A Fashion Show for a Cause

A Fashion Show for a Cause

So Much Fun! So Much Beauty! Are Johnston women more “in vogue” than others?  (Are we setting up a challenge here?)  At Saturday’s fashion show, the Johnston Woman’s Club hosting and Mercy Me! contributing the clothes, everyone had spring fashion in mind – coming from all parts of the county.  And Johnston women were spotlighted […]

Joseph E. Miller, III

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Joseph E. (Joe) Miller, III, 58, of Bunting Drive, died Sunday April 13, 2014. Graveside Services will be held Wednesday April 16, 2014 at 3 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Miller was a native of Edgefield County and a member of Edgefield First Baptist Church. He […]

Edgefield County Motorcycle Accident Claims Life

Edgefield County Motorcycle Accident Claims Life

Fifty-nine year old Joseph E. Miller of North Augusta died Sunday, Apr. 13, in a single vehicle accident that occurred on Gregory Lake Road in Edgefield County at 4:05 in the afternoon.  According to the SC Highway Patrol, Mr. Miller, who was riding a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle, was traveling West on Gregory Lake when he […]

SCDPS Reports Eleven Killed on SC Roads April 11–April 13

SCDPS Reports Eleven Killed on SC Roads April 11–April 13

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of eleven persons killed on South Carolina roadways from Friday, April 11, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, April 13, at midnight. Interstates 2 US routes, SC roads and secondary roads 9 County roads 0 Seat belt used 3 Seat belt not […]

STCTC Creates Employment & Education Opportunities for County’s Youth

 – By Arthur Northrop –  The average cost of in-state college tuition and room and board is $73,572 and the average student debt for a four year degree is$26,500. (Forbes)   U.S. News and World Report recently published the “Top 100” jobs in America. Ninety-eight percent of the jobs listed require education or certification past a […]

Local Gymnast Wins State Championship in Four Categories

Local Gymnast Wins State Championship in Four Categories

Brantley Johnson, daughter of Spence and Lynn Johnson of Johnston and a second grader at Wardlaw, won State Champion in four categories of Level 3 at the South Carolina gymnastics event in Columbia, April 4-6. She is a member of Aiken Gymnastics. Her performance included five separate categories: Vault (scored 9.675), Bars (scored 9.675), Beam […]

Attending Washington Youth Tour

Attending Washington Youth Tour

Rachel Sanders, a junior at Wardlaw Academy, is one of 7 high school juniors chosen by Aiken Electric Cooperative to attend the 2014 Washington Youth Tour. This week long tour will give her a chance to learn more about our nations government, history, and electric cooperatives. All applicants were required to live on the Aiken Coop line. We […]