An overturned dump truck tied up traffic on Hwy 23 West for over three hours Friday afternoon, Apr. 11. According to sources at the scene, after getting off route around three o’clock in the afternoon, an out-of-town truck pulling a horse trailer was trying to turn around at the site of Sandy Oaks Rodeo when […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – The 1% Sales Tax Commission has completed their list of proposed projects they will be presenting to the Edgefield County Council at their Apr. 1 meeting. The following is a list of the projects and their costs: Build 5 new Fire Dept. Substations $700,000 (at Hwy 191, Miller Cross Rd., […]
A home on West Martintown Road was burglarized sometime Monday, March 24, according to a report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with the ECSO responded to the home around 6:00 Monday evening after the homeowner notified law enforcement that he had returned home to find his front door had been kicked in. […]
A single car accident on Cold Springs Road claimed the life of 28 year old Wesley David Lawrence of Modoc, SC, early Sunday morning, Mar. 2, at around 12:05 a.m. According to the SC Highway Patrol, Lawrence was driving north on Cold Springs in a 2004 Chevrolet pick-up truck when he ran off the left […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – China Grove Baptist Church, located on North Martintown Road, sustained damage from the 4.1 earthquake that shook Edgefield County and beyond, Friday, February 16. The earthquake’s epicenter was actually about a quarter of a mile behind the church in a wooded area, but, as China Grove is the nearest structure […]
A 3.2 aftershock rocked Edgefield County Sunday afternoon, February 16, at 3:23. This tremor originated in the same vicinity in which Friday’s 4.1 earthquake occurred; 7 miles WNW from Edgefield near China Grove Baptist Church. Residents again reported feeling houses shaking and a loud booming sound. Citizens are being reminded that still more aftershocks are […]
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck Edgefield County Friday night, February 14, jolting residents in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and as far away as Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia. According to the U.S. Geological Survey the quake hit at 10:23 p.m. about seven miles west-northwest of Edgefield, near China Grove Church. The quake occurred three miles underground. Thousands […]
Items Stolen From Weekend Home Thieves stole several items from what is described as a weekend home on Hwy 25 North sometime between Saturday, January 18, and Friday, Jan 31. According to a report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the owner’s of the property returned after a two weeks absence to find the […]
Wesley Spires and Ashley Solesbee to Wed – By Tiffani Ireland – For Wesley Spires and Ashley Solesbee, May 3 will forever be a date etched into their minds. It was on this date last year that the two were viciously attacked while on a date at the River Walk in Augusta, Ga. The attack, […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. – After wrapping up a successful Christmas tree recycling program last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District welcomes anglers to take advantage of about 1,500 used Christmas trees now available for use as fish attractors at select boat ramps on J. Strom Thurmond Lake (Clarks Hill, S.C.). “This was a very successful year for our […]