Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
With the first home Clemson Tigers football game of the season on Saturday, Sept. 1, verses Furman, the City of Clemson announces that College Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic between Keith Street and Highway 93 on Friday nights between 9pm and 3am. This is being done as a safety measure, says Clemson Mayor JC Cook. “Over the past […]
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The number of adolescents who are up to date on HPV vaccination, meaning they started and completed the HPV vaccine series, increased five percentage points from 2016 to 2017, according to results from a national survey published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). In 2017, nearly 66% of adolescents aged 13-17 years received the first dose to start […]
Read moreThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers and pet owners not to use drug products, including homeopathic drug products, made by King Bio Inc., Asheville, N.C., and labeled as Dr. King’s, as these products may pose a safety risk to people (especially infants, children, pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems), as well as pets due to […]
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The City of Clemson announces that city offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 3, 2018 in observance of Labor Day. CATbus will run regular routes and garbage and recycling will run as normal as well.
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The Clemson City Council holds a workshop tonight to discuss proposed changes to the land development regulations, explains Clemson Mayor JC Cook. “Well, the land development regulations basically lay out how we want subdivisions to be built with tree canopies, sidewalks, street widths and that sort of thing. This is something we have had on our plate for a couple […]
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The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) is now taking entries for the Annie E. Casey Foundation KIDS COUNT Data Center Video Contest. This year the first place winner receives $1,000. To enter, RTDNA student members should create a short video on the topic of research has shown that being proficient in reading by the 4th grade and in math […]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces that additional assistance has been made available for pecan growers to replant and replace trees through the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) as they recover from the impacts of 2017 weather events, which was made available by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018. “Pecan orchards were hard hit in by storms in 2017. I […]
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The South Carolina Education Lottery announces that Lynnette Crolley, Senior IT Coordinator, was honored with the lottery industry’s top award. Crolley accepted the 2018 Powers Award at a North American Association of State and Provincial Lottery’s ceremony held recently in Orlando, Florida. “I want to congratulate Lynnette on this well-deserved accolade,” said Hogan Brown, Executive Director of the South Carolina […]
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Clemson Mayor JC Cook is praising the city’s police force for a job well done Monday afternoon in apprehending a bank robber. “Our Police Department did a magnificent job of getting the bank robber captured and in jail. I don’t think he got to hold the money for more than an hour at the most, so that just goes to […]
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It will soon be much cooler to ride a bus in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC). Ten new buses have been order to replace older buses and the new ones come complete with air-conditioning, says Associate Superintendent of Administration Steve Hanvey. “We’re excited that the state has allocated us ten buses for this year that will replace ten […]
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