“The poet William Butler Yeats said that education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. That is what we are doing with our Imagination Library program – igniting a love of reading in young children” states Candi Lalonde, Executive Director for Edgefield County First Steps. “By putting quality books […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Thomas William “Bill” Cartledge, 92, died Thursday, January 16, 2014. Born April 22, 1921, in Edgefield County, he was the eldest son of the late Joseph Zachariah and Ida Lou Byrd Cartledge. Mr. Cartledge graduated from Edgefield High School with honors and graduated in 1942 from the University of S.C. with a […]
Dear Edgefield: The next Edgefield Town Council meeting will be Monday, February 3, 2014. At the February meeting our council will be discussing projects to be submitted for the proposed Edgefield County 1% Capital Sales Tax. We would like to hear from our citizens. Our meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be in […]
The new distillery on the square in Edgefield is now open for business. There was a formal ribbon cutting and open house Friday afternoon, January 17, 2014. See our previous reporting. — Have something to say? Please leave your comments below.
Field at Fox Creek High School Damaged The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to Fox Creek High School late Sunday night, Jan. 12, after receiving an anonymous phone call stating a vehicle was doing donuts and tearing up the school’s field. Upon arrival, deputies found a Jeep covered in fresh mud in the athletic field […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – James E. (Jimmy) Padgett, 68 of Fairway Dr., husband of Ellen Miller Padgett, died Thursday January 16, 2014 at University Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday January 18, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Padgett was a native of Edgefield, SC and was the son […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Trina Vanessa Simpkins Felder, 36, of 630 Ridge Road, the wife of Willie Felder, III, died on January 15, 2014, in the University Hospital, Augusta, Ga., She was born in Edgefield, S.C., daughter of David Simpkins and the late Lillie Mae Johnston Simpkins. She was a member of the Mt. Calvary Baptist […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Willette Simpkins, 49, of 38 Sherrell Lane, died on January 15, 2014, in the Edgefield County Hospital. She was born in Edgefield, S.C., daughter of David Simpkins and the late Ella Mae Johnston Simpkins. She was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church where she served as Director of E. Simmons Choir, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina’s teen birth rate has reached an all-time low thanks to great progress over the past 20 years. According to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the state’s teen birth rate has fallen 47 percent from 1992-2012. From 2011 to 2012, the teen birth rate declined by 7 […]
The 6th Annual Carolinas Georgia Junior Championship will be played January 19th and 20th at Mt. Vintage Plantation Golf Club in North Augusta, South Carolina. The invitational event brings together the top boys and girls players from Georgia, South and North Carolina for an individual and team competition over the MLK Holiday Weekend. College coaches will be on […]