On Saturday, July 19 Edgefield held its first Cruise-In on the Square where over 100 classic cars, trucks and motorcycles filled the Main Street, side streets and around Edgefield’s Courthouse Square. Over 5 car clubs from around the CSRA were represented as well as people coming from as far as Savannah and Bishopville. There were […]
Tom Stuckey, a well-respected and seasoned outdoor industry professional, recently joined the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) as senior vice president of development. Stuckey will lead the development department, which is responsible for discovering and cultivating relationships with upper-level donors to the NWTF. The Palmetto Shooting Complex will be a premiere destination for shooting and […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – Linda Priest has served the county of Edgefield since 1983. However, after over 30 years, she has announced, “It is time to move on.” Priest, who is ending her tenure as a tax collector, has also worked during her time with the county in the auditor and appraiser’s offices, but […]
Edgefield Has “Nonrenewable Resources” Laura Clifford had made a long journey of study and discovery before she said, “This is where I want to be!” This was when she landed at the Piedmont Pottery Center under the teachings of Thomas Koole. She had been a teacher with higher degrees in archeology and education and more […]
On Saturday, July 19, Edgefield will host the first annual Cruise-In on the Square from 4 to 7 p.m. A Cruise-In is a group of car enthusiasts gathering at a designated location to park and show off their cars, talk car talk, and visit with other car buffs; the common interest being classic vehicles, cars, […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of multiple discharging weapons on Eastview Road, Wednesday, June 9. An ECSO report gives details two eyewitnesses were able to provide to law enforcement regarding the shoot out. According to those two witnesses, several vehicles pulled up at a mobile home located on one of the […]
Former school board member, Chris Hoffmann, has announced his candidacy to again run for a seat on the Edgefield County School Board. Hoffmann will be running for a seat to represent what has been designated as District 6. No person presently represents this area as it has just been created under the re-districting of the […]
The Caretaker’s Cabin at Horns Creek is under way, a project of the Edgefield County Historical Society, and these are the builders: L to R, Junior Singleton, Scotty Brown, William Singleton, Alex Glanton & Greg Moore. The cabin is for a caretaker who will protect the site which has been treated badly by marauders in […]
It is no longer “business as usual” in Edgefield. Changes are taking place. It was back in 2013 that the Advertiser called the changing faces of some local businesses a kind of “musical chairs.” (Businesses were changing spaces in several directions.) The new happening that creates change is closings and openings that bring grief and […]
Dr. Patrick McMenamin, “Dr. Mac” to his team, is now serving the Edgefield County-Ridge area through the Edgefield County Hospital. He is among the new specialists who come to the hospital periodically to service the diagnoses that are his specialty. He is an otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon whose specialty sounds complicated. However he explains […]