Opinion – By Robert Scott – Anyone paying attention this spring knows that 2015 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Those who watch the evening news have been able to view footage of the original marchers brutally assaulted on “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965, as they crossed […]
The Edgefield County School District has announced that current Chief Financial Officer for the school district, David Fallaw, has been appointed to serve as assistant superintendent effective July 1, 2015. Mr. Fallaw will take the place of Donna Strom who notified the school board of her desire to retire at the end of this fiscal […]
Church Sale: Piney Grove Holiness Church $1.00 Sale at 114 Bouknight Ferry. Rd., Saluda; March 19-21 after 12 o’clock. Bingo Night: Johnston Elementary PTO will have a Family Bingo Night on Thursday, March 19. Hot Dog Supper begins at 5:30 and Bingo starts at 6 p.m.($3 for bingo cards and $1.00 for hot dogs and […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Miss Mary Frances McCullough, of Persimmon Street, entered into rest March 15, 2015, at her residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. A native of Edgefield County, she was a 1971 graduate of Strom Thurmond High School and a member of Republican Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Cassandra McCullough, of […]
The traditional Journey to Easter, produced by the Edgefield Methodist Church in conjunction with the Methodist community and the citizenry of the area, will be held again this year on the weekend of Palm Sunday: on Saturday March 28, at 3:00 p.m.; on Palm Sunday, March 29, at 3 p.m. The location is at Kendall […]
March 16, 2015 – Last Year Strom Thurmond High’s Mock Trial Team was named first runner-up. This year they brought home the state title and brought home the gavel. Twelve schools competed March 13-14 at the Matthew J. Perry, Jr. Federal Courthouse in Columbia. At the state competition students presented the prosecution and defense sides […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Ms. Laterrious Watkins will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Civic Center in Ridge Spring, SC with the Rev. George Key, Officiating. Interment will be in the Wesley Chapel CME Church Cemetery. She was the daughter of Benjamin Watkins and Twonna Williamson. She is survived […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Ms. Aubrey A. McKie, 2, will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Civic Center in Ridge Spring, SC. Interment will follow in the Wesley Chapel CME Church Cemetery in Batesburg, SC. The Rev. George Key will officiate. She was the daughter of the late Ms. […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Master Jacob J. McKie, Jr., 1, will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Civic Center in Ridge Spring, SC. Interment will follow in the Wesley Chapel CME Church Cemetery in Batesburg, SC. The Rev. George Key will officiate. He was the son of the late […]
The Edgefield County Council hosted their annual intergovernmental meeting Thursday night, March 12, at the new Sweetwater Community Center. Invited guests were served Japanese cuisine as they listened to speakers from different governmental agencies appraise Council of their work. Speakers included Mayors Ken Durham and Terrance Culbreath, Roger Leduc (who, as Administrator, spoke on behalf […]