A public hearing to discuss the Rails to Trails project was held Tues., July 16. This meeting was part of criteria that must be met by the Town of Edgefield and Edgefield County who are working in conjunction to obtain a $100,000 grant for the project. Approximately half a dozen citizens attended the meeting, and […]
These two guys, one known well locally and the other not-so-well, were caught in conversation outside the Purple Fence on Saturday afternoon. What were they discussing? The press was not privy to what they said, but we know that Tony Baughman (left) is a former journalist and now a radio personality with a bent for […]
A car chase that started on Bacon Street in Edgefield and ended at the apartment complex on Woodland Ave., Sat., July 27, has led to multiple charges against a Trenton man. According to a report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy with the ECSO requested information on a white Chevrolet Suburban seen […]
Dear Editor: In case you haven’t noticed when traveling between Johnston and Trenton on Hwy 121, across from the recycling plant, about 100 acres have been noted for rezoning from agricultural to industrial. in a phone call to the Edgefield Planning Dept., when I asked what industry was building there, they told me they couldn’t discuss that information. […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Frances Q. Holmes, 86, wife of the late Harold O. Holmes died Saturday July, 27, 2013. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday July 30, 2013 at 11 A.M. at Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will follow in church cemetery. Mrs. Holmes was a native of Edgefield County where she was a member of […]
“White clay eyes and teeth, set against the glaze, make the finest Afro-Carolinian face vessels appear to roar where works three times their size merely whisper.” Robert Farris Thompson could not have said it better. Thompson is the Colonel John Trumbull Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. He was speaking of stoneware […]
A Connecticut gun manufacturer is moving to South Carolina after Connecticut state lawmakers passed stricter gun control laws after the Sandy Hook School shootings. Read more: Connecticut Gun Maker Moving to South Carolina | SportingClassicsDaily.
Can you imagine a school where students visit the Sistine Chapel and are back home by the bell? Or a school where students learn to operate lasers on the moon or explore sea life on the bottom of the ocean floor? Or a school where students travel back in time to meet Beethoven, Davy Crockett […]
The S.C. Natural Resources Board recently approved migratory bird hunting seasons for mourning doves, marsh hens (rails), woodcock, snipe, moorhens, purple gallinules, and early seasons during September for teal and Canada geese. The 2013-2014 seasons must still meet approval by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and be published in the Federal Register in order […]
Dr. Brad Christie, Acting President of Erskine College, has a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and a master’s degree from the University of Virginia. He received his doctorate degree from Duke University and masters of divinity from Erskine Theological Seminary. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Abbeville Opera House and is an active member of the […]