Lady Rebels to Enter Conference Play The Lady Rebels basketball squad closed out non-region play with a 48-35 loss against a senior dominated Airport team. Kayla Adams knocked down 4 three pointers to lead all scorers with 14 points. The Lady Rebels will kick off region play on the road Friday against Abbeville. Region games […]
At the January meeting of Edgefield County Council, Will Williams, President/CEO of the Economic Development Partnership, presented Council with a plaque bearing the certification of Edgefield County as a SC Work Ready Community. Williams told Council this certificate shows industries that Edgefield County has the needed work force ready and able to go to work. […]
The Greatest Time Ever The J.E.T. Boys to Men Club visited the Edgefield County Senior Citizens Council Inc. in Edgefield. The club gave gift bags to the seniors and staff members who were present. The club members spent time fellowshipping, asking the seniors questions about their past and listening to their stories as they reminisced […]
Antioch Baptist Church gave away 209 dozen donuts to the five middle and high schools in Edgefield County last week as part of an outreach ministry. Throughout the week long ministry effort, there were donuts left over – unbelievable, huh? Those donuts were given to the faculty and staff of Parker and Meriwether Elementary Schools […]
BLACKVILLE, S.C. (January 12, 2014) — Unmanned aircraft have been cleared for takeoff above the farm fields at Clemson University’s Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville. The eyes in the sky will monitor crop health and gather data to improve farming efficiency and productivity by letting growers know precisely when and where to water, fertilize or […]
Update: Westside Shooting Ruled a Homicide Jody Ray Jones, 42, has been charged with murder for the Sunday night shooting of Patricia Kay Love at their home on Red Hill Road. Love died yesterday, Jan. 13, at Georgia Regents University from a gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy was performed on her body Wednesday, […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Rachel Bailey Powell, 95, of Edgefield, wife of the late James G. Powell, died Saturday January 10, 2015 at Edgefield County Hospital Funeral Services will be held Tuesday January 13, 2015 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield First Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield, S.C. Mrs. Powell […]
ELMHURST, N.Y. – Native of Johnston, S.C., Grace T. Forsythe (nee Grace Elaine Toney), daughter of Henry Spann Toney and Arbrette Watson Toney, was born in 1915 and died January 8, 2015 in the hospital in Elmhurst, NY after suffering a broken hip followed by a stroke. Grace was preceded in death by two sisters […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Roy T. Hill 84, of Edgefield died 01/09/2015. Mr. Hill was born in Franklin Co. GA and was the son of the late John Burgess and Lillie B. Hill. There will be no services at this time and Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home is in charge.
Opinion – By Dr. Mims Mobley – It doesn’t seem like it has been 37 years since the late Christopher Reeve, starring as the superhero with red cape billowing, flew across theater screens in the first of four Superman movies; it was the blockbuster movie of 1978. One scene I vividly recall was just after […]