Johnston Peach Blossom Festival

Johnston Peach Blossom Festival

Sponsored by the Johnston, S.C., Development Corporation Growing and Promoting the Johnston Area For Immediate Release Contact: Dean Campbell, Festival Publicity Chairman, (803) 275-3635 Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Grand Marshal  Due to the COVID-19 virus, the 37thannual Johnston, SC, Peach Blossom Festival was cancelled this month, but the Festival wants to proudly recognize the selection […]

Second Saturday Market

Second Saturday Market

In Coronavirus Time The Edgefield Market is excited to announce the reopening on June 13 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Piedmont Tech parking lot. We currently have about 47 vendors signed up to participate.  Everyone is really looking forward to serving the community once again. Vendors have been busy preparing their inventory over the […]

Strom Thurmond High School Graduation Ceremony On Schedule With Modifications

Strom Thurmond High School Graduation Ceremony On Schedule With Modifications

The Strom Thurmond High School class of 2020 will have their graduation ceremony. “This is such an important event in the lives of our seniors and their families. We were determined if at all possible to make it happen,” said Robert Grimm, STHS principal. While the ceremony is still scheduled for Friday, June 5that 10:00 […]

Witness Signature No Longer Required on by Mail Ballots for June Primaries

Witness Signature No Longer Required on by Mail Ballots for June Primaries

COLUMBIA, S.C. (May 25, 2020) – As a result of a U.S. District Court order issued today, South Carolinians voting absentee by mail in the 2020 June Primaries and Runoffs are no longer required to have their signature witnessed on the ballot return envelope.  Election officials will accept and count all absentee ballots regardless of whether […]

Lieutenant governor encourages U.S. Census participation

Lieutenant governor encourages U.S. Census participation

By MEG KINNARD May 14, 2020 Video Produced by The Carolina Agency May 14, 2020 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In a new video featuring some of the state’s notable residents, South Carolina’s lieutenant governor is promoting an effort to encourage residents to participate in the U.S. Census this year. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette heads up […]

SSS Program Helps Eligible Students Succeed at College

SSS Program Helps Eligible Students Succeed at College

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE:       May 14, 2020 SSS Program at Piedmont Tech Helps Eligible Students SucceedThrough Financial Aid, Workshops, Tutoring and Counseling Fabiola Corona came to the United States from Mexico when she was 14 years old. Spanish was the only language she knew. During four years of high school, she picked up English and is […]

WWII Veterans Organization Names Decorated

WWII Veterans Organization Names Decorated

Vietnam Veteran as 1stVirginia Chairman Richmond, VA- May 1: William Glenn Yarborough, Jr., the son of a World War II Army tank commander who fought at the battle of the Bulge, has been named Virginia State Chair by State Funeral for WWII Veterans.  This mission is to convince the President to designate a State Funeral in […]

Fiery Crash on Woodlawn Road

Fiery Crash on Woodlawn Road

            A fiery crash on Woodlawn Road near Deep Step Road in the Merriwether section of Edgefield County sent one man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, Thursday, Apr. 30.  According to the SC Highway Patrol, a truck was traveling north on Woodlawn when it exited the left side of the roadway, struck a ditch, and hit […]

Serving Our Early Learners through Partnership

Serving Our Early Learners through Partnership

Renee Williams, Parenting and Family Literacy Coordinator of ECSD and Edgefield County First Steps Board member  Photo courtesy Candi Lalonde, 1stSteps Coordinator “It takes a village to raise a child.” African Proverb   The Edgefield County School District Parenting and Family Literacy Program along with Edgefield County First Steps have collaborated to serve our 4-5 K […]

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