A man was found dead in his home on Country Club Road in Johnston, Tuesday, April 29. According to the Edgefield County Coroner’s Office, the 57 year black male was found by a neighbor around 6:45 in the morning. His death has been ruled the result of a self inflicted gun shot wound. There was […]
Vehicle and Other Items Stolen A man living at a residence on Paces Creek Road in Trenton went out of town in March only to return Saturday, April 26, and find a truck and several other items had been stolen from his home. According to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the […]
CLARKS HILL, S.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom Thurmond Lake Office will open five day use areas for the 2014 recreation season on May 1: GEORGIA – Big Hart: Open May 1 – Sept. 1, boat ramp open year-round. – Amity: Open May 1 – Sept. 1, boat ramp open year-round. – Lake Springs: Centre Point and Pine Point loops are open […]
At a book signing on Sunday, April 27th at the Tompkins Library, the five authors of Our Ancestors, Our Stories explained to a standing-room-only audience how their long journey to find their ancestors ended up in Edgefield, South Carolina. Their book chronicles years of research and the emotional result of finding their slave ancestors and […]
Russ Wilkes, an 18-year-old member of Edgefield United Methodist Church, has accepted an opportunity to serve with Love Africa Missions this May as a Summer Missions aid. Russ is the son of Russell and Julie Wilkes of Columbia Road, Edgefield, and the brother of Parker Wilkes. He is the grandson of Jack and Martha Wilkes […]
Wow!! What an awesome day, Saturday April 26th, 2014 was!!! Relay For Life – Edgefield County – beautiful weather, great participation, delicious food, awesome prizes, and wonderful memories were made. Let’s continue the celebration this weekend (May 3rd) and raise a few more dollars to beat this disease – CANCER!!!!!!!!! Come out and join us […]
Grand Marshals: Ice Storm Workers This coming weekend, the Johnston, SC, Peach Blossom Festival will showcase great entertainment, arts and crafts, food concessions, a parade, rides for children, and a family-oriented street dance. The parade Grand Marshals this year are the local ice storm workers. These heroes helped many citizens who had power outages, and […]
The usually quiet 300 block of Norris Street in Edgefield saw some excitement Saturday, April 26, 2014. Just before 6:00 PM, an abandoned moped caught fire in the parking lot across from the Methodist Church. No one at the scene could be identified as the owner of the moped. David Colman was working in his maintenance shop […]
Merriwether Elementary School’s 4th grade students honored Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22. Students began by using their artistic skills to make paintings of the Earth. Students also wrote promises to the Earth. Some examples of student promises were to reduce, reuse, and recycle and others promised not to litter. Students all came to the […]
Should See “Good Volume” From July On – By Tiffani Ireland – March 26, 2014, will be a day peach growers in Edgefield County and the Ridge area will not soon likely forget. That is because on that day, temperatures dipped, in some areas of the county, as low as 21°F and remained below freezing for […]