The Miss Statesman Pageant at Strom Thurmond High School was held on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the high school. It was a majestic event with many in attendance. The contestants began the show with a choreographed opener, gave speeches in their casual wear about events that had affected their lives as young women, and […]
CLEMSON, S.C., March 2, 2015 – A survey designed by Clemson University researchers to begin to quantify the economic and ecological damage caused by feral hogs will soon start showing up in the mailboxes of many South Carolina farmers and rural landowners. The survey data will help inform a feral hog-management strategy that will be […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Jozell Anderson Hooper, 83, of Brooks Street, entered into rest February 26, 2015. Funeral services will be held 11:00AM, Wednesday, March 4, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Oscar W. Brown officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hooper, a native of Edgefield County, was a member of Pleasant […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Mary Emma Anderson Scurry, 96, the widow of Jinks Scurry, died on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, in the University Hospital, Augusta, GA. She was born in Edgefield, SC, daughter of the late Milledge and Ammie Loveless Anderson. She was a member of the Pleasant Lane Baptist Church. She is survived by: […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – Our County, Edgefield, really is the heart of South Carolina, with Ten Governors and roots reaching back to colonial days. Many of our ten governors were household names not only in South Carolina but across the nation. One of those was Benjamin Ryan Tillman: planter, politician, Governor, and Senator. […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Delvie B. (Sonny) Herron, 80, died Saturday February 28, 2015 at National Health Care. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday March 4, 2015 at 1 PM at Immanuel Baptist Church in North Augusta, SC. Mr. Herron was born in Santa Monica, Ca. He was a Retired Shipping Clerk for Northrop Corporation. […]