junior from Woodruff, was charged with manufacturing and using a destructive device, which is a felony. He was arrested at 10:30pm Sunday and was released Monday on a $2,000 personal […]

The small-business community exhibited an overwhelmingly negative response to the presidential election through a dramatic drop in owner confidence, reported by the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Optimism Index. In one of the lowest readings in survey history, the Index dropped 5.6 points, bottoming out at 87.5.  The two major events in November were the national elections and […]

Clemson University ranked fourth in the nation on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top 10 schools with the highest percentage of students who hold internships or co-op positions. The list ranks schools where the majority of students held internships during their undergraduate studies. Based on data from the 2010-2011 academic year, 67% of Clemson’s graduating seniors held […]

Clemson University and NASA are asking students to design a mission to an asteroid. This is the second year in which NASA, Clemson University and other members of the NASA Human Health and Performance Center are challenging students in the sixth through eighth grades to dream of going where no one has gone before. The contest is open to teams of […]

South Carolina law requires that each school district in the state provide the South Carolina Department of Education with a copy of its annual audit report for the prior fiscal year.  Reports must be in conformity with the statewide accounting system and the South Carolina Department of Education Financial Accounting Handbook. The external auditing firm of Stancil, Cooley, Estep, & […]

Congratulations to Seneca High School’s Wesley Grant for receiving the honor of November’s Student Athlete of the Month, sponsored by Ralph’s Trophy Shop.  Wesley is a junior ranked in the top 15% of his class.  He is a hard worker and is well respected by his teachers and peers. Seneca High School’s Varsity Men’s Basketball Coach Kevin Padgett said, “Wesley has […]

Seneca High School junior, Emily Barber has been presented with the Heart of a Champion Award from the Foothills Area Fellowship of Christian Athletes.  FCA believes that for every student athlete to be successful in sports and in life, we must strive daily to uphold FCA’s four core values: integrity, service, teamwork and excellence.  FCA seeks to recognize a student athlete […]

This week, United States Attorney Bill Nettles’ Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee hosted the annual Strom Thurmond Awards for Excellence in Law Enforcement Luncheon.  More than 130 state, local and federal law enforcement officials attended the awards luncheon. The following South Carolina law enforcement officers received the 2012 awards: City – Chief Randall G.  Scott, Columbia Police Department; County – Major […]

The failure of a new piece of equipment is traced to a sewage leak this week between Seneca and Clemson. According to Bob Winchester, executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, the failure of an air relief valve at a pump station on Wells Highway behind Blue Ridge Orthopedics caused a sewer spill of an estimated 10,000 gallons. Within […]

An Oconee County civil lawsuit five years in the pre-trial stage got a form of rejuvenation this week when a judge gave all parties 90 days to come to agreement on when the case will reach the courtroom. Circuit Judge Lawton McIntosh will allow a new attorney to become familiar with all that is involved in the case titled McMahan […]