Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study

Clemson has been named a location for one of seven drop-in meetings to help develop goals and priorities for the future of transportation in the region called GPAT–the Greenville-Pickens Area Transportation Study.  Anyone living within the region is welcome to attend any of the meetings.  Clemson’s drop-in meeting will be 4 to 7 pm Thursday, July 21 at the Littlejohn […]

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Polly Ferguson

Seneca, SC — Polly Elizabeth Ferguson, 30, daughter of Jeffrey Craig Ferguson and Lou Ellen Bearden Ferguson, of Seneca, SC, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.   A visitation will be conducted from 6:00 PM- 8:00 PM, Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at Davenport Funeral Home.   In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Davenport Funeral Home: In […]

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Bernarda Lopez de Pineda

    Walhalla, SC ——-We announce the departure of Bernarda Lopez de Pineda (Naya), our dear Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and friend. She left us peacefully in the Lords arms on June 25, 2022 at the age of 87, surrounded by family and friends. Naya was born on February 25, 1935, immediately bringing happiness into this world. She was passionate […]

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Rabid bat found near W. Union

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a bat found near Oconee Creek Road and Edward Dorsey Drive in West Union, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. No people are known to have been exposed at this time. One cat was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. The […]

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Sounding off on the local economy

The Clemson Economic Development Advisory Committee will hear from a university department chair on the state of the economy and its impact locally.  Dr. Scott Baier’s presentation will be given 12:30 pm Tuesday, July 12 in city hall council chambers.  Baier chairs the Department of the John E. Walker Department of Economics at Clemson University.

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Person of interest in custody

A newspaper report in northeast Georgia indicates Hart County authorities have in custody a person of interest in their investigation of threats made against a manufacturing operation last week in the Gateway II Industrial Park.  The Hartwell Sun quotes Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland as saying progress has been made to trace the phone number used to make shooting threats […]

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In memory of a slain deputy sheriff

By order of the governor, flags on state buildings were lowered from sunrise to sunset yesterday in tribute to Deputy Austin Derek Aldridge of the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.  Aldridge died this month in the line of duty, as noted by Governor McMaster’s executive order, a man who dedicated his life to protect and serve the public.  Asides from the […]

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An urgent need to take-in pets

Kennels and foster homes for cats and dogs across Oconee are reported full and this, says the humane society, makes for an urgent need for more dog adopters and people willing to foster both dogs and kittens.  At noon each Wednesday, the Oconee Humane Society hosts a live Facebook session where people can learn more about a pet desperately searching […]

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