Monday night, in an hour of reporting on the Strategic Plan for Edgefield County by Roger LeDuc, Edgefield County Alliance members heard another step in putting the plan out there for people and encouraging leadership in the community and county government to make it work. This plan was passed on by the County Council in […]
The Edgefield County Council unanimously passed the first reading of the 2012-2013 General Operating Budget at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Tuesday, April 3. The budget did receive two small amendments before its passage. One included amending the budget so that the county pays 100% of the recreation centers’ utility fees versus the 75% that […]
On Easter Sunday a Barnwell man, David Richard Fallaw, was killed after he was ejected from his motorcycle on Highway 23 West in Edgefield County on a stretch that is often known as Dead Man’s Curve. The 55 year old man was taken to Edgefield County Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:48 p.m. […]
One man was killed Thursday, April 5, in an accidental electrocution in a field off Bauknight Road according to the Edgefield County Coroner’s Office. Mauricio Martinez, 27, died when an irrigation pole he and fellow workers were trying to move hit a power line. Reports were that another worker was also injured in this accident, […]
BEECH ISLAND — Mr. Norwood Chresswell Williams, 81, of Hammond Road, died Sunday April 8, 2012 at his residence. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday April 11, 2012 at 11 A.M. at All Saints Episcopal Church in Beech Island. The family will receive friends after the service at the church. Mr. Williams was born […]
Always a devoted group joins together at Spann Church, devoted to the old church and its history and mission. Some are members; some are friends. They were there on Good Friday evening to follow a service led by Pastor John Kneece. Kneece read from the Book of John, a new translation, and talked of who […]
ROME, GA. – Ms Laurina M. (Susie) Sieben, 94, of Rome, Ga., formally of Edgefield, S.C., passed away Wednesday April 4, 2012. Funeral Services will be held Sunday April 15, 2012 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Ms Sieben was born on October 24, 1917 […]
Burton is New Councilman – Culbreath Wins over Felder Edgefield and Johnston held elections on Tuesday for Town Council. Only one Ward in each town had candidates vying for the seats — Ward 1 in Johnston and Ward 6 in Edgefield. Winner of Ward 1 in Johnston is Terrence Culbreath with 76 votes, winning over Calvin […]
Senior Gardener Willie Leaverette Jr. and his young gardeners remove the remains of the fall garden Tuesday morning. Mr. Leaverette is sharing 77 years of experience and wisdom with the youth of his church. “Give a man a basket of corn and feed him for a day, teach a man to grow corn and feed […]
Local potters in the Greenwood and Edgefield area are collaborating to host the first Heritage Trail Pottery Tour & Sale, a series of events from Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6. The Pottery Tour & Sale kicks off with joint receptions at The Museum in Greenwood and the Discovery Center in Edgefield during which […]