Primitive Weapon Deer Hunts Scheduled This Fall at Thurmond Lake

 Primitive Weapon Deer Hunts Scheduled This Fall at Thurmond Lake

CLARKS HILL, S.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom Thurmond Project Office will host primitive weapon deer hunts this fall at the Bussey Point management area, located in Lincoln County, Georgia. The Corps hosts these hunts annually to maintain the deer population within the carrying capacity for the area and to improve the quality of the herd. […]

Matt Herring Gets Sprayed as a Send-Off

Matt Herring Gets Sprayed as a Send-Off

Matt Herring has been Edgefield First Baptist Church’s Minister of Music and Youth for the past three years.  He and his wife Laura are moving next week to Charlotte/Mooresville, NC, area to West Methodist Church.  There they will find a fast growing church with lots of young people, such as the EFBC ones in the […]

Theft on Audubon Circle

Theft on Audubon Circle

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on Audubon Circle, North Augusta (Edgefield County), Sunday, June 13.  According to the ECSO report, an electric wheelchair, which was kept in the basement of the vacation home located on the property, was  missing.  The wheelchair is described as being three-wheeled, burgundy and silver in color, […]

Calling All Photographers: A Chance to “Show and Sell”

Calling All Photographers: A Chance to “Show and Sell”

The Friends of the Edgefield County Public Library have issued an invitation to all to participate in a group photography exhibit September 18-August 17, 2014.  This will take place at the Edgefield County Library on Courthouse Sq., Edgefield. Original photos of historical interest from any period (buildings, person, landscape or object) are solicited in this […]

State Antler Records Down Slightly This Year

State Antler Records Down Slightly This Year

The most recent round of white-tailed deer antler measuring conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources revealed 222 new records, including one Boone and Crockett qualifier. Each spring S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife Section personnel make a concerted effort to measure deer racks throughout the state, with a major session during the […]

Jane Pick Gaillard

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Jane Pick Gaillard, 87, of Hwy 378 East, wife of the late George A. Gaillard, died Sunday July 13, 2014 at Edgefield County Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday July 17, 2014 at 12 Noon at Little Stevens Creek Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 11 A.M. […]

Delilah Jennings Adams Batten

SALUDA, S.C. – Graveside services for Mrs. Delilah Jennings Adams Batten, age 88, were held Sunday, July 13, 2014 at Travis Park Cemetery at 4 pm. The family received friends at the gravesite following the service. Mrs. Batten was peacefully called home by her Lord and Savior on the same day he brought her into the […]

Self Regional Healthcare Announces $143,000 In Community Health Improvement Grants

Self Regional Healthcare Announces $143,000 In Community Health Improvement Grants

GREENWOOD, S.C. – Improving the community’s health is a core component of Self Regional Healthcare’s mission, and this quarter the Community Outreach Committee has selected five local nonprofits to receive a total of $143,000 to: Establish and maintain Wi-fi for ambulances in Greenwood and Abbeville counties to communicate heart attack test results between the paramedics and […]