JOHNSTON, S.C. – Graveside Memorial Services for Miss Marion Elizabeth Turner, age 51, will be held Monday, April 21, 2014 at 11 o’clock at Mt of Olives Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Marion died Friday, April 18, 2014. She was the daughter of Nancy Corley Turner and the late […]
MODOC, S.C. – Mr. Horace Marion Willis, 88, of Flat Rock Rd., died Friday April 18, 2014 at his residence. Graveside Services will be held Monday April 21, 2014 at 11 A.M. at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Willis was a native of Edgefield County and a member of Red Oak Grove Baptist […]
The day before Good Friday (Maundy Thursday), the four-year-olds in the God’s Little Angels class at the First Baptist Church, Edgefield, were busy learning how to make Resurrection Muffins, under the guidance of classmate Mary Judith’s grandmother, Judith Hamilton of Johnston. She guided them through the Easter story and what each part of the muffin […]
If you see or smell smoke near one of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources’ heritage preserves or wildlife management areas this spring and summer, it may be coming from a prescribed fire. Prescribed burns (also called controlled burns) are generally conducted in the dormant season, mostly in late winter and very early spring. But […]
Two teachers at Ridge Spring-Monneta schools are in the chosen few Honor Court of Aiken County, a group of five teachers from which will be drawn the Teacher of the Year for Aiken County Mrs. Hostetler Recently, Mrs. Kayla Hostetler was named to the Honor Court for the District Teacher of the Year. Kayla (Hyatt) […]
A beautiful Sunday afternoon it was, with the new-green of leaves appearing on the trees and a wooded backdrop of dogwood in bloom, as Horn’s Creek Church was filled to capacity for a service of rededication and resolve – to bring back to its early, habitable shape the oldest (“believed to be” according to Historian […]
Friends of the Edgefield County Library: invite you to join us in support of library needs. Meetings every third Thursday of the month at 5PM in the library. Annual dues (individual) $25. Please help! Spring Revival: Mt. Calvary Baptist Church of Johnston is having their spring revival Wednesday and Thursday, April 16 & 17 at […]
OPINION – By G. Miller Thompson – Unfortunately, I was unable to land an interview with the Attorney General, surprise surprise. There is still plenty of information available to me, however, on the man running the Department of Justice. So, lets meet Attorney General Holder. I could bore you with the background information, but it […]
Organizers of the Upper Savannah Regional Job Fair have announced that 50-plus employers have already signed up for this month’s event but are encouraging more employers to participate. The bi-annual Upper Savannah Regional Job Fair will be held at Greenwood Mall April 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no charge to participate. […]
Livestock Stolen Three calves were stolen from a pasture on Country Club Road in Johnston between Saturday and Sunday, Apr. 5-6. According to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the owner of the calves stated that sometime between Saturday and Sunday, thieves cut the lock to his pasture and stole three black […]