A Night of Games: ECCOC in conjunction with the Peach Blossom Festival is putting on A Night of Games on Thursday, April 30, at the American Legion Building: $10.00 a card or $15.00 for two cards; these will play 18/20 games. Hot dogs, chips, during or pizza for $3.00. Farmer’s Market: Edgefield Farmers Market is […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Graveside Services for Mrs. Patricia Lanier Holmes, age 76, will be held Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Mt of Olives Cemetery at 3 o’clock. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Bland Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Mrs. Holmes died Monday, April 27, 2015. She was […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Born in Edgefield, South Carolina on September 15, 1923, Gladys Chapman Bates passed away at her home on April 26, 2015 after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. William B. Bates, Jr., and her parents, Joe and Margaret Chapman, three brothers, Joe, James, and John Chapman, […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Floyd B. Calhoun will be held 11 AM Wednesday at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Brown, Pastor. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She is survived by a loving husband, JL Calhoun of the home; two sons, Jeffery L. Calhoun, Edgefield, SC and Myron […]
Mt. Vintage Matters Closer To Being Settled – By Tiffani Ireland – The Edgefield County Council held a special called meeting, Thursday, Apr. 23, to discuss issues at Mt. Vintage and the proposed animal shelter. The meeting opened by Council going into executive session after which they returned and voted unanimously to approve the second […]
Owner Charged with Unlawful Possession of Liquor A Johnston man had his moonshine still confiscated by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office after he was found to be in possession of an illegal distillery device. According to a report filed by the ECSO, an incident at Strom Thurmond High School earlier in the month led deputies […]
April 27, 2015 – The Johnston Peach Festival has a Friday, May 1, street dance in downtown Johnston, designed especially for families, which is held 8-11 p.m. This year’s street dance will feature Bill Johnes and the Bucket List Band, a popular local band. This year’s Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Dance Sponsors are Dr. Hugh […]
LEESVILLE, S.C. – As enigmatic as it is deadly, “pine decline” has many Southern timber owners wondering whether the condition may be damaging their investment. South Carolina timber owners and land managers will be able to get the latest information on the problem at a daylong workshop May 6 in Leesville. “There is still a […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. M. Gantt Scoggins, 57, of Bland Baptist Rd., died Sunday April 26, 2015 at his residence. A graveside Memorial Service will be held Friday May 1, 2015 at 11 A.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Scoggins was the son of Gene and Mary Amick Scoggins. He was born in […]
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: Robert Scott’s last narrative on the death penalty was timely. This nation is undergoing a radical change in its national culture. In spite of Biblical teachings and laws that we say are based on its teachings, human emotions lead us to execute/kill in the name of vengeance. Professions that […]