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Three outstanding College of Science students are Clemson University’s winners of the 2019 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, a premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. They are Laura McCann, a chemistry major; Erin Mihealsick, a genetics and biochemistry major; and Benjamin Slimmer, a physics major. They each will receive one-year scholarships that will cover […]

At their meeting tonight, Oconee school trustees will accept public comment—good, bad, or indifferent—on their new budget proposed for the next 12 months starting in July. Tonight’s hearing is also an opportunity for the public to pose questions on revenues and spending for 2019-2020. In all, the budget is projected at $106.7 million. The trustees will meet in a work […]

The program is set for the next meeting of the Sierra Club of the Foothills. Heyward Douglas will speak about the new viewing tower at the Sassafras Mountain in Pickens County. The public is invited. The meeting will be 7 o’clock Tuesday night, June 4 at the OLLI Building on the Thomas Green Boulevard in Clemson.

Two Oconee County women missing since last winter remain a concern of law enforcement, as well as to their loved ones. Pamela Faith Roach and Laura Ann Anders were reported missing the first week in February. Today Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said, “Our investigators continue to follow up on leads on a daily basis. We are concerned that no cell phone […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office is announcing three available spots for families to register their loved ones with Project Life saver. The program is designed for those with a tendency to wander. Participants are given tracking bracelets to be worn at all times, so that in the event they get lost and require rescue, they can be found by paramedics and law […]

Pickens County detectives have charged two children in the incident Wednesday involving a school bus in Six Mile. The children are 11 and 15 years old. The two were identified  after interviewing Bridwell Road neighbors. Information collected corroborates that the bus window was damaged after being shot by an air gun that uses compressed air cartridges as the propellant for […]

In spite of damage from a December snowfall and the effects of wicked rain storms, the hiking trail that connects the Table Rock and Oconee state parks is primed for a new season of hikers. Heyward Douglass of the Foothills Trail Conference and other volunteers were engaged as late as this week in maintenance. The size of some of the […]

Clemson commencement ceremonies continue today at Littlejohn Coliseum. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will recognize graduates in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences and College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences and the 2:30 p.m. ceremony will be for students in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities and College of Science.

Family and friends of the late Jackye Murphy gathered last weekend at Tri-County Technical College to honor the life of a loved one and to celebrate the endowment of a new scholarship that honors her life’s mission. Murphy, who was a Hartwell, Georgia resident and an Early Care and Education instructor at the College, lost her battle with cancer in […]

Students at the latest school shootings in the U-S could be heard to chant: “Mental health, mental health….” Those shootings occurred Tuesday at a Colorado school. The Walhalla area member of Oconee School Board, Joe Rukat, has been vocal in questioning and pressing the local district to hire more mental health counselors. Through cooperation from the state’s regional mental health […]