New Banners to Adorn Downtown Johnston

New Banners to Adorn Downtown Johnston

• Johnston Development Corporation donates 3 sets of banners The Johnston Development Corporation (JDC) has donated three sets of banners for downtown Johnston, one set for the fall, one set for the spring, and one set for patriotic holidays. The JDC has now donated five sets of banners to the down over the past three […]

Norman Fontaine Reese

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Graveside Services for Ret. CSM Norman Fontaine Reese, 90, who entered into rest November 27, 2014, will be conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock in Pineview Memorial Gardens. Reverend Jacob Joseph, CMI celebrant. Mr. Reese was a life-long resident of Morgana, Edgefield County, South Carolina and a parishioner of Our Lady of […]

Guy Dwight Fox

RIDGE SPRING, S.C. – Funeral Services for Guy Dwight Fox, age 76, will be held Friday, November 28, 2014 in Bland Funeral Home Chapel, Johnston, at 2 pm with burial to follow in Ridge Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 prior to the service. Mr. Fox died Tuesday, November 25, 2014. He was […]

Here and There – 11-27-14

Here and There – 11-27-14

JOHNSTON FARMER’S & ARTIST’S MARKET continues each Thursday from 4 – 6 p.m.  There will not be a market Thanksgiving week.  Thursday, December 4th, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. will be our ANNUAL HOLIDAY MARKET and will end the season. Reunion Meeting: Strom Thurmond High Classes 1976-79 are invited to meet Sunday, Nov. 30, at […]

We All Give Thanks

Opinon  – By Robert Scott – It’s Thanksgiving week, and it was my turn to be Lector at Trinity Episcopal Church last Sunday. The Lector is the lay person who reads the Old Testament lesson, the week’s Psalm, and Epistle lesson during the service, followed by the Vicar with this week’s appointed Gospel reading. I […]

Robbery at BP Station on Hwy 25

The BP gas station on Hwy 25 in Edgefield was robbed a little after 8:00 Monday night, Nov. 24. According to Edgefield Chief of Police Ronnie Carter, two unidentified black males entered the store when the clerk was mopping for the night and ordered her to give them money. At least one of the robbers […]

Cleo Asbill Turner

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Cleo Asbill Turner, age 85, will be held on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 12 noon in Bland Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Mt. of Olives Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening at the funeral home from 6-8 pm. Mrs. Turner died Monday, November 24, […]

Wild Weather Continues in County

Wild Weather Continues in County

The strange weather that kicked off the month of November with snow in Edgefield County, Nov. 1, and lingered with unseasonably cold temperatures throughout the month seems to be continuing still with Sunday night’s wind storm. While no tornado was reported, the Westside of the county experienced high winds that, according to Emergency Management Director […]

An Attempt to Correct “a Travesty of Justice”

An Attempt to Correct “a Travesty of Justice”

Read it in this week’s print edition. Be sure to pick up your copy at local convenience stores. November 6, 2014, the jury in the Edgefield County Criminal Court found two defendants “not guilty” in a case involving alleged burglary, kidnapping and armed robbery. Mr. A. Roger Lamb of Johnston was the victim in the case, […]

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