Edgefield County residents advised to avoid wild animals, vaccinate pets. COLUMBIA, S.C. – A dead fox found in Edgefield County has tested positive for rabies, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today. “Avoid wild animals acting tame and tame animals acting wild,” Ferguson said. “About 275 South Carolinians are advised to undergo preventive […]
This Weekend, May 12, at Lick Fork. “Get hooked on fishing and not on drugs,” say the officials of the Jimmy Shay Fishing Rodeo. Always a great event for the young –12 years and under – it is held at Lick Fork Lake on the west side of the county. Here is what the anglers […]
The Strom Thurmond Rebels baseball team kept their march to a championship alive Monday night at Pendleton. Rebel pitcher Marquez Mathis secured his seventh win of the season as the Thurmond team defeated Pendleton 4 to 3 sending the Rebels to another “do or die” game against Palmetto on the road Wednesday. Palmetto High School […]
Edgefield, S.C. : Hospice Care of South Carolina is joining the American Nurses Association in celebrating Nurses: Advocating, Leading, Caring, as part of National Nurses Week, which is held May 6-12, every year. The purpose of the weeklong celebration is to raise awareness of the value of nursing and help educate the public about the […]
EDGEFIELD – Mrs. Ruby D. Gillispie, 82, of Edgefield, SC died Friday, May 4, 2012 at National Health Care. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 11am at Elliott Sons Funeral Home, Lumpkin Road Chapel with Rev. Perry Shelfer and Rev. Sandy Heslop. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Born […]
EDGEFIELD – Ms. Elizabeth Catherine Bryan, 95, passed away Saturday May 5, 2012 at Richard M. Campbell Nursing Home in Anderson, S.C. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday May 9, 2012 at Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church at 2 P.M. with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at […]
A loss to Palmetto last Saturday night sends the Rebel baseball team to Pendleton Monday for a must win game in the AA Upper State Playoff Finals Bracket. The Mustangs were able to push six runs across the plate while holding the Rebels scoreless in the first round of the championship bracket. Palmetto will meet […]
RIDGE SPRING – Funeral Services for Mr. Harold Hampton Cumbee, age 88, will be held Monday, May 7, 2012 at 11 o’clock at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday afternoon from 3-5 pm at Bland Funeral Home, Johnston. Mr. Cumbee, a native of […]
A number of visitors to our Town of Edgefield came by way of the “Heritage Trail–Pottery Tour and Sale” which started on Friday evening with a reception in Greenwood and concluded with tours of pottery studios from Greenwood to Edgefield on Sunday. Among those open Sunday: Greenwood, pARTners in CLAY; Ninety Six, Bell House Pottery; […]
It was a beautiful day for the Johnston Peach Blossom Festival. Although the peach blossoms came early this year and showed gloriously in late February and early March, they appeared only in print or in paintings. However, peaches were actually being shipped from the packing sheds. Proof of this was a long truck loaded with […]