COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina’s infant mortality rate in 2011 remained stable at 7.4 deaths per 1,000 babies born, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “Although the 2011 rate is 12 percent better than just five years ago, we still have a lot of work to do,” said DHEC Director Catherine […]
91% of NRA Members Support Laws to Stop Mentally Ill from Acquiring Firearms – FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action conducted a national scientific poll of its members and found near unanimity among NRA members on a wide range of issues involving mental health reform and firearm rights. Gun control advocates […]
An investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship between a student and teacher at Strom Thurmond High School has led to charges being filed against an employee of Strom Thurmond High School for Sexual Battery with a Student. According to reports filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the nearly six week investigation into this matter […]
CLEMSON, S.C. – The warmer-than-normal temperatures of 2012 — the fourth warmest year on record in South Carolina — signal potential challenges for growers of the state’s best-known fruit. Peaches need cold weather to produce flowers and fruit. What happens when the chill is gone? “In the spring, many of us think it’s longer days and warmer […]
Strom Thurmond High School wins it all in the Region for the Career Development logo contest. Delshawn Wardlaw won 1st, Evan Roberson (L) came in second and Jacob Bass (R) was 3rd. Beth Clark, their teacher won the adult division for the region and State . Her entry will go to Nationals.
TRENTON, S.C. – Mrs. Freda Davis Cato, 94, of Trenton, wife of the late J.W. (Jake) Cato, died Wednesday January 23, 2013 at University Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 11 A.M. at Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial in Ebenezer Cemetery. Mrs. Cato was born in New Mexico and was a retired Textile […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Services for Aileen Tillery Tiller, 91, will be 11:30 a.m. Friday, January 25, 2013, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m. prior to the chapel service at the funeral home. Mrs. Tiller died Monday, January […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The National Wild Turkey Federation has withdrawn from the Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pa., due to the decision to ban the display of modern sporting rifles. As a leading advocate for the preservation of our hunting heritage, the NWTF believes it is an important time to take a clear stance […]
A Host of Charges, Including Attempted Murder, Followed – An argument possibly fueled by alcohol ended in shots being fired at a home on Pine Street in Edgefield, Tuesday, Jan. 22. According to Edgefield City Police Chief Ronnie Carter, officers first responded to the residence around 7 p.m. in response to a verbal altercation between […]
No Date Yet for New Center’s Opening – A new center to house the Women in Unity’s after school program was set to open this weekend amid great fanfare, but, alas, that opening has been postponed. According to WIU Director, Mrs. Essie Nicholson, the remodeling being done to the building has not been completed. “We […]