Kirk Brown

• Belton budget includes 2 percent raise for city employees Published 05/22/2012 at 9:24 p.m.

  City council members voted unanimously Tuesday to give preliminary approval to a $2.9 million budget that includes a 2 percent pay increase for city workers without raising taxes.

• Value of seniority an issue in District 4 S.C. Senate race Published 05/21/2012 at 4:57 p.m.

  The value of seniority is an issue in the South Carolina Senate District 4 Republican primary race between a longtime incumbent and a young challenger.

• Incumbent faces lawmaker's son in S.C. Senate Dstrict 3 primary Published 05/21/2012 at 4:36 p.m.

  A conservative incumbent will take on a state representative's son in the South Carolina Senate District 3 Republican primary on June 12.

• Familiar GOP foes meet again in House District 10 primary Updated 05/20/2012 at 10:03 p.m.

  The two candidates for the state House District 10 Republican primary are competing against each other for the third time in less than a year.

• House veteran challenged by coach for GOP primary Updated 05/20/2012 at 9:10 p.m.

  A seasoned incumbent will take on a recently retired high-school football coach in the Republican primary for South Carolina House District 8.

• Campaign notes: Politics a contact sport Published 05/19/2012 at 9:56 p.m.

  Politics can be painful

• Elections officials making preparations for June 12 primary Published 05/17/2012 at 7:16 p.m.

  Now that the field of candidates is finally set, Anderson County elections officials are getting ready for next month's primary.

• Emotions running high over billboards criticizing Iva police Published 05/17/2012 at 5:16 p.m.

  Tempers are flaring in this feisty mill town over a pair of eye-catching billboards bashing the Iva Police Department.

• Anderson woman charged with murder Updated 05/17/2012 at 10:46 a.m.

  A 46-year-old Anderson woman was charged with murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a man during a bloody March 30 brawl in an apartment.

• Belton council members look for ways to cut spending Published 05/15/2012 at 10:12 p.m.

  City Council members endorsed more than $200,000 in spending cuts during a budget workshop Tuesday night.

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