Letter to the Editor – Your Vote Matters! Dean Campbell

It has been my pleasure to represent District 3 on County Council since 2010. I wanted to take a moment to explain why I am asking for your vote on November 8. In the past six years, Edgefield County has made some incredible steps forward. I will highlight a few. First, the County Council has […]

Letter to the Editor – Endorsing Sheriff Adell Dobey

By way of introduction, I am a retired Assistant Director with SLED and I grew up in Edgefield County. I met Sheriff Adell Dobey shortly after he was elected and I liked him from the very beginning. I have since gotten to know him personally and appreciate his service as Sheriff of Edgefield County. I […]

SRH & ECH ground-breaking ceremony- new medical office building

SRH & ECH ground-breaking ceremony- new medical office building

Self Regional Healthcare and Edgefield County Hospital will host a ground-breaking ceremony, recognizing the start of construction of a new medical office building on the campus of Edgefield County Hospital. The event, to which the public is invited, is set for Sunday, November 20, 2016, 3 p.m. This will be at the Edgefield County Hospital […]

Costume Winners at the Saturday Dog Walk

Costume Winners at the Saturday Dog Walk

The Dog Walk, held on Saturday, October 29, in Edgefield at the PTC parking lot and the Ten Governors Trail, was a bounding success, according to Kim Walker who was its organizer. The above photo shows the winners of the dog’s costumer contest.

Owl Rescued: A Tale to Tell

Owl Rescued: A Tale to Tell

Sunday night, Oct. 30, Noah Ireland of Edgefield accidentally hit a barred owl not far from his home.  The owl was not killed in the incident but sustained obvious damage to one of his wings.  Being a wildlife lover, Noah did not want to put the raptor down.  So began a series of phone calls […]

Fatal Accident on Faulkner Mountain Road

Fatal Accident on Faulkner Mountain Road

Francis Harold Strom, 83 of Edgefield, died Friday morning, Nov. 4, in an automobile accident that occurred at approximately 10:30 on Faulkner Mountain Road about 16 miles east of the town of Edgefield.  According to the SC Highway Patrol, Strom was traveling east in his 2009 Mercury on Faulkner Mountain Road when he went off […]

Mr. F. Harold Strom – Edgefield, SC

Mr. F. Harold Strom, 83, of Meeting St. Road, husband of the late Julia R. Strom, died Friday November 4, 2016 in Edgefield. Funeral Services will be held Monday Nov. 7, 2016 at 11 A.M. at Edgefield First Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Edgefield. Mr. Strom was a native of […]

William E. “Bill” Lawrence – Edgefield, SC

William Edward “Bill” Lawrence, 66, husband of Joyce Lee Lawrence of Lawrence Lane in Edgefield County, died Tuesday November 1, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Saturday November 5, 2016 at 2 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with Military Honors. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 PM before the service at […]

Veterans Day Program at STHS

Veterans Day Program at STHS

Friday, November 11 – Veterans Day – from 9:30-10:30 a.m., area Veterans will be honored at a county-wide event to be held at the Strom Thurmond High School stadium, 1131 Columbia Rd, Johnston, SC. The program will include a “march on” by area Veterans, a musical tribute to each branch of service represented, choral presentations […]

Trunk or Treat on the Square

Trunk or Treat on the Square

A Testament to the Crowd According to the Antioch Church ministers, Howle and Jackson, they fed the crowds well, and these numbers speak to the size of the crowd.  They were fed: 506 hot dogs, 50 gal. of tea., 400 bags of popcorn, 300 cotton candies,  and 550 bags of chips.  The large crowd was […]