Posted by Cindy Crosby | July 10, 2016 5:29 pm
cindyc4@yahoo.com
BULLDOG CAMP. The Colleton County Parks and Recreation Department will host a four-day baseball and softball day camp, led by the Citadel Bulldog coaching staff, on Monday, July 25-28 at Ace Basin Sports Complex from 9:00 a.m. –
… Read the restPosted by The Press and Standard | July 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Are community festivals making a comeback in Colleton County?
It appears so. The Johnsville Community held a community festival in May, and last weekend Islandton had a festival at the ballpark. And there’s a group in Walterboro that is trying … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Wake up, Walterboro, and take control
Dear Editor:
In the past 12 months, we have seen the Trump candidacy climb from one of ridicule to becoming the Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States. In the process, he … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 10, 2016 5:00 am
Each day as we turn on our television sets, especially to the news, it seems that all we can hear about is turmoil and unrest, both home and abroad. Just recently 49 lives were taken in a nightclub in Orlando, … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 10, 2016 5:00 am
We’re not in the Manitoba wilderness or on the plains of Saskatchewan — just in Victoria, BC, a “shore day” on our Alaskan cruise. It’s a lovely place, at least as much as we can tell from a five-hour excursion.… Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 pm
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Carson of Pigeon Forge, Tenn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Hiedi Lee Carson, also of Pigeon Forge, and Daniel Brant Carpenter of Knoxville, Tenn., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Carpenter of New Carlisle, Ohio.… Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 pm
Two Walterboro residents were elected to leadership posts when the South Carolina chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA-SC) met recently. Mary Anne Cannady of the Cannady Agency, on the right, was given the oath of … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 pm
Heather Stone is a 35-year-old mother of two battling cervical cancer. She was diagnosed on Feb. 16, 2016 and has been receiving chemotherapy at MUSC. She has had several hospital stays and travels back and forth during the week for … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 pm
The Colleton KEYS Coalition (Keeping Every Youth Safe) is concerned about what is happening in our community, both to our youth and adults alike. The Coalition believes that recent youth tragedies have yielded tremendous family, personal and community stress that … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 am
The Islandton Community Celebration 2016 was held Friday-Saturday July 1-2 at the Islandton ballfield on Moselle Road.
Activities included fireworks, games, waterslides, ball jumps, a parade, karaoke, masquerade contests and a parade.
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 am
On dean’s list at Wofford
John William McAlhaney III of Edisto Island has been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Wofford College in Spartanburg.
The list requires 12 semester hours and a grade point average of … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 am
The Walterboro Police Department will be sponsoring free snow cones at the following locations:
Wednesday July 13:
10 a.m.: Colleton Heights/ Druid 2
11:15 a.m.: Edisto Terrace
2 p.m.: Plantation Oaks
3:15 p.m.: Hill Crest Apartments
Thursday July 14:
10 … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 9, 2016 5:00 am
Mr. and Mrs. Cole L. Lawson celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 28.
They were married on May 26, 1956. A blast-from-the-past 50s-style party was given in their honor by all of their children.
Out of town family … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 8, 2016 5:00 pm
Michelle Pye
Michelle Pye
Michelle graduated from Colleton County High in 2013 and from Technical College of the Lowcountry in May of 2016. She will begin her career as a surgical technician in August at Colleton Medical Center. Following … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 8, 2016 5:00 pm
By CINDY CROSBY
cindyc4@yahoo.com
For the first time in recent history, Colleton County will not have an All-Star team competing in the Dixie State Tournament in either baseball or softball. Over the past two weeks, each of the six Colleton … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 8, 2016 5:00 pm
By Vicki Brown
Young Adult Coordinator
Colleton County Memorial Library
What is more fun than trying to pull friends into a muddy baby pool? Apparently nothing, if you ask one of the Library’s Summer Program teens.
The “war” began Thursday … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 8, 2016 5:00 am
By GEORGE SALSBERRY
gsalsberry@lowcountry.com
It was show-and-tell time for the elementary school students who participated in the ACEbotics program’s a summer camp.
The morning of June 30, parents came to Forest Hills Elementary School to learn what their children had … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 8, 2016 5:00 am
The Friends of the Colleton County Animal Shelter presented their annual volunteer appreciation awards last week. Receiving awards were:
Mary Foster, “If the Name Fits” Award for her work with fostering.
Coleman Hudson, “Ask Coleman” Award for his … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 7, 2016 5:00 pm
Burglar leaves ill-gotten gains behind
A suspect who broke into Thunderbolt Career and Technology Center at 1069 Thunderbolt Drive managed to elude capture — but left empty-handed.
July 1 at 1:35 p.m. the burglary alarm at the school district’s vocational … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 7, 2016 5:00 pm
By GEORGE SALSBERRY
gsalsberry@lowcountry.com
Colleton County Memorial Library is heading into uncharted territory at warp speed.
On July 23, the library won’t be lending books, providing computer access or the other myriad of roles it plays in the community.
Instead, … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 7, 2016 5:00 pm
By CINDY CROSBY
cindyc4@yahoo.com
Tyrese Pressey and Wyatt O’Quinn, both rising sophomores at Colleton County High School and members of the Cougar Wrestling team, were selected to compete on the South Carolina USA Wrestling team in the USA Wrestling Junior … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 7, 2016 5:00 pm
A Round O man has been named this week’s deadbeat parent.
Anthony Ramon Preston, 37, whose last known address was on Pleasant Grove Road in Round O, is wanted on three Colleton County Family Court bench warrants for failure to … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 7, 2016 4:34 pm
On Thursday July 7 at approximately 11:55 a.m., officers from the Walterboro Police Department received a call in reference to a shoplifting that just occurred at ClearVision and Jus’ Sports on Bells Highway.
Officers received information that two white males … Read the rest
Posted by The Press and Standard | July 7, 2016 3:47 pm
A trio of alleged shoplifters picked the wrong shopping center to ply their trade Thursday afternoon.
Maurice “Coach” Simmons, a salesman at Jus’ Sports at the Planters Trace shopping center, said a man and woman came into the business early … Read the rest
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