Good morning, Anderson.

Dustin Williams is running for Anderson School Dist.

4 Area 4 board and says his family ties and two decades in the military drive him to focus on student achievement, financial stewardship, and holding the superintendent accountable; he is undecided on extending the penny sales tax.

Jonathan Hooper is running for Anderson School District 5 Seat 6 and says his 12 years in technology and finance plus experience as a parent and coach will strengthen financial oversight and long-term planning; he supports renewing the school capital sales tax, building a new arts school, and returning Southwood to a traditional middle school.

New SCDOT 2025 traffic counts released Oct.

26 show S.C. 153 averaged about 40,500 vehicles per day and Clemson Boulevard about 34,400, making them Anderson County's busiest noninterstate corridors (counts exclude interstates).

Week 11's Upstate Super 20, the final SCHSL regular-season rankings, adds St. Joseph's and Greer to the list while top teams like Dorman and Daniel will play their next games on Oct.

30 at 7:30 p.m.

Voting is open for the Upstate Ingles high school boys Athlete of the Week for Oct.

19 through Oct. 25, with unlimited votes accepted through noon on Oct. 29; nominees include John Campbell, Brooks Dow, Aaron Gilliam, Tre Segarra, and others, and last week's winner was Crescent's PJ Deveaux.