The board has agreed to rename the facility after one of the district’s most famous sons, Anderson native Chadwick Boseman. Boseman, who died of colon cancer in 2020 at age 43, attended McCants Middle School and T.L. Hanna High School (where he graduated in 1995).
Read MoreThe proposal allows the governor to appoint members to the screening panel for judicial candidates for the first time and requires all qualified candidates be sent to the General Assembly for elections up to a maximum of six.
Read MoreAnderson businessman Bryce Nivens and Anderson attorney Greg Steele are running for Seat 6, which represents an area that stretches from West of Linley Park, through the Pope Drive community, across to Whitehall Avenue. City Council Seat 6 was left open when Rick Laughridge stepped down after 16 years.
Read MoreAnderson businessman Bryce Nivens and Anderson attorney Greg Steele are running for Seat 6, which represents an area that stretches from West of Linley Park, through the Pope Drive community, across to Whitehall Avenue. City Council Seat 6 was left open when Rick Laughridge stepped down after 16 years.
Read MoreThe Cancer Association of Anderson is the only local cancer charity in Anderson County. Their mission is to help reduce the burden of cancer on Anderson County residents battling cancer by providing treatment-related financial assistance, information and referral as well as emotional support.
Read MoreThe budget passed 104-15. It faces one final routine vote Wednesday before heading for the Senate.
Read MoreSummary of the current library situation in Anderson County.
Interviews:
SCDOT Tyke Redfearn
S.C. Sen. Mike Gambrell on expanding broadband
Francesca Milford, director of City of Anderson Shared Kitchen
United Way CEO Carol Burdette and Clubhouse International Joel Corcoran on a new mental health clubhouse
Stuart Sprague, Anderson Area Recognition and Remembrance Initiative
Noah Taylor, Founder and artistic director Market Theatre
Sybil Todd, Founder of White Knight Entertainment and Cosplay
Read MoreThe 29 citizens who attended Monday night’s Anderson County Library board meeting were civil, and used their indoor voices at the first meeting of the board since Anderson County Council approved a resolution to add two-at large seats to the seven-member panel in the near future. (See story on application process here).
Read MoreThe application, found here, includes questions about employment history, ownership of property in the county, ownership of a library card, work/civic/volunteer service, and reasons for interest in the board.
Read MoreEarly voting will be available Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Anderson County Board of Registration and Elections, 301 North Main Street, Anderson. Early voting replaces in-person absentee voting. Absentee by-mail voting is also available. Contact 864-260-4035 or visit www.scvotes.gov for more details.
Read MoreIf council approves the financing on Monday, groundbreaking is tentatively set for April, with work beginning as early as November.
Read MoreThe bill advanced unanimously Thursday from a House subcommittee would create an 11-member commission to design and raise money for a monument to Smalls and decide where on Statehouse grounds to put it.
Read More“It’s just a game changer in our part of the world,” said S.C. Sen. Mike Gambrell, R-Anderson, who finally got broadband at his house in January after years of no service. Gambrell said he had heard nothing but positive comments from constituents on the broadband expansion.
Read MoreThe tight harmonies, shared first by Shawn Ropp as Tommy DeVito, Michael Crittendon as Bob Gaudio and Dalton Cole as Nick Massi, grew tighter as the 2.5-hour performance unfolded, and by the time they hit “Who Loves You” near the end, the sonic experience of the vocals is something to behold.
Read MoreThe law goes into effect immediately. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division will spend the coming months preparing to offer the free classes for gun owners the Senate added to the bill as a compromise, according to a statement from the department.
Read MoreBut even as the justices ponder the case, lawmakers in the House are looking to expand the program beyond the law's provision for vouchers of up to $6,000 for up to 15,000 students a year.
Read More“Celebrer le Musee” will feature a full French meal (The Bradbury Bistro is providing dinner, with spinach and artichoke Cremieux and baguettes, coq au vin, French baby carrots, and lemon tart), a silent auction and other activities to raise funds for educational programs. Music from the Combo Kings is also part of the schedule.
Read MoreFour blue-collar kids from Jersey in the early 1960s found fame and fortune from their harmonies, and became one of the most successful and long performing groups in pop music history, with hits that include “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” and “My Eyes Adored You” and “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)”.
Read MoreThirty-one citizens spoke for more than an hour on the proposal, 21 against and 10 in favor of adding two at-large library board members, before council voted on the measure.
Read MoreSince 2007, DST has begun on the second Sunday in March and ended on the first Sunday in November. Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not observe daylight saving time.
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