Edgefield County Council is sponsoring a Job Fair to be held Wednesday, July 29, from 10AM until 2PM. in the Strom Thurmond High School Cafeteria at 1131 Columbia Road. There is no cost for employers who are currently hiring or who plan to hire workers by October 2015. For more information call 864-941-8050 or email work@uppersavannah.com. […]
A resident of Reynolds Drive in Trenton returned home Tuesday, June 30, 2015 to find several men allegedly trying to burglarize his home. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the matter, the man returned home at about nine in the morning to see a red Ford Mustang with a tan top in […]
An Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office patrol car caught fire Saturday night, July 4, 2015 after it was involved in a single car accident on Stephens Road. According to a spokesperson with the ECSO, the deputy driving the vehicle was responding to another deputy’s call for assistance when he ran off the road and into a […]
AIKEN, S.C. – Graveside services for Mr. Denny Lindell Tuten, age 69, will be held Monday, July 6, 2015 in Rome Cemetery, Dixie Union, GA at 11 o’clock. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home in Johnston, SC Sunday afternoon, July 5, 2015, from 5-7 pm. Mr. Tuten, a resident of Aiken, SC, died […]
EDGEFIeLD, S.C. – Mrs. Mildred Oliver Timmerman, 85, of Edgefield, wife of the late Marion l. Timmerman, passed away Wednesday July 1, 2015 at Trinity Mission Health and rehab. Graveside services will be held Friday July 3, 2015 at 11 A.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. The family will receive friends after the service […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Ms. Lillian Alice Johnson Hardy, of Academy Street, entered into rest June 29, 2015 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Friday, July 3, 2015 at Science Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Lorenzo Williams officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Hardy, a native […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – Last week was one which inspired vastly different reactions among different people, but all seem to agree on one thing: change is coming, disruptive change, for better or for worse. The question we need to ask now is not how can we prevent such change, but rather how can […]
Most everyone in Edgefield County knows Thurmond Burnett of Edgefield Mercantile, but most do not know he has a car that he’s restored? Perhaps some may have seen him drive by in one of the local parades or at The Edgefield Cruise-In where he will have it on display again, July 18. His car is […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A survey of South Carolina legislators shows there is enough support to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds if all supporters cast a vote. The Post and Courier newspaper, the South Carolina Press Association and The Associated Press asked all lawmakers how they intend to vote. At least 33 senators […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Graveside Services for Benjamin Boatwright, Jr., age 71, will be held Friday, July 3, 2015 in Mt of Olives Cemetery, Johnston, S.C. at 10 o’clock. The family will receive friends at the gravesite following the service. Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, is assisting the family with arrangements. Mr. Boatwright, a native of Johnston, […]