Assault of Inmate at Detention Center

According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report, an inmate was assaulted at the Edgefield County Detention Center, Sept. 5.  The report details that the victim stated he had been having problems with his cellmate.  That cellmate allegedly attacked the victim in their cell.  During the attack, three other inmates entered the cell to also […]

Edgefield Groundhog Kiln Opening

Edgefield Groundhog Kiln Opening

The Phoenix Factory’s Old Edgefield Pottery will have an Edgefield Groundhog Kiln Opening on Saturday, September 15th, from 9:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m.  The kiln is located approximately 1 mile north of Edgefield at 54 Crest Road (near the intersection of Buncombe Street).  After that, wares will be returning to The Phoenix Factory’s […]

Scholarship Golf Tournament at Mt. Vintage

Scholarship Golf Tournament at Mt. Vintage

  The Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Scholarship Golf Tournament at Mount Vintage Golf Plantation with proceeds supporting the Chamber of Commerce’s Good Citizenship Scholarship.  This scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior from each of the three Edgefield County high schools.  The sum of this monetary award will be determined by funds […]

Celebrated Nonagenarians Enjoy a Kitchen Peach Fest

Celebrated Nonagenarians Enjoy a Kitchen Peach Fest

Imagine the fun and comfort of gathering in a Trenton kitchen to can peaches, surrounded by family and close friends.  That was the enjoyment found in Trenton at the Carpenter home on last Wednesday as nonagenarians Helen Carpenter (to be 98, Sept. 15) and her sister-in-law Mae Padgett (age 92) were peeling peaches and sharing […]

Robert L. “Bobby” McKie, Jr. – North Augusta, SC

Thurmond Burnett          Phone: (803)637-6536 David T. Burnett                  Fax: (803)637-6006 Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home, Inc. Established 1902 801 Columbia Road Post Office Box 389 Edgefield, South Carolina 29824 www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com September 4, 2018   Robert L. “Bobby” McKie, Jr. North Augusta, SC   Robert Lee “Bobby” McKie, Jr., 88, […]

Luke Bryan is Coming to Edgefield County!

Luke Bryan is Coming to Edgefield County!

By Scott Cooper Every Country Music fan, or after this year, American Idol fan, knows who Luke Bryan is.  Luke Bryan is an award-winning Country Singer who in 2013, received the Academy of Country Music Awards, the Country Music Association Awards “Entertainer of the Year” award — and has sold over 7 million albums and 27 million singles worldwide. […]

Mrs. Barbara Rook Pulliam – Johnston, SC

Bland Funeral Home P O Box 425 Johnston, SC 29832 803-275-2509   Augusta Chronicle  – Paid Greenville News – Paid Gazette-Virginian – Paid Edgefield Daily Edgefield Advertiser Sarah Cleveland Web                 Birth Date: June 27, 1929                Death Date: August 30, 2018 Born in: Lowell, NC                           Resided in:  Johnston, SC   Mrs. Barbara Rook Pulliam   Johnston, […]

John S. McCain, III

John S. McCain, III

  Much has been written about the late Senator John S. McCain, the son and grandson of U.S. Navy Admirals of the same name, and much more will be written. He was a hero in life, an impetuous man whose life story was so unlikely as to be more fittingly a work of fiction, perhaps […]

Marijuana Found Growing in Garden

Marijuana Found Growing in Garden

Marijuana was found growing in a garden at a home on Aviary Lane in Johnston by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Aug. 16.  According to an ECSO report, law enforcement received information of the drug crop being grown at the site by a concerned citizen.  When law enforcement rode by the home, the report states […]