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Community Events

  • South Pointe Soup kitchen

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  • Miss Central High is crowned

    For the first time since 1997, Central High School has royalty. Stephanie McRorie, a senior at CHS, was crowned Miss CHS on Saturday, March 19. McRorie is the daughter of George “Bo” and Deanna McRorie. She was chosen over 13 other contestants after modeling casual wear and evening wear and answering a question.

    The event was presented by the CHS Athletic Booster Club.

    The program began with the 14 contestants performing a group dance number that was not judged. They then modeled the casual wear.

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  • Red Cross of America Day

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  • Women's Hospitality Banquet set for March 19th

       Mark your calendars now for the annual Cheraw First Baptist Women’s Hospitality Banquet.  This year it will be a luncheon event, taking place on Saturday, March 19, from 11:30-1:30 in the Family Life Center of Cheraw First Baptist Church, located at the corners on Market and Greene Street.

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  • Sheriff collecting toys for needy

    CHESTERFIELD – The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Department is collecting new toys for its annual charity Christmas donation to needy families. The department collects new, unwrapped toys and donations for the program, which serves about 60 families in Chesterfield County.

    “We’d really rather have toys,” Sheriff Sam Parker said. “A lot of people bring money and we’ll take that too.”

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  • Parades set this weekend

    Santa Claus is coming to town.

    Pageland’s downtown tree decorating gets under way at 3 p.m. followed by the tree lighting and the Christmas Parade of Lights at 5 p.m. Saturday.

    In Jefferson, judging of Christmas lights and decorations is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10, and the Christmas Magic Parade is 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12. Ruby’s Christmas parade is set for Saturday, Dec. 11.

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  • South Pointe youngsters perform Christmas show

    The South Pointe Christian School Elementary School presented its annual Christmas pageant on Nov. 30, called Angels. Lambs, Ladybugs and Fireflies. An appreciative audience filled the gym at South Pointe for the two-act presentation of music, narration and dance about Christmas and the birth of Christ. The pageant was directed by South Pointe Fine Arts Director Emily Privette.

    Here is the cast:

    Angel Narrator

    Seth Furr

    Angels

    Camryn Miller, Payton Oliver

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  • Christmas events coming soon

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Pageland and Jefferson.

    The “Put Your Money Where Your House Is” Christmas mall is set for 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Pageland Community Center. The Pageland Shopping Mall, sponsored by the Griffridge Foundation, features more than 80 shops and businesses all under one roof for convenient and comfortable shopping.

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  • Jefferson native kicks off Music on Maynard

    By Casey Outen

    Special to the Progressive Journal

    Tony Adams looked out at lots of familiar faces, and that suited him just fine.

    “I don’t care if I am performing to two or two thousand, home is home,” he said last week. “This is where I first started cutting my teeth so, by far, this beats singing on a cruise ship any day.”

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  • Business leaders focus on domestic violence

    Don Newton recently attended a 25th reunion of employees who worked at a plant where the workforce was especially closeknit.

    “Even though it went through a hostile takeover and was shut down those people still get together for a reunion,” he said.

    One of the workers was a young woman at the time Newton worked in personnel. He walked up when she was telling the former company president that Newton “is the reason why she’s alive today.”

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