The Honea Path special election for mayor is set for July 15. Filing for the seat opens May 6 and closes May 20.  All candidate paperwork be completed and $100 filing fee must be paid at the Honea Path Town Hall.

Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto of Orangeburg introduced the resolution Tuesday extending “a formal invitation to the president of the United States to visit the plant and witness firsthand its impact on the Palmetto State and the nation.”

The invitation follows remarks by White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro on CNBC last week criticizing the German automaker because it imports many of the parts it uses in its X series vehicles built in Spartanburg County.

Citing increasing demands from his full-time job as assistant professor of technology at Greenville Technical College, Honea Path Mayor Christopher Burton stepped down Tuesday night during the regular council meeting.

Burton, who was elected in 2019, said he is proud of his accomplishments as mayor.

“This decision was not made lightly,” Burton told the council. “I believe it is in the best interests of the town and with my career and family in mind.

Dahl said while the demand for yards continues to grow, the rug business and overall home décor market has been depressed for some time and never really recovered after the COVID pandemic. Then came inflation, an election year and now tariffs to add to the challenge to produce and sell rugs domestically.

After 46 years in operation, Orian Rugs will produce its last rug by early summer.

Staff reductions have already been going on for several months, so the closing of the rug factory will mean the loss of approximately 30 jobs, some of whom might be transitioned to the yard division.

The internationally sanctioned event brought cooks from more than a dozen states to Belton to compete for a chance to go to the national championships in September.

On an unseasonably cool Saturday morning, Palmetto High School Junior AFROTC joined a group of more than 100 walkers/joggers/runners to memorialize march with a 14-mile trek across in Anderson. Cadets who joined in the march will earn an Air Force Ribbon.

Lt. Col. Mike Creamer, who supervises the AFROTC program, and who has walked more than half of the actual route of the Bataan Death March himself, said it’s among the lessons he teachers his cadets.