Lauren Pierce

CLEMSON — Clemson University is moving forward with plans for a new student housing community on the former Johnstone Hall site, with trustees approving the first phase of the $175 million project during meetings last week.

CLEMSON — Clemson University is offering eligible employees a payout equivalent to nine months of base pay if they choose to leave the university under a voluntary separation program.

CLEMSON — Clemson University's Board of Trustees approved a series of academic changes Friday, including a new School of Biology, Genetics and Biomedicine, three management-related degree programs and new certificates.

WALHALLA — Walhalla City Council voted Tuesday to develop a policy that would bring prayer back to council meetings.

CLEMSON — For 33 years, Clemson University students have turned homecoming week into an opportunity to build more than school spirit, constructing homes for local families through an annual partnership with Pickens County Habitat for Humanity.

SENECA — As the holiday season approaches, Kimbrell's Furniture in Seneca is getting ready to help local families prepare their homes for Thanksgiving gatherings, Christmas celebrations and football-season get-togethers.

SENECA — From after-school care and summer day camp to cancer survivorship and exercise programs, the Foothills Area YMCA's annual golf tournament helps make sure everyone can access services regardless of their ability to pay.

WALHALLA — Walhalla City Council recognized the city's fire and police departments Tuesday for their response to the Sept. 17 downtown fire, honoring the first responders who worked through dangerous conditions to protect the community.

SENECA — When Amy Cheff walks through the doors of the Prisma Health Cancer Institute in Seneca, she remembers what it felt like to be the patient sitting in the treatment chair 12 years ago, uncertain of what the future might hold.

CLEMSON — With Halloween approaching, headstones and cemeteries may bring to mind spooky stories and ghostly encounters. But for stonecutter David Gillespie, the inscriptions carved into those stones offer a window into history.