AEC Warns of Lottery Phone Scam

AEC Warns of Lottery Phone Scam

AIKEN – Aiken Electric Cooperative reports receiving information about a lottery phone scam.  The caller claims the Aiken Electric Cooperative member has won $250,000 from a lottery based on names the electric provider has supplied.  The caller claimed to be based in Jamaica. Aiken Electric Cooperative does not share member information with any company or service […]

Marine Walks the Countryside With a Purpose

Marine Walks the Countryside With a Purpose

Mac McQuown was “holding court” at Jim Satcher Ford in Johnston, Wednesday afternoon, June 20, and he was surrounded by many interested people who wanted to know about this journey he is taking.  Already he has walked over a thousand miles as a way to bring awareness to the wounded veterans and their needs, as […]

$15,000 Worth of Tennis Shoes Stolen

$15,000 Worth of Tennis Shoes Stolen

Vacationing residents of Moore Road in Edgefield County returned home over the weekend to find their home had been burglarized. According to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the crime occurred sometime between June 16 and June 23, 2012.  Evidence suggests the burglars gained entrance to the home by breaking out the windows of a laundry […]

Atlanta Braves Treat Youth

Atlanta Braves Treat Youth

Through the generous support of Atlanta Braves players, 25 youth from Edgefield County Youth Empowerment Center were able to attend braves baseball game on Saturday, June 16. They watched with excitement as the Braves played the Baltimore Orioles at Turner Field. Many who attended currently play recreational baseball, so they were ecstatic, says Marcella Edwards, […]

Vivian H. Sprouse

EDGEFIELD – Mrs. Vivian Hammond Sprouse, 62, of Plum Branch Rd., wife of Harvey Sprouse, died Monday June 25, 2012 at her residence. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday June 27, 2012 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mrs. Sprouse was a native of […]

Bishop Visits Church of the Ridge

Bishop Visits Church of the Ridge

The Right Reverend Andrew Waldo, Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, made his annual visitation today, June 24, to the Episcopal Church of the Ridge. One new communicant was received into the Episcopal Church as the entire congregation renewed their Baptismal Covenant during service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Edgefield. Bishop […]

Fannie Belle Hite

WARD – Graveside Services for Miss Fannie Belle Hite, age 101, will be held Sunday, June 24, 2012 in Spann United Methodist Church Cemetery at 2 pm. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Miss Hite, a native of Johnston, died Friday, June 22, 2012. She was a daughter of the […]

DeShawn Surry

EDGEFIELD – DeShawn Surry, 15, of Gary Street, entered into rest June 20, 2012. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Monday, June 25, 2012 at Republican Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten, Jr. officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. DeShawn was a rising freshman at Storm Thurmond High School and […]

Catholics Visit Bishop

Catholics Visit Bishop

On June 22, fourteen youth and seven adults from St. William Catholic Church in Ward visited the Catholic Diocese of Charleston and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. During the trip, the group visited with The Most Reverend Robert E. Guglielmone, who is the 13th Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Charleston.  They also […]

Henry James McCain, Sr.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Henry McCain, a graduate of Paine College and Temple University, departed this life on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 67.  Henry was funeralized on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 10:00am at the Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia and the interment was on June 11, […]