Mysterious Football Team Coming to STHS

Mysterious Football Team Coming to STHS

Who are these masked men? Have they journeyed here from another planet? Could this be the first ever pigskin encounter of a third kind? No. I still do not know if this is official but if I wait any longer we will be roaring through state playoffs and the fun will have escaped me. When I […]

Jaws Shown on the Square

Jaws Shown on the Square

Originally scheduled to be shown Friday the 13th, but postponed due to the threat of thunderstorms, Jaws will be the Downtown Drive-In this Friday, July, 27th.  — The Downtown Drive-In offering this week will be Jaws, the 1975 thriller, directed by Steven Spielberg, based on Peter Benchley’s novel of the same name. The movie won […]

Miss South Carolina Takes to the Road

Miss South Carolina Takes to the Road

The new Miss South Carolina, Ali Rogers, crowned last week in Columbia, was showered with money, scholarships, a fur coat (among many gifts) and something she can be proud of and use every day – a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee from Jim Satcher Motors of Johnston. Owners and managers of the Satcher motor business, David and Michelle Satcher, were […]

Race is Almost Set For General Election, Nov. 6

Race is Almost Set For General Election, Nov. 6

Names of certified candidates were disseminated from the Voter Registration Office last week. They are candidates who had been removed from the ballot in the spring because of the registration snafu and now, through petitioning, were seeking again the offices of their choice. Four names were given: George Attaway (District 3), William Smith (District 1), […]

Here and There – 7/26/12

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. Food Fear Factor: Edgefield County Public Library will be hosting Food Fear Factor for teens in grades six and up on Thursday, July 26, at 4:30pm.  Join us for this annual […]

Not Our Ashley Byrd!

Not Our Ashley Byrd!

A story that was spread abroad throughout the media last week was an interview with Miss South Carolina and Ashley Byrd who was designated in the article as “Miss S.C.’s president and executive director.” “That is not our Ashley Byrd,” the answer given by Anne and Buzz Byrd of Edgefield, parents of “our Ashley Byrd” […]

FEMA Grant to S.C. to Update Flood Maps

FEMA Grant to S.C. to Update Flood Maps

ATLANTA – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that a grant of more than $1.7 million will be awarded to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in support of its floodplain mapping program. FEMA will provide $1,757,805 in federal funds toward projects to improve existing flood insurance rate maps and flood risk data, which will strengthen local […]

Margaret “Maggie” Schultz

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Margaret Ransom “Maggie” Schultz, 100, wife of the late George C. Schultz, Sr., died Monday July 23, 2012. Graveside services will be held Thursday July 26, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at the Berea Baptist Church cemetery. Mrs. Schultz was a native of Edgefield County and a homemaker. Survivors include 2 daughters- Willie […]

Dorothy Williams

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Dorothy Louise Frazier Williams, 70, widow of Leroy Williams, of 523 Rocky Creek Road, died on July 19, 2012 at Lexington Medical Center. Born in Edgefield County, she was the daughter of the late Johnnie and Marie Payne Frazier. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and the owner and operator […]

Barbara Ann Edwards

WARD, S.C. – Barbara Ann Edwards, 69, of 103 Cassie Rd., died Thursday, July 19, 2012 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Saluda County, she was the daughter of the late Willie W. and Juanita Adams Edwards. Ms. Edwards was retired from Mt. Vernon Mills in Johnston and was a member of Richland Springs Baptist […]