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Schools face possibility of more budget cuts
Published 11/20/2009 at 7:49 p.m. 3 Comments
Anderson County school districts face the possibility of further budget cuts following another reduction in state revenue projections from the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors.
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Rivalry, teamwork come into play as students build robots
Published 11/20/2009 at 7:29 p.m.
'It's a light-hearted competition, but it can get intense.'
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Charges filed in school bus fight in Anderson
Published 11/20/2009 at 6:08 p.m. 1 Comment
A 14-year-old girl has been charged with assaulting another girl on a school bus.
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Report says cutting dropout rate would add billions to economy
Published 11/19/2009 at 7:23 p.m.
A new report says the U.S. economy would increase by billions of dollars if the number of high school dropouts was cut in half.
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South Carolina ranks 2nd in online learning
Updated 11/18/2009 at 7:51 p.m.
A national organization ranks South Carolina second in the country for its online learning programs.
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Bill would make it illegal to text while driving
Published 11/18/2009 at 7:46 p.m. 14 Comments
TTUL8R, just not while UR drivin’
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A garden pond helps students learn as they teach
Updated 11/18/2009 at 6:48 p.m.
It started last week with a talk about ponds and a few shovels full of dirt.
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Writing flourishes on walls at Starr Iva Elementary School
Updated 11/18/2009 at 5:57 p.m.
At every turn throughout the school, pieces written by sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students cover the walls.
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Digging up science: Elementary students use spoons and brushes to reveal artifacts
Published 11/17/2009 at 6:49 p.m.
Third-graders get hands-on science lesson
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Some Anderson-area politicians say impeachment bill will die
Published 11/17/2009 at 6:22 p.m. 1 Comment
Several Anderson-area legislators said Tuesday that it would be foolish for lawmakers to pursue impeachment proceedings against embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
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Man dies of accident injuries after arrest in stabbing
Published 11/16/2009 at 7:55 p.m.
Hiram Belt Jr. of Williamston was arrested Saturday night on a charge of stabbing his son. Today, after he had been released, he was in a car wreck and died later in a hospital.
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Anderson District 5 to consider new courses
Updated 11/16/2009 at 6:44 p.m.
The Anderson School District 5 Board of Trustees will consider a new course and several new college credit courses at its meeting Tuesday.
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Anderson U. plans International Week
Published 11/15/2009 at 1:18 p.m.
Anderson University has students from five continents.
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Single-gender education is tops, according to survey
Published 11/15/2009 at 1:16 p.m. 1 Comment
Single-gender classes work in South Carolina, parents, students say
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Clemson plans business education center
Published 11/13/2009 at 5:38 p.m.
At a meeting today, Clemson University’s Board of Trustees approved leasing space to create a business education center in downtown Greenville.
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Lanes to be closed on I-85
Published 11/13/2009 at 5:36 p.m.
Travelers can expect to add at least 30 minutes to their trips on Interstate 85 over the next few weeks.
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Report ranks South Carolina schools 17th in the nation
Published 11/12/2009 at 8:19 p.m.
A national report about schools shows South Carolina’s reforms are on the right track, according to educators in the Anderson area and state officials.
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Movie crew brings excitement to rural Georgia town
Published 11/12/2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Up and down the street in Bowersville, Ga., more than 40 of the town’s 350 residents turned out to watch the lights, cameras and action.
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More budget cuts loom for schools
Updated 11/11/2009 at 6:33 p.m.
South Carolina schools, colleges and prisons will need to cut an additional $120 million from their budgets, state officials say.
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Gala to benefit Anderson church school
Updated 11/11/2009 at 5:30 p.m.
Members of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church are hoping that an evening in Tuscany will help them continue to fund the church’s private school.
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Students in Anderson County to celebrate Veterans Day
Published 11/10/2009 at 8:05 p.m.
While some adults may stay home to observe Veterans Day, children throughout Anderson County will be in school learning about the holiday.
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State buys rights to Anderson School District 5 curriculum
Published 11/10/2009 at 7:44 p.m. 5 Comments
School districts across South Carolina will now have access, through the state Department of Education, to the curriculum used in Anderson School District 5.
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Tri-County seeking $9 million in fundraising campaign
Published 11/10/2009 at 7:17 p.m.
Campaign will help school offset loss of state money
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Schools start vaccine clinics
Published 11/09/2009 at 9:25 p.m.
At 8 a.m. today, students at Flat Rock Elementary School started getting their flu shots.
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Starr Elementary students remember troops
Published 11/09/2009 at 7:46 p.m.
Children collecting to provide necessities for soldiers
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Emergency services division works to help Anderson County residents with special needs
Published 11/05/2009 at 9:43 p.m.
Officials say a new effort by Anderson County emergency services division will help emergency services personnel with their calls as well as help residents — of all ages — with special needs in cases of emergency.
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‘Amelia’ lands in theaters, decades after landing in Anderson
Published 11/05/2009 at 5:41 p.m.
Amelia Earhart visited Anderson in 1931.
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Automotive program in Upstate runs from high school to college
Published 11/04/2009 at 10:04 p.m.
When automotive students from Tri-County Technical College take classes this spring about brakes, they’ll be working on the same projects as students at Hanna-Westside Extension Campus — a pedal-powered buggy.
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S.C. comptroller general talks transparency to schools
Published 11/04/2009 at 9:51 p.m.
South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom told school officials from across the state Wednesday that his office would help school districts put their check registers online.
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Powdersville Middle School student remembered in Anderson County
Published 11/03/2009 at 7:44 p.m.
An accident in Greenville County has left Williamston-based Anderson School District 1 reeling over the death of another one of its own.
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District 5 to break ground on new middle schools
Published 11/03/2009 at 7:27 p.m.
Ceremonies scheduled for Robert Anderson, Glenview
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Student achievement standards higher in South Carolina than other states
Published 10/31/2009 at 10:28 p.m.
According to a new national report, South Carolina student achievement standards are among the highest in the nation.
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Ghost stories haunt the Upstate
Published 10/30/2009 at 5:06 p.m. 3 Comments
In the gloom of a stormy night, the wind whistles through the trees and across Crybaby Bridge.
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Halloween safety tips for young ghosts and ghoulies
Published 10/30/2009 at 2:34 p.m.
The Anderson Police Department wants parents to be careful when taking their little goblins out for tricks and treats
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Crosswalk light installed the day after Gretchen Randall’s death
Published 10/28/2009 at 7:36 p.m.
Anderson School District 1 has installed a light at the crosswalk on Wren School Road where Gretchen Randall was struck and killed by a passing vehicle Friday night.
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Service for Randall shines light on outstanding life
Published 10/28/2009 at 7:35 p.m.
Gretchen Randall was remembered Wednesday for her passion for teaching and helping people.
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Rep. Dan Cooper of Anderson County wins legislative award
Updated 10/27/2009 at 5:28 p.m.
State Rep. Dan Cooper, R-Anderson, has been named the winner of the David Wilkins Award for Excellence in Legislative Leadership.
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South Carolina House approves unemployment benefits fix
Published 10/27/2009 at 3:52 p.m. 2 Comments
Rep. Bowen: Bill is retroactive
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Anderson teens share gang experiences, difficulty of getting out
Published 10/26/2009 at 10:57 p.m. 8 Comments
Former students of Anderson County schools now attending the Anderson County Alternative School said gangs here are not social clubs. And they are beginning to recognize the need to get out of the gangs that some were forced into at ...
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Are there gangs in our schools?
Published 10/26/2009 at 10:54 p.m. 5 Comments
How big a presence gangs have in Anderson County schools depends on whom you ask.
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AU holds open house
Published 10/26/2009 at 10:19 p.m.
Sessions will be held at main college and satellite campuses in Simpsonville and Greenwood
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Legislators return to Columbia Tuesday
Published 10/26/2009 at 5:28 p.m.
They're back! State lawmakers are returning to Columbia on Tuesday.
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Promoter hopes concert positive for children
Published 10/23/2009 at 6:43 p.m. 3 Comments
Artist arriving early to meet kids, says Rencher
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Concerns push hip-hop concert to earlier start
Published 10/22/2009 at 10:31 p.m. 11 Comments
Anderson officials are taking steps toward crowd control and security at an upcoming concert
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Anderson museum to open 'street' of history
Published 10/22/2009 at 2:30 p.m.
New exhibit to give visitors realistic look of business past, plus offer book on Anderson history.
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Anderson jury finds Christopher Ellis guilty of murder
Published 10/21/2009 at 4:48 p.m. 3 Comments
A jury has found Christopher Ellis, charged in the stabbing death of Erica Olson in 2006, guilty of murder.
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Medical examiner says dead woman's wounds indicated defensive moves
Published 10/20/2009 at 5:09 p.m.
Anderson County Medical Examiner Brett Woodard testified today that several of the stab wounds on Erica Olson’s body indicated a defensive position.
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Girl testifies that she saw mother’s boyfriend stab himself
Published 10/19/2009 at 8:54 p.m.
A 9-year-old girl told a jury Monday that she was awakened by screams and saw her mother’s boyfriend stab himself with a knife the night her mother was killed.
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Busha attorney plans vigorous defense
Published 10/19/2009 at 6:49 p.m. 2 Comments
Former chief deputy has day in court
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Duke plant creates outdoors classroom
Updated 10/16/2009 at 5:43 p.m.
DNR initiative says Education is Better Outdoors
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