The People-Sentinel

12/08/2025

✨ Deadline is approaching! ✨

If you welcomed a sweet new bundle of joy this year, don’t miss your chance to feature them in our Baby’s First Christmas Keepsake Special Section! 🎄👶❤️

Celebrate their very first Christmas with a keepsake you’ll treasure forever.

🗓 Deadline: December 8, 2025
📰 Find the form in the newspaper or see the digital form in the comments of this post so you can email the information to Debi at [email protected].

Let’s make your little one’s first Christmas extra special! 🎁✨

12/08/2025

Here are some snapshots of the kids with Santa at our 2nd annual Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday.

12/08/2025

This year's Christmas tree in downtown Barnwell was donated by Brian and Gabriella Williams in memory of her grandparents, the late Dennis and Sylvia Rogers of Barnwell.
We will have lots of photos from the Barnwell Christmas Tree lighting, plus other Christmas events, in this week's newspaper.

12/08/2025

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of former Barnwell City Councilman Pickens Williams Sr.
In addition to serving 25 years on council, he was involved in the community in other ways. He also owned Williams Farm & Garden for 43 years.
Services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at Reedy Branch Baptist Church.
https://www.thepeoplesentinel.com/stories/frank-pickens-williams-sr,101250?

BARNWELL - Frank Pickens Williams Sr., 87, of Barnwell, S.C. passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025. Born in Govan, S.C. on April 23, 1938, at “Mountain Home”, he was the son of …

12/08/2025

Williston Town Council meets tonight at 6:30 p.m.

12/07/2025

At the end of last night’s Williston Christmas Tree Lighting, Santa arrived to greet the kids and take photos.

12/07/2025

Get in the Christmas spirit tonight with these hometown tree lightings! ✨🎄

Join your neighbors and celebrate the season at one of these festive and free events happening TODAY (Sunday, Dec. 7):
🎄 Kline Christmas Tree Lighting – 5 p.m. at Kline Town Hall
🎄 Hilda Christmas Tree Lighting – 5 p.m. at the Hilda Depot
🎄 Elko Christmas Tree Lighting – 6 p.m. at the Elko Fire Department

Bundle up, bring the family, and enjoy an evening full of holiday cheer! ❤️🎅

12/07/2025

The Williston Nativity Festival continues today from 1-6 p.m. in the activity building at First Baptist Williston. This is sponsored by the Ivy Garden Club of Williston. Over 150 nativities from all over the world are on display.

WOW—thank you to everyone who braved the rain 🌧️ and came out to the Nativity Festival today! We are truly thankful for you ❤️. If you missed it, don’t worry… we’re back tomorrow from 1 PM to 6 PM ⏰ at Williston First Baptist Church in the Christian Activity Building (gym). Come experience 150+ beautiful nativities from around the world —you don’t want to miss this!

12/07/2025

If you missed the Barnwell Christmas Tree Lighting, here’s a video of the festivities.
We will have photos in this week’s newspaper.

12/06/2025

Santa discusses “Christmas magic” with the children at the Breakfast with Santa event this morning. He said everyone has the same magic, which is made of love, hope and faith.

12/06/2025

Huge shoutout to the City of Barnwell Fire Department for hosting our Breakfast with Santa event this morning! The firefighters also cooked the pancakes and sausage!
We appreciate them being a partner/sponsor of this annual event, which attracted over 125 people.
More appreciation posts are coming for our other sponsors, plus lots of photos.
Thanks to everyone who came this morning!

12/06/2025

🔴Parade Canceled🔴

Due to 20-plus parade participants dropping out, today’s Barnwell Christmas Parade is unfortunately canceled.
However, the Christmas tree lighting and singing is still on at this point. It starts at 5:30 p.m. on the Circle.