The suspect wanted in connection with the June 13th burglary on Virgil Wall Road was captured Monday, July 1, at a residence in McCormick, SC. According to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Julius Lavern Rogers, 42, of McCormick, was arrested and charged with Burglary 1st. Rogers was arrested without incident and transported […]
Curtis Wright and father-in-law Rob Keck participated in the 150th Anniversary of the battle for Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. They attended the 3 reenactment days this past weekend. Rob was in the 100th Anniversary when he was 12 with his father so now he has done the 150th, as well. “We had a great time and […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Funeral service for Billy Hopkins Sprayberry Sr., 86, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8:00 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2013 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Mr. Sprayberry, known as “Sarge”, […]
CHERAW, S.C. – James “Jim” Wellington Galletly, 76, died Friday, June 28, 2013 in Raleigh, N.C.. Born in Columbia, S.C., he was the son of the late Wellington Oakman and Celestia Elizabeth Hunter Galletly. He was married to the late Janis Anne Wilkerson Galletly. He attended Clemson University and The University of South Carolina, earning a […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. A.H. Herron, 87, of Edgefield, died Sunday June 30, 2013 at University Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday July 2, 2013 at 11 A.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with visitation from 10 to 11 A.M. before the service at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Eastview Cemetery with […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Richard Wayne Bledsoe, 54, of Wigfall St., died Friday at Aiken Regional Medical Center. A Memorial Service will be held Monday July 1, 2013 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. before the service at the funeral home. Mr. Bledsoe […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to burglary call at a migrant camp on Mt. Calvary Road in Johnston, Wednesday, June 26. There, deputies discovered at least 8 different transient workers had had varying items stolen from their unlocked quarters while they had been at work. Among the items stolen were laptops, flat screen televisions, […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office’s Narcotics Unit as well as the ECSO SWAT Team executed a search warrant at a home on Blair Road in Modoc, SC (within Edgefield County), June 14. As a result of the search, a total of $7035 was seized from the location as well as multiple containers in which was […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – In observance of National Mosquito Control Awareness Week through June 29, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control suggests ways to help reduce the risk from the serious diseases mosquitoes can carry. “Mosquitoes can become infected with viruses like West Nile when they feed on infected birds,” said Linda J. Bell, […]
Have you ever felt the excitement of watching your bobber suddenly jiggle, then dive out of sight? Or feeling the tap-tap-tap of a bass as it tastes the worm on the end of your line? What’s that? You say you never learned to fish? If you are new to the sport of fishing, and not […]