GEORGETOWN, S.C. – Results from the 2013 firefly count are in. There’s a steady glow in many parts of the state, but conservation efforts are needed, say Clemson firefly project researchers. The Clemson University Vanishing Firefly Project was launched by entomologist Juang-Horng “JC” Chong and biogeochemist Alex Chow. The goal of the program is to […]
July 30, 2013 In this issue of my Update, I wanted to focus on one item by providing some basic information on an important item County Council will discuss at its meeting on August 6: A 1 percent Capital Sales Tax. It’s a concept worth discussing, and the best thing is that you, the voter, […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Reverend David Acrill Fort, 89, died at home on Sunday, July 28, 2013. David was born in Gaffney, SC to the late James Claude and Gladys Coker Fort. He attended The Darlington School in Rome, GA, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, and the University of the South in Sewanee, TN where he […]
Karson Barrett and Brittany Hutchins, seniors at Strom Thurmond Career Center, were recently selected by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and Clemson University to attend the 2013 South Carolina Commissioner’s School for Agriculture. Barrett and Hutchins, Thurmond FFA members and students in the agriculture program at the Strom Thurmond Career Center, were selected from […]
A trailer was reported stolen from a driveway on Col. Shaw’s Way, Friday, July 26. According to the incident report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the owner of the trailer reported it as having been attached to his truck in his driveway when he went to bed for the night. When he awoke […]
A public hearing to discuss the Rails to Trails project was held Tues., July 16. This meeting was part of criteria that must be met by the Town of Edgefield and Edgefield County who are working in conjunction to obtain a $100,000 grant for the project. Approximately half a dozen citizens attended the meeting, and […]
These two guys, one known well locally and the other not-so-well, were caught in conversation outside the Purple Fence on Saturday afternoon. What were they discussing? The press was not privy to what they said, but we know that Tony Baughman (left) is a former journalist and now a radio personality with a bent for […]
A car chase that started on Bacon Street in Edgefield and ended at the apartment complex on Woodland Ave., Sat., July 27, has led to multiple charges against a Trenton man. According to a report filed by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy with the ECSO requested information on a white Chevrolet Suburban seen […]
Dear Editor: In case you haven’t noticed when traveling between Johnston and Trenton on Hwy 121, across from the recycling plant, about 100 acres have been noted for rezoning from agricultural to industrial. in a phone call to the Edgefield Planning Dept., when I asked what industry was building there, they told me they couldn’t discuss that information. […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Frances Q. Holmes, 86, wife of the late Harold O. Holmes died Saturday July, 27, 2013. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday July 30, 2013 at 11 A.M. at Antioch Baptist Church. Burial will follow in church cemetery. Mrs. Holmes was a native of Edgefield County where she was a member of […]