The return of hot air balloons, and expansion of this year’s Celebrate Anderson, countywide EMS, updates on sewer projects, trails and the new detention center are part of this update with Anderson County Administrator Rusty Burns.

The county’s annual event “Celebrate Anderson” will expand to four days, Sept. 1-4, with new activities at the Anderson Civic Center, including the annual balloon event of the Cancer Association of Anderson: “The Hot Air Affair: Rising Above Cancer.”

The non-partisan election is to fill the seat of Councilmember Pat Alexander who, after many years of service, is moving away from the area.

The lower chamber’s Republican supermajority on Wednesday continued its efforts to make South Carolina the 13th state with a ban from conception. By a 83-31 vote largely along party lines, the House advanced a bill including exceptions for rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly and the patient’s health and life.

A new exhibit focuses on the future of farming on a large and small scale in the state. “The Future of Agriculture” shows the progress made over the decades and how modern methods and technology will improve farming in the years ahead.

Proposed legislation overcame another hurdle Tuesday when the state's House Judiciary Committee approved it by a 16-7 vote along party lines. The bill must still pass in the House, then the Senate. 

The theme of the Anderson conference will be: “Drivers of Economic Development.”

Paid for largely by funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and the South Carolina Rural Initiative Authority , the city will provide for approximately 4,300 feet of 30” diameter pipe running from the Rocky River Conservatory and northward. The original plan called for an additional 3,000 feet of 24” diameter pipe, but increases in pricing put this part of the project on hold.

Half of these have been distributed through the local churches, and the rest will be distributed under the efforts of Angie Stringer, director of the Cancer Association of Anderson and Anderson County Administrator Rusty Burns

The improvements are needed due to growth in the area and issues with runoff which have resulted in flooding in some neighborhoods.

The Mill Town Players production of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” is a fine-tuned and deeply disturbing play, nearly faultless in the physical details of its production and the quality of its acting. It is difficult to define it satisfactorily for those who haven’t seen it.

Despite having two-factor authentication, the hacker took over the page, changed passwords and posted potential terrorist posts. Facebook shut the site down and asked me to provide identification to proof my site had been taken over, despite clear records on their end that someone had heisted the site.  

But to Goodman, the most important stat is this: he graduated from Clemson prior to joining the NFL, where he played for the Atlanta Falcons, the Seattle Seahawks and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The organization chose “First Light” as their new name, as a reference to how the group shines light into the dark places of child abuse, domestic abuse, sexual assault and other traumas impacting the community.

Republicans have faced several setbacks in their efforts to further restrict abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal protections this summer, allowing the conservative state's previous ban to take effect.

This Tennessee Williams' drama, and it is a serious drama, follows a Southern family as Blanche DuBois, after losing her Mississippi home to creditors, relocates to the New Orleans home of her younger sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Undermined by romantic illusions, Blanche is unable to cope with life's harsh realities. Though she finds a glimmer of hope while connecting with Stanley's gentlemanly friend, Mitch, Blanche cannot face the truth of her own troubled past and ultimately descends into madness.

Anderson County Council on Tuesday moved ahead on the contract with Harper Construction for the Clemson-Pendleton-Anderson regional sewer project. Anderson earlier received $5 million from the federal government earmarked for the project.

He now lives in historic Piedmont, with a view of the bridge and historic buildings which provide inspiration and a connection to the past. 

More than 400 fresh food items sold by Fresh Ideation Food Group, under brand names including Fresh Creative Cuisine, are being recalled due to possible Listeria contamination. Photo courtesy of Fresh Creative Cuisine

At 6 p.m., council will honor Emily DeRoberts, who is retiring from Duke Energy, and Collin Smith and Brady Kimbrell for winning the 2022 Bass Pro Shop Bassmaster Team Championship.