The Strom Thurmond High School Symphonic Band received top honors at the South Carolina State Concert Festival. The band earned an overall rating of Superior by performing three prepared selections and a sightreading selection they have never seen. They are adjudicated by highly qualified instrumental music professionals from across the country. The band is given […]
Patsy Cline is a Convincing Angel in the Show The first musical is coming to the William Bouknight Theatre at the Discovery Center in Edgefield next weekend, April 20, and it will rock the theatre as it has during rehearsals. Always, Patsy Cline will be a show to remember. And here is why. Debbie Fryer […]
Senior Gardener Willie Leaverette Jr. and his young gardeners remove the remains of the fall garden Tuesday morning. Mr. Leaverette is sharing 77 years of experience and wisdom with the youth of his church. “Give a man a basket of corn and feed him for a day, teach a man to grow corn and feed […]
Multigenerational Activities Under one Roof – Thursday afternoon the Edgefield County Senior Center on Center Springs Rd. was bustling with activity. For those who have not returned to this building since its opening in June of 2008, each should find a way to visit it to see what has been done to change it from […]
Spann United Methodist Church in Ward will have its annual Good Friday service at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 6. The service will include hymns about the Cross and a meditation by Pastor John Kneece. On Easter morning, Spann will have a service at 9:45. Spann’s membership has increased recently, with typical attendance of more […]
Kelley and Jodi Robinson are unofficial ambassadors for Foster Care. They live in the beautiful old Mobley home, built in 1888, on Edisto Street in Johnston. That home is what brought them to Johnston, and here is their story. Jodi and Kelley were living in Virginia where houses are expensive and they were making plans […]
Blood Drive: Shepeard Community Blood Center will hold their April Blood Drive, Friday, April 20, from 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Edgefield County Hospital and from 1:30-6 p.m. at Bi-Lo Shopping Center in Edgefield County and on Wednesday, April 25 from 1-5 p.m. at National Wild Turkey Federation, 770 Augusta Road, Edgefield. Sunrise […]
The Edgefield County School Board voted unanimously Tuesday, Mar. 27, to name Edgefield County School Board Attorney Greg Anderson as the new Superintendent for the county’s schools. While Mr. Anderson has been named Superintendent and does have authority at this time, he has not actually assumed the position yet. According to a source close […]
The Moral Compass, a one-act play that opens the new “Selective History Series,” produced by the Edgefield County Theatre under the sponsorship of The Edgefield County Historical Society, was a real success. This was on Friday evening at the Discovery Center. What felt like a perfect casting of three members of the Logue family, Clarence […]
Kim Tilley grew up in Cullowhee, North Carolina, near Tilley Creek, a creek named after her ancestors. She loved that creek. As a child she played on that creek. She loved her home in North Carolina, but when she was 13, she and her mom moved to Saluda, S.C., to be with her grandmother. Kim […]