Experienced anglers are sought by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Education Section to volunteer for a new family fishing instruction program. The Family Fishing Clinics (FFCs) are designed to introduce the basics of fishing to the young and old. Participants will learn how to tie fishing knots, rig rods, cast, fish and more! […]
By Linda Nidiffer – In December we expect our children our children to be especially child like: full of wonder and joy, wild with anticipation and bedazzled by the out of control commercialism of our times. Homework and chores are the last things on their minds. Let’s face it kids sometimes turn into quarrelsome, tedious, […]
Participants kicked off the conference with a motivational workshop presented by former Miss South Carolina and Farm Bureau member, Jane Jenkins Herlong. SCFB Agricultural Literacy Director, Vonne Knight, spotlighted the 2012 Ag Book of the Year, “How Did That Get In My Lunchbox?”, and shared hands-on activities that volunteers can conduct with children to help […]
The Sunday Tour of Churches in celebration of the Christmas story was the largest attended, so far, according to Tricia Glenn, who was in charge. The Edgefield County Historical Society sponsors this event each year. The churches – St. Mary’s Catholic, Edgefield First Baptist, Trinity Episcopal and Edgefield United Methodist – through players from each […]
Theatre Production: Edgefield County Theatre Company will present Christmas Belles, a Christmas comedy December, 14–16. Call 637-3833 for tickets. Christmas Cantata: Edgefield First Baptist and Edgefield United Methodist Church choirs and orchestra will perform Thursday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. at Edgefield First Baptist Church. Christmas Play: Johnston Pentecostal Holiness Church Youth will present the […]
The SC Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on Dec. 11, upgraded the drought status one level in every county statewide. Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, McCormick, Greenwood, Edgefield, Saluda, Newberry, Lexington, Aiken and Barnwell counties moved to the severe drought level. Greenville, Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Laurens, Union, Chester, Fairfield, Richland, Sumter, Calhoun, Orangeburg, Clarendon, […]
Pictured is Justin Greene, an 11-year-old, who harvested two deer with one shot at his uncle’s house in the Merriwether area on December 1, 2012. This was his first deer(s).
A motorcyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle in the morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 11, on Hwy 25 near Hayes Drive in Edgefield County. According to the Edgefield County Coroner’s office, the victim has been identified as Donald M. Robinson, 52, of North Augusta, SC. Additionally, the coroner’s office stated that an autopsy […]
According to reports filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, 2 more auto break-ins and an auto theft occurred at the beginning of the month. In the first reported break-in, on Dec. 6 at 610 Rainbow Falls Rd., one vehicle located on a lot sustained damage when its steering column was cracked open. Another vehicle […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Dorcas Dorn Griffis, 87, of Edgefield, wife of the late Byrd Griffis, died Sunday December 9, 2012 in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Graveside Services will be held Thursday December 13, 2012 at 11 A.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mrs. Griffis was a native of Edgefield, S.C. and a member […]