Johnston Peach Blossom Festival

Johnston Peach Blossom Festival

Johnston Peach Blossom Festival Sponsored by the Johnston, S.C., Development Corporation   Growing and Promoting the Johnston Area   For Immediate Release Contact: Dean Campbell, Festival Publicity Chairman, (803) 275-3635   Entries Being Accepted for Arts and Crafts Vendors, Food Vendors for the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival The Johnston, S.C., Peach Blossom Festival is now […]

Lois W. Keesley – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett        Phone (803) 637-6536 David T. Burnett              Fax (803) 637-6006     Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902   Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824   March 2, 2018   Lois W. Keesley Edgefield, SC   Lois Woods Keesley, 91, wife of the late Archie […]

School District and Community Benefits from Solar Projects

School District and Community Benefits from Solar Projects

  Edgefield County School District is reaping benefits from a federal law requiring power companies to invest in green energy. “Because we are a public institution,tax credits were of no use to school districts, so the SCE&G developed a program that would make solar energy an option for us,” explained James Courtney, ECSD Director of […]

   Cumbee Center Announces 2018 Writing Contest

   Cumbee Center Announces 2018 Writing Contest

Due to the recent attention brought to sexual assault and harassment issues, our goal is to present students with the opportunity to use their voices to empower survivors. Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons therefore is pleased to announce the 2018 writing contest beginning March 1, 2018.  Entrants may submit an original short story or […]

Mrs. Laura M. Cuthbertson – Edgefield, SC

Mrs. Laura M. Cuthbertson – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett        Phone (803) 637-6536 David T. Burnett            Fax (803) 637-6006     Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902   Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824   February 28, 2018 Mrs. Laura M. Cuthbertson Edgefield, SC   Mrs. Laura Mae Magill Cuthbertson, 82, wife of Donald C. […]

Mr. Benjamin S. Rushton – Johnston, S.C.

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 February 28, 2018 Mr. Benjamin S. Rushton Johnston, S.C.   Mr. Benjamin Samuel Rushton, 62, of Louisa Lane, […]

 Nat’l Girl Scout Cookie Weekend 2018

 Nat’l Girl Scout Cookie Weekend 2018

Girl Scouts sold cookies, Saturday morning, assisted by their Troop Leader (center) Beverly Griffith.   Girl Scouts of South Carolina-Mountains to Midlands joined other Girl Scout councils across the United States February 23–25 to participate in National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend 2018.   Local Girls Scouts participating in the cookie sales on Saturday morning in […]

Rage Incident at Gas Station Results in Charges          

Rage Incident at Gas Station Results in Charges           

A man pumping gas at Billy’s Superstation in Trenton on Feb. 24 reportedly had a woman point a gun at him when he refused to move for her to pump gas.  According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office incident report, a witness to the incident stated the woman almost hit the man’s vehicle when she […]

Announcing the first Annual Peach Ridge Invitational Varsity Pre-Season Baseball Tournament!

Announcing the first Annual Peach Ridge Invitational Varsity Pre-Season Baseball Tournament!

The Strom Thurmond Rebel Baseball program is excited to announce that we will be hosting the first Annual Peach Ridge Invitational Varsity Pre-Season Baseball Tournament. The Tournament will feature a full week of baseball action at STHS with 8 total teams competing for the Peach Ridge Invitational Championship. The tournament will feature the Strom Thurmond […]

Frances P. Smith – Edgefield, SC

Thurmond Burnett        Phone (803) 637-6536 David T. Burnett              Fax (803) 637-6006   Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902   Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824   February 23, 2018   Frances P. Smith Edgefield, SC   Frances Paul Smith, 82, of Edgefield, entered into rest on […]