Self Regional Healthcare and Edgefield County Hospital will host a ground-breaking ceremony, recognizing the start of construction of a new medical office building on the campus of Edgefield County Hospital. The event, to which the public is invited, is set for Sunday, November 20, 2016, 3 p.m. This will be at the Edgefield County Hospital […]
The Dog Walk, held on Saturday, October 29, in Edgefield at the PTC parking lot and the Ten Governors Trail, was a bounding success, according to Kim Walker who was its organizer. The above photo shows the winners of the dog’s costumer contest.
Sunday night, Oct. 30, Noah Ireland of Edgefield accidentally hit a barred owl not far from his home. The owl was not killed in the incident but sustained obvious damage to one of his wings. Being a wildlife lover, Noah did not want to put the raptor down. So began a series of phone calls […]
Francis Harold Strom, 83 of Edgefield, died Friday morning, Nov. 4, in an automobile accident that occurred at approximately 10:30 on Faulkner Mountain Road about 16 miles east of the town of Edgefield. According to the SC Highway Patrol, Strom was traveling east in his 2009 Mercury on Faulkner Mountain Road when he went off […]
Mr. F. Harold Strom, 83, of Meeting St. Road, husband of the late Julia R. Strom, died Friday November 4, 2016 in Edgefield. Funeral Services will be held Monday Nov. 7, 2016 at 11 A.M. at Edgefield First Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield. Mr. Strom was a native of […]
William Edward “Bill” Lawrence, 66, husband of Joyce Lee Lawrence of Lawrence Lane in Edgefield County, died Tuesday November 1, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Saturday November 5, 2016 at 2 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with Military Honors. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 PM before the service at […]
Friday, November 11 – Veterans Day – from 9:30-10:30 a.m., area Veterans will be honored at a county-wide event to be held at the Strom Thurmond High School stadium, 1131 Columbia Rd, Johnston, SC. The program will include a “march on” by area Veterans, a musical tribute to each branch of service represented, choral presentations […]
A Testament to the Crowd According to the Antioch Church ministers, Howle and Jackson, they fed the crowds well, and these numbers speak to the size of the crowd. They were fed: 506 hot dogs, 50 gal. of tea., 400 bags of popcorn, 300 cotton candies, and 550 bags of chips. The large crowd was […]
It’s a fact. We all need grace. One of the highlights of this election season is how divided we are as a nation. The division is at a level where hatred has been exposed in sad and unproductive ways. Some believe the division is actually fostered and encouraged by some within the leadership structure of […]
One ancient Chinese curse, we are told, is “May you live in interesting times.” This political year, with its flawed candidates on both sides, is proving to be one of those interesting times. Those of us who have studied history know that the biggest split in the Muslim world happened in 661 A.D., when Islam’s […]