Edgefield County Has Lowest Violent Crime Rate in SC – The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release in which they highlighted a recent report by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division that ranks Edgefield County has having the lowest violent crime rate of all 46 counties in SC. The 2010 edition of Crime […]
Get ready for the annual Trenton Flyers Candy Drop. Kids and the young at heart are invited to join the Trenton Flyers Association Saturday October 27 at the Edgefield County Airport, Yonce Field, in Trenton, for a special Halloween treat. Planes will be on display at 11:30 a.m. and candy will drop from the sky […]
Bring Your Own Folding Chair for this outdoor event. Clarice Wise has fulfilled the legacy left to her by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Wise: that their home is a part of history, important local history, and must be kept for the citizens who own this history. She has opened the doors more […]
Every Thursday afternoon in front of the Library on Calhoun Street from 4 – 6 p.m. You will find delicious fresh turnips (tops & roots). Also yellow squash, cucumbers, peppers, green & speckled butterbeans shelled & unshelled, tomatoes and okra (remember these will be gone after the first frost) as well as sweet potatoes, boiled peanuts, green peanuts, […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Dr. Walter Gamewell Watson, 102, husband of Audrey Bazemore Watson of 67 years, entered into rest on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at University Hospital. His funeral service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Grace United Methodist Church with Rev. James D. Dennis, Jr., Dr. John […]
EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mr. Willie Nicholson, 94, entered into rest October 21, 2012. Funeral services will be held 12 noon Saturday, October 27, 2012 at Jeter Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Jasper Lloyd officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Nicholson, a native of Edgefield County was a deacon and member […]
Food Ministry: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Food Bank Ministry is sponsoring its annual Thanksgiving Holiday Food Drive. Please donate canned goods and non-perishable food to the following locations: FairPrice Food Center, Edgefield Senior Citizens Council and Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. For more info call 637-1287 or 637- 6473. Needed: African Americans with sugar diabetes to […]
The Fox Creek High School Volleyball Team won Region IV Class A with a record of 12-0. The team is 27-3 overall. They played their final game of the regular season on Thursday 10/18 and defeated C.A.Johnson 25-5, 25-10, 25-12 on Monday night 10/22 in the first round of the playoffs. The Predators will play […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – Anne Marie Covar turned in the lowest 54-hole score all-time with a 214 to win the Bulldog Invitational as the Wofford women’s golf team won the event with a new team 54-hole record of 884 at the par-72, 6,000 yard Patriots Point Links. Covar’s 214 came after scores of 71, 73 […]
Trent Miller, a senior at Strom Thurmond High School, was awarded the 2012 SC Association of Fairs Academic/SAE Scholarship. Miller was one of four students to earn a $500 scholarship presented by the South Carolina FFA Association on behalf of the SC Association of Fairs for excellence in Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE), FFA Leadership, School […]