Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
(Seneca, SC)—————Work has begun on the project to expand the workforce training center at South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation on Wells Highway here in Seneca. The expansion will increase the square footage of the training center as well as adding a new roof on the facility. At the ground breaking that occurred a couple of weeks ago, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)—————–An Associate English professor from Clemson University will receive support from the National Endowment for the Humanities through the agency’s latest round of grants and fellowships. Michael LeMahieu been awarded a $60,000 fellowship to continue work on his book project, entitled “Reconstructing Civil War Memory in American Literature After Brown v. Board of Education ” LeMahieu’s fellowship is part […]
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(Seneca, SC)———-Both the Clemson Tigers and the South Carolina Gamecocks made their respective conference postseason baseball tournaments that begin play this week. Clemson won two out of three games against Wake Forest this past weekend. The Tigers are the 8th seed overall in the ACC Baseball Tournament and were placed in Pool A, along with Atlantic Division Champion and overall […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)——The South Carolina Attorney General’s office has announced that Silent Tears plans to donate $5 million dollars to fund capital needs of organizations statewide that assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Silent Tears, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s office, was formed to systematically address the complex issues associated with child sexual […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)—————–Clemson University has announced that the University’s media units will transition from the Division of Student Affairs to the University’s communications department beginning July 1st. The organizations include Tigervision, Clemson’s TV network; The Tiger, the university’s student-run newspaper; the Pendulum, an international affairs magazine; the Tiger Town Observer, a political news journal; The Chronicle, Clemson’s student art and literary […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)—–CATbus or Clemson Area Transit held a ribbon cutting and celebration at their facility in Clemson to welcome the addition of ten electric powered buses to replace ten diesel buses in their fleet. Among the speakers at yesterday event was Oconee State Senator Thomas Alexander, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander and Clemson Mayor J.C. Cook. After the ceremony, Keith Moody, […]
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(Seneca, SC)———————————–Earlier this week, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw gave a presentation on the Pursuit Alert App to those gathered at a luncheon of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce. After the luncheon, the Sheriff discussed budgetary issues involving the Sheriff’s Office for the next fiscal year. While the employees of the Sheriff’s Office will reportedly see a 4% salary […]
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(Seneca, SC)———————On Wednesday, U.S. Senator and Seneca native Lindsey Graham held a press conference on Capitol Hill to introduce legislation called the Secure and Protect Act of 2019 in regards to the issues of border security and immigration. During his press conference, Senator Graham was asked about the continuing tensions between the United States and Iran. The Senator made it […]
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(Seneca, SC)———–The office for Third District U.S. Congressman Jeff Duncan issued a release this week sharing their Community Office Hours. The Community Office Hours will give constituents an opportunity to seek assistance on any issue involving a federal agency or discuss issues of concern. Next Wednesday, May 22nd, the Community Office Hours will be held here in Oconee County at […]
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(Seneca, SC)————-The Oconee County Humane Society will be having a pet adoption event this weekend at the PetSmart location. The hours for the Pet Adoption Event is tomorrow from 10am until 5pm and Sunday from 10:30am until 2:30pm. Some dogs will be available for adoption at a cost of $25. All pets are spayed or neutered, micro chipped and have […]
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