Notice of Public Meeting

Notice of Public Meeting Commissioner for DOT’s Third District to be Elected March 10, 2016 March 4, 2016, COLUMBIA, S.C. — Legislators residing in South Carolina’s Third Congressional District will meet on March 10th to elect their member to the Department of Transportation Commission. The Third Congressional District of South Carolina is the same as […]

Town Hall Attendees Hear of Roads & Bridges by Tiffani Ireland

Town Hall Attendees Hear of Roads & Bridges by Tiffani Ireland

South Carolina Senator Shane Massey held two town hall meetings recently in Edgefield County; one at Merriwether Middle School on Monday, Feb. 15, and the other Thursday, Feb. 25, at the County Council Chambers in Edgefield.  The non-partisan meetings were well attended and lasted about an hour and a half each.  And while each saw […]

Joan M. Hammond

Joan M. Hammond Edgefield, SC Joan Marbert Hammond, 78 of Country Place Rd. wife of Bobby Lee Hammond, Jr. died Saturday March 5, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 2 PM at Edgefield First Baptist Church with burial in Eastview Cemetery in Edgefield, SC. Mrs. Hammond was born in Sumter, […]

Blue Birds: Conservation Project

Blue Birds: Conservation Project

This weekend, March 4-6, approximately 100 boy scouts and their families will be doing conservation projects on the Outdoor Education Center at the National Wild Turkey Federation. The South Carolina Bluebird Society and the South Carolina DNR are donating 50 cypress bluebird boxes complete with predator baffles and poles to improve nesting habitat at the 700-acre […]

Mary Lou S. McDaniel

Mary Lou S. McDaniel Plum Branch, SC Mary Lou Seigler McDaniel, 84, of Plum Branch, SC wife of the late Eugene P. McDaniel died Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Rock Hill, SC. Funeral Services will be held Monday, March 7, 2016 at 3 PM at Plum Branch Baptist Church with burial at Plum Branch Cemetery. […]

Over $1000 in Counterfeit Money Passed at Local Store

Over $1000 in Counterfeit Money Passed at Local Store

The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was recently notified of over $1000 in counterfeit money that was for purchases at the Dollar General on Edgefield Road in Trenton.  According to an incident report on the matter, the ECSO found out about the crime when advised by the Edgefield Police Department that the money had been seized […]