Considering Grace for Our Candidates

Considering Grace for Our Candidates

It’s a fact. We all need grace. One of the highlights of this election season is how divided we are as a nation. The division is at a level where hatred has been exposed in sad and unproductive ways.  Some believe the division is actually fostered and encouraged by some within the leadership structure of […]

Pope Francis, Christian Teachings, and Helping Muslim Refugees

Pope Francis, Christian Teachings, and Helping Muslim Refugees

One ancient Chinese curse, we are told, is “May you live in interesting times.” This political year, with its flawed candidates on both sides, is proving to be one of those interesting times. Those of us who have studied history know that the biggest split in the Muslim world happened in 661 A.D., when Islam’s […]

Rebel Regiment Runner Up at Lower State

Rebel Regiment Runner Up at Lower State

STHS Percussion Section Wins Top Honor Twice  Strom Thurmond High School Rebel Regiment Percussion Section won “High” – the best score given to a music section at two band competitions, the Swamp Classic Band Competition and most recently, Tournament of Bands, held at Blythewood High School on October 15. In addition, the Percussion Section won […]

STATE CHAMPIONS ! – Wardlaw Varsity Volleyball

STATE CHAMPIONS !  – Wardlaw Varsity Volleyball

Coach Kathy James, Abbie Spurlock, Anna Grace Spurlock, Taylor Rodgers, Catherine Quarles, Lexi Quarles, Davis Wash, Rebecca Whitlock, Annalee Rodgers, Elizabeth Ruth, Savannah Rodgers, Coach Christie Warnken Seated :Seniors – Kylie Wash, Abby Johnson and Beth Warnken State Champs! What an amazing weekend of volleyball!  Friday 10/21 Wardlaw Varsity volleyball competed in the SCISA State […]

Richland Creek Antique Fall Festival

Richland Creek Antique Fall Festival

November 4, 5, 6, in Saluda County The 21th Annual Fall Festival/Tractor/Engine show and pull will be held at Richland Creek Farms, 542 Richland Creek Road, Ward, S. C. 29166. The festival site is located between Batesburg-Leesville, Ridge Spring and Saluda. From Batesburg-Leesville take Hwy. 178 north toward Saluda or from Ridge Spring take Hwy. 39 north toward Saluda […]

Crime Beat – October 29, 2016

Crime Beat – October 29, 2016

Woman Removed from Family Home – Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult A seventy-four year old woman was taken into protective custody, Saturday, Oct. 18, after attempts to execute a search warrant at her place of residence revealed the woman was living in unsafe and filthy conditions.  According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on […]

Perry Napoleon (Nap) Morris – Johnston, SC

Johnston, SC    Funeral services for Perry Napoleon (Nap) Morris, age 84, will be held Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 3 pm at Bland Funeral Home with burial to follow in Morris Family Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2-3 pm prior to the service. Mr. Morris died Friday, October 28, […]

Cory J. Stone – Trenton, S.C.

  Cory James Stone, 28, of Briarwood Road, died Saturday October 29, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday November 1, 2016 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield. Mr. Stone was born in Greenwood, S.C. was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He was […]

SCDNR-Biologists: Don’t approach elk that has wandered into SC

SCDNR-Biologists: Don’t approach elk that has wandered into SC

SCDNR News (864) 380-5201 Biologists: Don’t get close to elk that has wandered into South Carolina Wildlife biologists are warning Upstate residents and visitors not to closely approach a young bull elk that has wandered into South Carolina from North Carolina. The first official sighting of an elk in South Carolina was made on Friday, […]

Vera Magdalene Sharpe Bell – North Augusta, SC

Vera Magdalene Sharpe Bell, 90, wife of the late Clarence C. Bell of Sweetwater Community entered into rest on October 25, 2016. Graveside Services will be held Thursday October 27, 2016 at 3 PM at Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bell was born in Aiken County and was the daughter of the late Charles Earl […]

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