Jeffery Enlow

JOHNSTON – Jeffery Brandon Enlow, 40, of Johnston, South Carolina entered into rest on September 5, 2024. Jeffrey was born in Edgefield, S.C. as the son of the late Linda and Robert Enlow. Jeffery was a CDL truck driver and retired from Cornerstone Concrete.  Jeffery is survived by his son Brantley Enlow, two brothers Robert […]

Gary Massey – Edgefield, SC

Gary Massey – Edgefield, SC

EDGEFIELD, SC – Gary Max Massey, 77, slipped into the arms of his Savior on September 5, 2024.   Born in Greeneville, Tennessee, Gary spent his formative years on the family farm in Limestone, Tennessee.  After graduating from Washington College Academy, Gary was drafted into the United States Army and served opposite troops of Soviet Russia in Germany during […]

Sordid Lives

Sordid Lives

The Discovery  Center, home to the Main Street Players and the Wm. M. Bouknight Theatre, Main St. Edgefield, SC. The Main Street Players will open their fall season in Edgefield with an uproarious comedy, Sordid Lives, the story of a Texas family who navigate the aftermath of a scandalous tragedy with laughter and heart.  Among […]

Marvelle Dorn Cat- Trenton

Marvelle Dorn Cato, 83 of Trenton, South Carolina. The loving wife of Deriel Cato entered into rest on August 30, 2024.  Marvelle was born in Saluda, S.C. as the daughter of the late Marvin Wilson Dorn and Frances Chapman Dorn. She was a retired textile worker and a member of McKendree Methodist Church.  Marvelle is survived by her loving husband Deriel, three sons James T. […]

Elizabeth Gilchrist-Edgefield, SC

Elizabeth Gilchrist-Edgefield, SC

Elizabeth Tompkins Hawthorne Gilchrist, “Liz”, of Edgefield, SC, died on August 17th, 2024.  Liz was born in Edgefield on September 27th, 1934, the daughter of the late William Frederick Hawthorne, Sr., and Grace Tompkins Hawthorne of Edgefield. Liz graduated high school at Peace Junior College a women’s boarding school in Raleigh, NC, and attended Winthrop College […]

Much of SC lifted out of drought by summer rain, Tropical Storm Debby

Much of SC lifted out of drought by summer rain, Tropical Storm Debby

Most of South Carolina is now free from drought as late-July rain and Tropical Storm Debby covered much of the state.The S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call Tuesday, downgraded 38 counties to normal conditions due to all the recent rain. Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens counties remain in incipient drought and the drought status […]

Bennie “Ben” Chrisco

Bennie “Ben” Chrisco

Bennie “Ben” Thomas Chrisco, 89, of Edgefield loving husband of the late Eleanor M. Chrisco went to be with the lord on August 8, 2024. Ben was born in North Carolina as the son of the late Hugh and Hattie Chrisco. He was a proud member of the National Guard. Ben worked as a yard […]

Wanda Mack- Edgefield, SC

Wanda Fay Mack, 64 of Edgefield, SC entered into rest on July 19, 2024.  Wanda was born in Aiken, SC as the daughter of the late Lena Watson Mack Parks and Von Mack Sr.   Ms. Wanda Fay Mack lived most of her life in Saluda, S.C. until she went into Trinity Mission and Rehab nursing […]

Arnold Dobran- Columbia, SC

Arnold Taylor Dobran Arnold Taylor Dobran passed away peacefully on July 30th,2024. He was born September 26, 1943 in Augusta, Ga. He lived his early life in Johnston, SC and was a devoted graduate of the 1962 class of Strom Thurmond High School. He went on to get a business degree at Brewton-Parker Jr. College. He then attended Georgia Southern and […]

Appeals Court Rules that Court’s Delay Does Not Justify FOIA Denialp

Published July 2024 The South Carolina Freedom of Information Act is pretty clear, stating that “The General Assembly finds that it is vital in a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner so that citizens shall be advised of the performance of public officials and of the decisions that are reached in […]