The $2.8 million included in the spending package that went into effect Monday is expected to cover the cost of breakfasts this school year for all students who don’t already qualify under another program, regardless of their parents’ income, according to the Department of Education.

The area, currently unzoned, so under county rules that land may generally be available for residential, commercial, or industrial development without the district-specific restrictions that zoning would impose.

Beginning Aug. 28, the center will present “Amerikan Dream,” the second installation in a three-part exhibition series by Upstate artists Shay Abramo and Nat Morris. The show follows last year’s “Amerikan Gothic,” which drew substantial crowds to the Arts Center and persuaded the artists and staff that one exhibition might become a larger conversation. A third installment is planned for the same time next year.

Early voting for the U.S. Senate Special Republican Primary Runoff between Rep. Ralph Norman and Sen. Darline Graham begins Wednesday and runs through Aug. 21. The winner will face Democrat Annie Andrews in the November election.

Designated in 1998 as a 110-mile National Scenic Byway, the route runs from Oakway/SC-24 near SC-11 in Oconee County to Clarks Hill, near the Georgia border, following South Carolina’s western edge through lake country, rural communities, dam sites, historic towns, and the larger landscape shaped by the Savannah River.

Anderson County Council at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday is expected to vote on the Center Rock zoning map, a proposed data-center moratorium, an economic-development incentive agreement, and the revival of the Savannah River National Scenic Byway.

The offices on the ballot include seats on the County Board of Education, school trustee positions across the county’s various districts and areas, seats in Homeland Park Water District and Piedmont Public Service District, and several watershed conservation boards.

First, it was Cherokee country. Then a village established in 1790 largely by the wealthy Charlestonians who came north in search of relief from heat, mosquitoes, and malaria, joining the Scotch-Irish farmers who had already made a life in the upcountry.

The construction is visible, but it is only one expression of the larger change taking place at Tri-County Tech. The college has been growing in enrollment, programs, partnerships, facilities, and ambition. This past fall, enrollment increased by more than four percent; in the spring, it grew by more than six percent; and the summer brought another increase.

The project marks the latest chapter in the remaking of Dolly Cooper Park, the northernmost park in the Anderson County system. Once a property filled with scrub pines and weeds and positioned along the Saluda River, the park has become a gathering place for Powdersville families, ballplayers, walkers, paddlers, and the steadily expanding population of people who have learned that pickleball, a sport with the dimensions of a small court and the social energy of a block party, can occupy an afternoon, a league schedule, or, if one is not careful, an entire retirement plan.

The anniversary celebration will honor people who have shaped United Way’s history, but its larger purpose is forward-looking. The organization’s ambition is a community “where all can thrive.”

The town took its name from John Belton O’Neall, the president of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad and a justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court. Darby said that Josephine Brown, daughter of Dr. G. W. Brown, who had sold land for the town, admired O’Neall and suggested a variation on his middle name.

Budget negotiators in the House and Senate pointed fingers at each other over a process that lasted months longer than usual. Since July 1, the state has operated under a stopgap plan that kept spending at the same levels as last yea

By a vote of 452 to 95, Center Rock residents approved a zoning map for their precinct, choosing a system that will guide the uses, density, lot sizes, setbacks, and development patterns permitted there.

In Anderson County, Norman was on top with 3,672, or 31.5% of the vote, with Incumbent Darline Graham close behind at 3,521, or 30.2% of the vote. Russell Fry received 1,663, or 14.3% of the vote.

On Tuesday night, AnMed said it had made “significant progress” in restoring systems and communications following the July 26 incident. The health system said care teams now have full read-and-write access to electronic health records, allowing clinicians to view and update patient information electronically rather than relying on temporary workarounds. Beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, patients will again be able to call physicians’ offices and other departments directly during regular service hours with questions about their car

Anderson City Council on Monday night gave initial approval to annexation of 9.36 acres on Edgebrook Drive, moved ahead on new development ordinances, and approved a contract to update radio communication equipment for the City Fire Department.

On Tuesday, the special election is set to decide who will replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on the ballot for the United States Senate seat in South Carolina.

The UDO consolidates the city’s zoning, subdivision, and development rules into one document to make the rules of growth both more legible and more exacting — to give builders greater flexibility in some places while asking them to provide more in return to protect the character of neighborhoods.

There are Greenwoods and Beltons elsewhere, said Justin Thomas Atkins, artist and owner of Honea Path’s Fiddle & Bow, but only Honea Path holds the claim to a unique name.