The Advertiser is now posting the 10 lowest gas prices for Edgefield and Johnston, and Aiken and North Augusta, on our new Gas Prices Page, as reported by GasBuddy. You can help keep this information current and accurate by downloading the GasBuddy app for your mobile phone and reporting prices when you stop to fill-up your tank. […]
By Terese Bland Bueker “The one person I want to meet in Heaven, besides my mother, of course, is Talton Bland,” said Terese Bland Bueker of The Woodlands, Texas. “And the first thing I’m going to say to him is ‘Talton, who’s your Daddy?!’” As a genealogist I learned that my ancestor, Talton Bland, was […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Patricia Sherbert Clark, age 64, will be held Sunday, August 5, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Johnston First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home on Saturday evening from 5-7 pm. Mrs. Clark, a native […]
Strom Thurmond High will be scrimmaging Newberry next Wednesday night, 8 August, at home starting at 6:00 p.m. Come out and meet the Rebels. There will be a $3 admission charge. Don’t forget the scrimmage Saturday morning 4 August at Laurens High School starting at 10:00 a.m.
Forty-two fields available for public dove hunting Forty-two public dove fields will be available across the state during the 2012-13 season through the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Management Area program. A county-by-county list of public dove fields and special youth hunts is available online at www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/dove/fields.html or can be obtained by writing: […]
With a desire to provide input into the planning for the Merriwether Community, January 2012 saw the birth of the Merriwether Community Coalition. Since that time, the core group has been meeting, gathering and sharing information with the community. Community wide meetings have taken place and we are now moving forward. In an effort to […]
Dear Editor, I am writing to tell you just how far a candidate will go to get a simple little sign of his opponent’s moved. I was in the local pharmacy in Johnston on Saturday, July 28th checking out at the counter and Davis Parkman walked up to me and said, “I need to talk […]
The Voter Registration Office notified Davis Parkman on Tuesday of this week that he is certified by their office to run for Sheriff in the November 6 general election.
Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Johnston Farmers’ and Artists’ Market is held from 4-6 p.m. each Thursday. If interested in being a vendor call 275-4097. Red Cross Blood Drive: New Century, 410 Calhoun St., Johnston will have a Red Cross Blood Drive Friday, Aug. 3 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Riley’s will offer a 50% […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Mrs. Mamie L. Nicholson Blocker, 91, of Rock Springs Drive, entered into rest July 25, 2012. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, July 30, 2012 at First Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. Reginald White officiating. Interment will be in Springfield Baptist Church, Trenton, SC. Mrs. Blocker, a native of […]