JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Philomena (MiMi) Rice Kelley, 79, of Calhoun St., wife of the late Paul G. Kelley, Sr., died Tuesday at Trinity Hospital in Augusta. Graveside Services will be held Friday October 19, 2012 at 11 A.M. at Westover Memorial Park in Augusta. Mrs. Kelley was born in Augusta Georgia and was a […]
NWTF Banquet: Come show your Team NWTF spirit at NWTF’s Hunting Heritage Banquet & Tailgate Party! November 15 at Old Kendall Mill Kick off at 6 p.m. Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Get your tickets at Turkey Shoppe on Main on the Edgefield square. NWTF Turkey Burn: The NWTF is hosting a turkey cooking contest on the Edgefield […]
Last week’s announcement of 2012 selections for the prestigious Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas hit close to home twice. Strom Thurmond running back Darius Hammond and outside linebacker Aaron Cook have been named to the 2012 team. The Shrine Bowl coaching staffs selects forty-four players statewide each year. Players nominated must be graduating seniors and […]
Coach Kathy James of Wardlaw Academy, in a brief interview today, stated that the Wardlaw Volley Ball Team has not lost a region game in 6 years. Again this year, last week (Oct. 9), they gained the title of Region Champions. Ms. James stated that this is the toughest schedule that they have had, and […]
Caroline Bland (pictured) plays the role of another gender in the Devil in Petticoats, the story about the 19th century Edgefield murderess, Becky Cotton. Here he/she is taking aim at someone. The show starts Thursday, October 18th, at 8:00 p.m. at William M. Bouknight Theatre in the Discover Center in Edgefield.
Author Felder Dorn brought the subject of his recent book, Death of a Policeman: Birth of a Baby, to town on October 1. She is Jean Ghent, the daughter (baby at the time of the real story) born to a female S.C. Penitentiary inmate of long ago, at the same time of Sue Logue’s incarceration, […]
By Bela Herlong – The Saluda County Historical Society invites all of you to come on Sunday afternoon, October 21, at 2:30 p.m. to the Saluda Theater and Museum where a tour of the two buildings will begin. Guides will be there to tell you the history of both buildings before and after the Saluda […]
SAN DIEGO, CA – Charlotte Barnwell McCutchen, M.D., 67, passed away September 11, 2012, of complications from Guillain-Barre Syndrome. A private burial was held at sea. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, October 20, at 1 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, Fallbrook, Calif. Dr. McCutchen is survived by her sister, Lilla D.,McC. […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Sam MacField McCain, of Griffin Lane, entered into rest October 14, 2012. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Carey Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Louis T. Coley officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. McCain, a native of Edgefield County was […]
Citizens have been reporting work on the interior of the Presley building since the shootout (re-enactment) that took place there last week. In the windows appeared Romney/Ryan posters. All the stir was leading to a bigger announcement that came to this newspaper Monday morning. The following explains what is happening on the south side of […]