Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated today that 47-year-old Phillip Asher, a/k/a “Phillip Reynolds,” of Atlanta, Georgia, has entered a guilty plea in federal court in Columbia, South Carolina, to wire fraud. United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis accepted the guilty plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by […]
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The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County will be conducting the City of Clemson Municipal Election on Nov. 6, 2018. This is a nonpartisan election and no party affiliation shall be placed on the ballot. Three Clemson City Council Seats are on the ballot. Registered voters who have lived in and have been a resident of this […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed the nation’s first Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS). Launched in collaboration with the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), the VEHSS is designed to help health care professionals, researchers, policymakers, and state health departments better understand the scope of vision loss, eye disorders, and eye care services in the […]
Read moreThe Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on Sept. 20, 2018 (primary date) or October 3, 2018 (secondary date). The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 PM EDT and the EAS portion follows at 2:20pm. […]
Read moreSCAlert cancelled the Endangered Person Advisory Tuesday afternoon for 82-year-old William Howard Jones Sr. of Greenville. He was located safe in North Carolina. He went missing Monday around 11:15am and SLED issued an endangered person notification for him Monday night as he suffers from dementia and other health problems.
Read moreA Seneca teenager sits behind bars on two counts of attempted murder. The Central Police Department reports that 17-year-old Kevin Bernard Holden shot at two people over the weekend, injuring both of them. The incident occurred in the early-morning hours on Sunday at an address on Amanda Drive. Officers with the Central Police Department responded to the scene and discovered […]
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announces that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a short-term relief strategy to protect agricultural producers while the Administration works on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals to open more markets in […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is update its investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks. Since June 8, 88 more people have been reported ill, bringing the total to 212 people from 44 states with 34 of those ill people being hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. […]
Read moreAs chair of the Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee, State Senator Thomas Alexander says workforce development is a major priority. “Workforce development is a priority for me and it is exciting to be a part of that from that standpoint of helping to make sure that we are providing what is necessary for our citizens now and in the future […]
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To what extent can Oconee County come to the rescue of troubled Utica? District Three Oconee County Councilman Paul Cain has a special interest in Utica, where life in the 20th century revolved around a now closed textile plant. “That is an area in my district, but it is not just important to District Three, just outside Seneca, but it […]
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