Teen Missing from Edgefield

Teen Missing from Edgefield

Makai Blassingame, 15, of Edgefield, has been reported missing to the Edgefield Police Department.  Makai was last seen on the night of March 19 when she left her parents’ Edgefield apartment.  Makai is described as a black female who is approximately 5’7” tall and weighs about 180 lbs.  She also wears white or silver rimmed […]

Johnston & Edgefield Town Elections Results

Johnston & Edgefield Town Elections Results

Both Mayors return as winners: Johnston’s Mayor Culbreath received 370 votes, Richard Deese 229.  Edgefield’s Mayor Durham was unopposed and got 79 votes. Ward 2 has a new Councilman—Emmanuel Gilchrist — unopposed, with 100 votes. Tommy Burton, imcumbent, returns as Councilman from Ward 4 with 92 votes; Tracy Hamilton, his opposition, received 46. In Edgefield: Sherry Holmes is […]

Citizens Fall Prey to Internet Pet Scam

Citizens Fall Prey to Internet Pet Scam

According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report, an Edgefield County man and his wife have apparently fallen prey to an internet pet scam.  On March 26, the ECSO was informed by the pair that they had purchased a chocolate lab from an internet site called Greatretrievers.com for $599.  The owner of the company, Kevin […]

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Released (RCW) Released at Lick Fork Lake

Red-cockaded Woodpecker Released (RCW) Released at Lick Fork Lake

Forest Service Francis Marion and Sumter NFs 4931 Broad River Road Columbia, SC 29212 (803) 561-4000 www.fs.usda.gov/scnfs Columbia, SC—– It was a welcome surprise last month when Savannah River Site biologist Thomas “Tal” Mims spotted what hadn’t been seen for over 40 years on the Sumter National Forest, a male red-cockaded woodpecker.   The last […]

Sheppard Mason Lodge Merges with Kadosh of Johnston

Sheppard Mason Lodge Merges with Kadosh of Johnston

Time Capsule Found Under Cornerstone   The Sheppard Masonic Lodge 320 of Trenton merged on January 1, 2018, with the Kadosh Lodge, No. 181 AFM of Johnston.  This was made official through the approval of the Grand Lodge of Masons of South Carolina AFM (Ancient Free Masons). The sale of the Trenton Mason’s building came […]

Notre-Dame at Risk, Potential Symbolism.

Notre-Dame at Risk, Potential Symbolism.

I want to thank CBS This Morning for their piece on the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris on Tuesday March 20th. It frankly is discouraging to learn about the state of its disrepair and its crumbling from within.   I am so grateful for the opportunity to have traveled to view this amazing testimony of craftmanship […]

Make a Wish for Cashous Gantt

Make a Wish for Cashous Gantt

  PHOTO- Cashous in car seat with his mother, grandmother and big brother.   On March 19, 2018, at 9 a.m. a long black limousine came to Johnson Street in Johnston, S.C., to pick up Amber, Teresa, Cashous and Gregory and carried them to Columbia, S.C., to shop. The limousine was stocked with sparkling cider, […]

Ola L. Jolly – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                     Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com March 24, 2018     Ola L. Jolly Edgefield, SC   Ola Langley Jolly, 79, wife of […]

How I met R.D. Porcher and the Hawthorn Tree  

How I met R.D. Porcher and the Hawthorn Tree   

          Pictured: Richard Porcher I shall forever think of Richard Dwight Porcher when I see a hawthorn tree.  I saw one for the first time, recently, while attending one of his lecture tours through a swamp at Middleton Plantation out of Charleston, SC. Porcher is retired from The Citadel where he taught […]

Johnston Community Park Selected by Leadership S.C.

Leadership South Carolina believes the best way to positively impact the state is through education and awareness of the most pressing challenges facing the state. The Leadership South Carolina Class of 2018 selected the Johnston Park Partnership as their community investment project. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Johnston Park Partnership will be Sunday, April 15th at […]