Family Night at JET Middle School

Family Night at JET Middle School

JET Middle School’s School Improvement Council is hosting Family Night on Tuesday, February 5th from 6pm until 8pm. We will have activity sessions, Bingo, hot dogs and more. The cost is $3 for the hot dog supper and $1 for Bingo. For more information, contact JET at 275-1997. There will be information sessions relating to […]

Recovery Works Begins 5th Year of Operation

Many of the people in our community, as well as all over the country, are very aware of what has become an overwhelming epidemic. An epidemic that like a wildfire, has the capability of extreme destruction with everything it comes in contact with. This epidemic being referred to is the addiction to alcohol and drugs. […]

Norovirus on the Rise; Take Precautions Now

Norovirus on the Rise; Take Precautions Now

COLUMBIA, S.C. – With the arrival of the peak of norovirus season (January-March), the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control warns S.C residents of the dangers of norovirus. “Symptoms of norovirus infection include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach cramping,” said David Young, foodborne epidemiologist with DHEC. “Noroviruses are a group of related viruses […]

S.C. Infant Mortality Rate Stabilizes While Disparities Widen

S.C. Infant Mortality Rate Stabilizes While Disparities Widen

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina’s infant mortality rate in 2011 remained stable at 7.4 deaths per 1,000 babies born, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “Although the 2011 rate is 12 percent better than just five years ago, we still have a lot of work to do,” said DHEC Director Catherine […]

Survey Finds NRA Members United

91% of NRA Members Support Laws to Stop Mentally Ill from Acquiring Firearms –  FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action conducted a national scientific poll of its members and found near unanimity among NRA members on a wide range of issues involving mental health reform and firearm rights. Gun control advocates […]

Charges Filed Against STHS Teacher for Illicit Relationship with Student (Updated)

An investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship between a student and teacher at Strom Thurmond High School has led to charges being filed against an employee of Strom Thurmond High School for Sexual Battery with a Student.  According to reports filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the nearly six week investigation into this matter […]

What Happens to Peaches When the Chill is Gone?

What Happens to Peaches When the Chill is Gone?

CLEMSON, S.C. – The warmer-than-normal temperatures of 2012 — the fourth warmest year on record in South Carolina — signal potential challenges for growers of the state’s best-known fruit. Peaches need cold weather to produce flowers and fruit. What happens when the chill is gone? “In the spring, many of us think it’s longer days and warmer […]

STHS Wins Career Development Logo Contest

STHS Wins Career Development Logo Contest

Strom Thurmond High School wins it all in the Region for the Career Development logo contest. Delshawn Wardlaw won 1st, Evan Roberson (L) came in second and  Jacob Bass (R) was 3rd. Beth Clark, their teacher won the adult division for the region and State . Her entry will go to Nationals.

Freda Davis Cato

TRENTON, S.C. – Mrs. Freda Davis Cato, 94, of Trenton, wife of the late J.W. (Jake) Cato, died Wednesday January 23, 2013 at University Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 11 A.M. at Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial in Ebenezer Cemetery. Mrs. Cato was born in New Mexico and was a retired Textile […]