Should See “Good Volume” From July On – By Tiffani Ireland – March 26, 2014, will be a day peach growers in Edgefield County and the Ridge area will not soon likely forget. That is because on that day, temperatures dipped, in some areas of the county, as low as 21°F and remained below freezing for […]
Secrets of San Miguel Published in 2013 Alice Denham is making a journey to Edgefield on May 10 – it is not her first, and we hope not her last! On her first visit to here, probably in the 50s as she was going off to college (UNC), her father brought her “home” to the […]
The Johnston, S.C., Peach Blossom Festival entertainment for the day is now set, with a variety of performers headlining the May 3 event. The day’s entertainment begins at 10 a.m. with a performance by the Johnston Elementary School Chorus. At 10:30 a.m. the traditional parade begins. Once the parade ends, Johnston Mayor Terrence Culbreath will […]
EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mrs. Betty J. Price Collins, of Walker Road, entered into rest April 24, 2014 at University Hospital. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2014 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church of which the Rev. Oscar Brown is the pastor/presiding and the Rev. Dr. James E. Dukes eulogist. Interment […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Jimmy W. Higgenbottom, 71, of Berry Farm Rd., husband of Donna Carroll Higgenbottom, died Thursday April 24, 2014 at GRU Medical Center. Graveside Services will be held Sunday April 27, 2014 at 5 P.M. at Harmony United Methodist Church Cemetery in Johnston. Mr. Higgenbottom was a native of Aiken County and […]
If a deer fawn is found alone in the woods, leave it there, advises a state wildlife biologist. Its mother has not abandoned it; she is probably nearby. Removing a fawn from the forest is also illegal because the animal is being taken outside the legal season for taking deer, which is the hunting season. […]
DHEC Holds Public Hearing – By Tiffani Ireland – The heretofore controversial wood chipper plant is a one step closer to becoming a reality in Edgefield County as the Department of Health and Environmental Control held a public hearing on the matter Tuesday, April 15. The public hearing, to decide whether or not the agency […]
A ten months old miniature paint pony was attacked and killed by dogs at a residence on Slide Hill Road in Johnston, Saturday, Apr. 19. According to a report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the homeowner said that three dogs of undetermined breeds have been attacking and biting horses in her pasture in […]
Douglas Elementary Second Grade AB Honor Roll: Mark Bishop, Joey Brooks, Katlyn Chinn, Mehki Coping, Nathaniel Crow, Logan Gill, Victoria Herron, Zariyah Holloway, Azaria Holmes, Robert Murrell, Khalil Rodriquez, Lizbeth Trujillo. Third Grade A Honor Roll: Jade Bussey, Jari Smith, Cara Williams, David Wise Third Grade AB Honor Roll: Adriana Bacon, William Bush-Jackson, D’Kaemon Curry, […]
Sometime in the early morning hours on Tuesday, Apr. 22, thieves broke into a 2005 GMC Yukon located at a home on Caslina Drive in North Augusta (Edgefield County) and stole nearly $5,000 worth of items. According to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office’s report, the owner of the vehicle found the Yukon’s driver and passenger’s […]