Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker has a very good reason for spending some time in Augusta. WJBF News Channel 6 Sports Director Chris Kane explains.

Move over Tim Tebow….Sam Bradford…and Colt McCoy…Clemson coach Dabo Swinney thinks he’s got a player who can seriously contend for this year’s Heisman trophy. WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has more.

Football has always played an important part in the life of Evans resident Cathy Parker. Her husband, Carl, played for the Bengals in Super Bowl Twenty-Three. Her oldest son, Kyle, is a freshman quarterback at Clemson. But never, in Cathy’s wildest dreams, could she have imagined that a high school football team in Alaska would change her life forever. WJBF News Channel 6 sports Director Chris Kane has her story.

Clemson University trustees have approved an average increase of 5.7 percent in student room and board fees starting this fall.

The Medical University of South Carolina is getting a $20 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help in getting medical research from the lab to the patient’s bedside. Top officials of the university in Charleston announced the award on Tuesday.

A rare, 375 million-year-old fossil specimen that scientists say shows the evolution of fish to land animals is on display at a South Carolina university’s museum.

According to an Chicago Tribune article, it was Mike Ditka who turned William “Refrigerator” Perry into an international celebrity and Chicago folk hero. And it is Mike Ditka who is helping Perry, 46, literally get back on his feet and walk again.

According to an Chicago Tribune article, it was Mike Ditka who turned William “Refrigerator” Perry into an international celebrity and Chicago folk hero. And it is Mike Ditka who is helping Perry, 46, literally get back on his feet and walk again.

A Clemson University staffer has accused the school of manipulating its U.S. News & World Report ranking.

William “The Refrigerator” Perry has been released from the hospital after a monthlong stay for complications of a nervous system disorder. Aiken Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Melissa Summer said the former Chicago Bears star was released on Wednesday after being treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

William “The Refrigerator” Perry has been released from the hospital after a monthlong stay for complications of a nervous system disorder. Aiken Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Melissa Summer said the former Chicago Bears star was released on Wednesday after being treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Despite a state budget that’s been cut by more than $1 billion, Governor Mark Sanford says lawmakers’ budget for next year still contains pork. The House and Senate hope to have a final version on the governor’s desk this week. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

College students who otherwise would only be thinking about picking up their BA, BS, MBA or PhD are now also worried about picking up H1N1 at their graduation ceremonies. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

A Clemson University official says the school could be facing a budget deficit of up to $41 million and more cuts are expected for the 2009-2010 fiscal year ahead.

An online database designed to help expand market opportunities for South Carolina’s farmers and fishermen, and put locally grown and caught food on residents’ plates, is set to be unveiled. Officials with the state and federal agriculture departments, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium and Clemson University plan to demonstrate S.C. Market Maker on Wednesday.