Johnston UMC’s Christmas Message

Johnston UMC’s Christmas Message

The Live Nativity produced Dec. 20 and 21 by Johnston United Methodist Church was a great attraction that brought many out of county visitors as well as local citizens. The crowds were so large that it became necessary to leave one’s car behind and walk to the site to get a best viewing. This is […]

Piedmont Technical College Honors Graduates at Commencement Ceremony

Piedmont Technical College Honors Graduates at Commencement Ceremony

  The James Medford Family Event Center at Piedmont Technical College welcomed more than 350 Piedmont Technical College graduates for a commencement ceremony to celebrate their accomplishments. Dr. Ray Brooks, president, welcomed graduates, family and guests to celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates. “I was thinking about past Christmases and trying to remember the best […]

LeDuc’s Contract as Interim Extended

Edgefield County Council held a special called meeting Wednesday, Dec. 16 at which they unanimously voted to extend acting Interim Administrator Roger LeDuc’s contract for another two months. If a new administrator is not hired by the end of that term, the extension agreement will continue on a month to month basis unless either party […]

Barbara L. Walsh

FLAGLER BEACH, FLA. – Barbara L. Walsh, 71, passed away on December 10, 2015. Barbara was born in Miami, Florida on August 30, 1944 to Bartow L. Walsh and Catherine Stubbs Walsh. She moved to Flagler Beach in 2002 from Charlotte, N.C. Barbara received her Bachelor’s degree from Erskine College in South Carolina and her […]

Anita F. Fay

Anita Fursey Fay, 75, wife of Timothy David Fay, of Holmes St., died Sunday December 20, 2015 at Georgia Regents Medical Center. A Memorial Service will be held Tuesday December 22, 2015 at 3:30 PM at Bible Baptist Church on Sweetwater Rd. in Edgefield, S.C. Mrs. Fay was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and was retired from Aiken […]

$40,000 Worth of Stolen Items Recovered

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office along with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office recovered over $40,000 worth of stolen items from a residence at 893 West Five Notch Road in North Augusta (Edgefield County) Wednesday, Dec. 9. According to an ECSO incident report, the ACSO contacted the ECSO after the ACSO received an anonymous tip that […]

Dog Saves Woman in Break-in

A Trenton woman has her dog to thank for thwarting a criminal act at her residence on Tuesday, Dec. 8. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the incident, the woman reported that she was inside her Watson Road home around nine in the morning when she heard someone breaking glass. The woman […]

Three Auto B&Es on Diggs Road

Three automobiles were broken into at two separate locations on Diggs Road in Trenton, Thursday, Dec. 10. Two of the vehicles were located at GLEAMS Headstart and the third at Douglas Elementary. In all three instances, the victims report leaving their vehicles in the parking lots around in 7:00 in the morning as they reported […]

Drugs Found in Re-possessed Vehicle

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was notified Wednesday, Dec. 9, by Carolina Auto in North Augusta (Edgefield County) that drugs had been found in a vehicle the company had re-possessed. According to the ECSO report, an employee with Carolina Auto found a small clear plastic bag containing a small hard, rock-like substance in the middle […]

Tour of Churches — a Full Church

Tour of Churches — a Full Church

There was a large attendance at the 2015 Tour of Churches on Sunday past. Young people and adults from the church communities participated as actors in tableaux (non speaking vignettes) in the four churches – St. Mary’s Catholic, First Baptist, Trinity Episcopal and Edgefield United Methodist. These tableaux presented to the audience the characters in […]