Fox Creek Basketball
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Wardlaw Academy Basketball
South Aiken Baptist 41 Wardlaw 25 (girls) Lady Patriot Beth Warnken’s double figure scoring effort, which included two 3-pointers, would not be enough to overcome SAB’s Holsenback and Minichan last Tuesday. Early points by the Crusaders sent the ladies to intermission with Wardlaw trailing 20 to 5. The Patriots came out swinging in the third […]
Poetry Meets Pottery COUPLETS CONTEST
Submit a couplet to the Poetry Meets Pottery COUPLETS CONTEST! $100 First Prize! Come to the Edgefield County Public Library this Saturday, 10 AM-Noon, for a workshop on the rhymed couplet. There you can pick up the necessary supplies and information concerning how to submit your couplet. Contestants must be residents of Edgefield County. Couplets […]
“I was a Stranger, and you took me in.” by Robert Scott
It is not very often that our Edgefield County Council is asked to weigh in on foreign policy. It happened last week. As the regular meeting concluded on January 5th, a citizen rose to address possible refugee resettlement. Will our County Council, as other County Councils have done, pass a Resolution against refugee resettlement here […]
Remembering Vietnam, Grady Lee Clark
The following article is provided in honor of the USA Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Grady Lee Clark. He was born in the Good Hope community of Saluda County, a son of Curtis and Mae Bell Clark. He lived there until he was 12 years old, when the family moved to […]
Pastor Sloan Gordon to be Installed
Cedar Spring Baptist Church, 1836 Hwy 283, Plum Branch, SC, is having an Installation Service for Pastor Sloan Gordon on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 2:30PM. Installation Sermon Speaker is Rev. Michael Butler, Pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, McCormick, SC. Pastor Gordon was born in Edgefield, South Carolina. He was educated through the […]
Muelfeld Joins WFI as Fund Development Associate
Augusta, GA—Keith P. Muelfeld has joined the Walton Foundation for Independence as a Fund Development Associate. He will be responsible for growing the membership of the Cornerstone Society—Walton Foundation’s giving society—and developing new relationships with businesses and corporations throughout the Augusta River Region. Muelfeld is a former trial court judge for the state of Ohio, […]
SCDOT Continues Preparations for Winter Weather
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) continues preparations in anticipation of winter weather moving into the state. SCDOT Maintenance units in five of the agency’s seven Districts have been pretreating interstate highways and bridges since Thursday. The remaining two Districts are on stand-by to assist other regions […]
Red Cross Gets Ready as Winter Storm Threatens; Urges People to Prepare for Severe Winter Weather
COLUMBIA, S.C., Thursday, January 21, 2016 — The American Red Cross is preparing to respond in South Carolina, as well as along the entire East Coast, as a massive winter storm threatens. In South Carolina, the Red Cross is on alert, carefully monitoring weather forecasts, and coordinating closely with local and state partners. Red Cross […]
Hal Irish
Hal Irish, a resident of Edgefield, S.C., died Wednesday, January 20, 2016, age 89 years. Born January 18, 1927, he lived most of his life in Northern California until his move to Edgefield in 2006, where he lived with the love of his life, Henrietta Odell Humphreys, who survives him. Also surviving are his sister, […]