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🌱 Why Kid Rock’s Anderson festival stop was suddenly canceled for 2026

Anderson, South Carolina Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why Kid Rock’s Anderson festival stop was suddenly canceled for 2026
  • Have you seen this missing 76-year-old Anderson County woman?
  • Man dies after Lake Hartwell boating fall in Anderson County

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Today's riddle: What do you get when you drop a Coffee Mug? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Monday: Sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 41.
  • Tuesday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 76 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Kid Rock's Rock the Country loses acts and scraps Anderson stop, reports say (eciks.org) — Anderson residents expecting Kid Rock’s Rock the Country festival in July now face a full cancellation, as organizers quietly removed the Anderson dates and local officials confirmed the stop is off. Multiple major acts had already dropped out, and the county says it’s disappointed but working on alternative events after losing a festival that previously brought millions in economic impact.
   

2. SC: Deputies search for missing endangered woman (wyff4.com) — Anderson County deputies are urgently asking for help finding 76-year-old Altagracia Evangelista Nunez, last seen Thursday morning near Martin Court in Williamston and considered endangered because of diabetes and dementia. With no clothing description or direction of travel available, anyone in the Anderson area who may have seen her is urged to call the sheriff’s office immediately at 864-260-4400.
   

3. Man dies after falling off boat into Lake Hartwell, coroner says (foxcarolina.com) — A man died after falling from a boat on Lake Hartwell in Anderson County, with deputies and emergency crews recovering him and taking him first to Portman Marina, then to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The coroner’s office responded mid-afternoon and has not yet released the man’s identity as the investigation continues.
   

4. Anderson County coroner identifies woman who died days after crash (foxcarolina.com) — A Williamston woman has died at AnMed from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash at Clemson Boulevard and East-West Parkway in Anderson, and she has now been publicly identified as Delores Cox. Anderson County’s coroner ruled her death accidental from multiple traumatic injuries, and Anderson Police along with the coroner’s office continue to investigate the collision.
   

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  • Those near Providence Point: one of our neighbors had a kid wearing shorts and no shirt come up to her door, knock, and request to use the bathroom.
    She told him she couldn’t accommodate him. Her home is near the end of the peninsula, and we don’t have any kids in our neighborhood, so I just… (Nextdoor Lake Hartwell Providence)
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    A stray in our neighborhood gifted them to us. Mama kitty is being spayed. These two are very bonded and I wish they could go together. Litter box… (Nextdoor Old Portman Rd)
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you get when you drop a Coffee Mug?" — a Coffee Break! (Thank you Jorie W. for sending it in!)
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