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“I’ve done the best I could do” – Maddox on retirement
To retirement, the 10th circuit will lose one of its three-resident judges. Cordell Maddox of Anderson, approaching 23 years on the bench, is timing his retirement for December 31 – although he’ll likely accept occasional assignments as a fill-in judge. The reasons for stepping down Maddox is explaining in an interview airing on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.
Launch Into College Offers Intensive Courses for Incoming Freshmen
Lander University has given almost 60 students the chance to knock out a few classes through an intensive five-week program meant to help with the transition from high school to college. Launch Into College has allowed students to take an English and a math class while living on campus during...
Anderson University to be Higher Education Home for Worldwide Human Rights Organization
This fall, billboards featuring the image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will rise across South Carolina, inviting people to find the “antidote for hate, violence and division in our world.”. Central to that initiative is ShareDream.org, a timely and refreshing resource for people from all walks of life,...
Blue Ridge Electric Contractor injured in workplace accident
A contractor was hospitalized after an on the job accident in Anderson County, Monday afternoon. Blue Ridge Electric says, a contractor working for them and Upcountry Fiber encountered a live electrical line while working on broadband services.
Cardboard boat racing one of many events of Family Day at Broadway Lake, see the photos
The 12th annual Family Day at Broadway Lake, one of the last significant free summer events in Anderson County before the first week of school, was held on an overcast Saturday morning, July 20. It featured the Carolina Show Ski Team, locally homemade cardboard boats racing to the finish, food trucks, a children's face painting and craft booth, Broadway Lake Baptist Church offering free water and snacks, and Anderson County PAWS.
Clemson professor patents new varieties of peaches
CLEMSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A Clemson professor has filed patents on three new peach varieties in an effort to strengthen South Carolina’s peach industry. Ksenija Gasic grew up in Serbia in surrounded by vineyards and fruit trees. As a doctoral student, she researched the germplasm of peaches in...
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