Oconee School District plans to welcome Dr. Mick Zais, state superintendent, during a visit by Zais today to three county schools. The visits are planned this morning at Tamassee-Salem Elementary and Walhalla Middle School. Zais’s final stop will be the Hamilton Career Center, where the school district will treat the state’s education leader to lunch…
A police chase that began in Walhalla ended minutes later and miles from town in the death of the man being chased. Coroner Karl Addis said Cleve Phillips of Pitts Road, Walhalla died when he lost control of his pickup truck on the gravel portion of Oconee Station Road, struck an embankment and overturned. Phillips…
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd was named ACC Offensive Back of the Week after throwing for a school-record 428 yards and five touchdowns in the Tigers’ 42-13 win over Wake Forest. The Tigers’ Sammy Watkins, who hauled in eight of Boyd’s passes for a school-record 202 yards and one touchdown, received ACC Receiver of the Week…
Governor Nikki Haley today updated what South Carolina is doing to combat the major cyber attack in which someone was able to access files of the Department of Revenue that include Social Security numbers and financial information of more than three and half million state residents. Haley says since Friday and the first public announcement…
The congregants at Walhalla’s St. Luke United Methodist Church heard a message of “Making the Invisible, Visible” as delivered yesterday by Tracy Pender, chair for Native American Ministries. Those who heard Pender’s message included several visitors, such as Nancy Basket, Lori and John Hall of Pickens, and various members of the Cherokee Bear Clan. After…
Georgia Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich has been named Clemson’s new athletic director, to replace Terry Don Phillips, who is set to retire next summer. Radokovich has spent six years with the Yellow Jackets. He has also been an athletic administrator at South Carolina and LSU.
