The proposed budget, with general-fund appropriations of $137,873,400 and a total millage ceiling of 83.2 mills, exclusive of debt-service millage to be set later by the auditor.

What is remembered most often is not so much our father’s instruction as it is about the way he calibrated our lives. If you had a good father, and I am blessed to be among that tribe, you might have learned most from how your dad lived in those disguised ordinary, everyday moments and how he related to those around him, especially those in need.

With close to 12,000 students and more than 1,700 employees, the district is the largest in Anderson County.

The Anderson County Farmers Market officially kicks off the season Saturday with more than 34 vendors. Local farmers will on hand with green beans, squash, potatoes, sweet corn and even the possibility of a few summer tomatoes. Local arts and crafts merchants will also be featured at the market.

Nearly 10,000 more Anderson County voters cast ballots in the 2026 primary elections than in 2024. This represents 26.57 percent of the county’s registered voters. A total of 34,246 voters went to the polls, including 9,161 who voted early. Early voting for a runoff election is scheduled for June 17-18, for the runoff election date June 23.

Tri-County Technical College has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2027 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, placing the institution among a small group of colleges nationally recognized for producing strong student outcomes. The prize, backed by $1 million in award funds, is the Aspen Institute’s signature honor for community colleges, with an emphasis on completion, transfer, and jobs that lead to family-sustaining wages.

What they are hoping to build is not another predictable downtown menu.

Anderson County Council will have three new members after Tuesday’s statewide primaries, with voters replacing two incumbents and one new member filling a seat to be open at the end of the year. Two county council members also held onto their seats.

Voters would be best served by being allowed to enter a polling station without feeling that they need a repairman’s costume or other disguise to be left alone when coming to vote.

King, author of “Waterfall Hikes of Upstate South Carolina,” was born in Anderson 81 years ago, and has spent his years moving through the Upstate with the patience of a cataloguer and the appetite of a hiker who never quite stopped being curious.

The summer calendar already promises more chances for community gathering. A planned “Splashing in the Park” event has been folded into an August back-to-school bash, which Smithwick said will focus on collecting hygiene products for middle- and high-school students. He argued that these items are often overlooked in school supply drives, even though they are among the most needed. In early July, Pelzer will also host a novelty with a competitive streak: the first annual Pelzer vs. West Pelzer adult softball game, set for July 3 at Bill Hopkins Field, followed by the town’s Fourth of July celebration on July 4. Food trucks, fireworks-friendly fanfare, free hot dogs, bounce houses and music from Sammy Horn and the Slamming Sammies are all part of the plan.

Miller arrived in 2013 and found a community with deep civic pride, unusually strong volunteer energy, and a small-town loyalty that still feels intact even as Pendleton has expanded. He credited staff, councils, and residents for helping steer the town into better financial shape, with investment accounts that may help buffer future tax pressure.

If early voting is any indication, Anderson County can expect a better-than-average turnout Tuesday for the statewide primaries. Nearly six percent of the county’s registered voters, 9,521, cast early ballots this year. Polls are open tomorrow 7 a.m.-7 p.m. See your sample ballot here.

Running for office and serving in the General Assembly of South Carolina is not for the financially faint of heart. Campaigning is expensive for a time-consuming job that pays an annual base salary of $10,400. (Though total compensation is roughly $22,400 annually, if you add the $12,000 district expense allowance paid out at $1,000 per month).

The decline in print newspapers gave rise to local online newspapers, which, not encumbered by the cost of paper, ink and delivery, could focus resources on local news.

A benefit for Area 14-Anderson County Special Olympics athletes, this year’s Rally featured, for the first time, a 9-mile paddle from Dolly Cooper Park to the newly opened Piedmont Riverfront Park.

Council is expected to formally adopt a $94.2 million budget that keeps the millage rate at 109 mills, includes a 3.0 percent cost-of-living adjustment for full-time and permanent part-time employees, and preserves the city’s practice of using outside financing for some capital work. A companion budget provision would also raise the sanitation fee to $10.50 per cart per month starting July 1, with a further increase to $15.50 the following year.

“I’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from friends, neighbors, colleagues, and even strangers encouraging me to run for public office, but now is simply not the right time for me to be considered for Lieutenant Governor,” McMaster Jr., son of Gov. Henry McMaster, posted on social media Friday.

Belton is finishing out spring as a season of maintenance: the roads are getting attention, the budget is close to finished, and the town’s public life is expanding in a number of ways.

The most immediately visible project is also the most fundamental: Main Street is about to be repaved. The crosswalk work that must precede it is nearing completion — more than 30 crosswalks across the city, more than most people knew existed, now being rebuilt in concrete after years of historic brick. The brick had its day, Roberts said, but added that concrete is smoother, more durable, and considerably more forgiving for anyone navigating a crosswalk in wet weather or with a stroller or a cane.