SAVANNAH, Ga. – Concrete remnants from a bridge demolition project will soon find a new home as fish attractors at the bottom of J. Strom Thurmond Lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partnered with the Georgia and South Carolina Departments of Natural Resources, the Georgia Department of Transportation, and Scott’s Bridge Company to develop and execute a […]
The Edgefield County School District has announced the hiring of Mack Hite to be the new head baseball coach at Strom Thurmond High School. Coach Hite replaces Coach Christopher Zylstra who left at the end of this school year to be an assistant baseball coach and teacher at South Aiken High School. Coach Hite is […]
Recreational and experienced sporting clays shooters from across the country are primed for the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) annual Turkey Shoot at the Meadows National Gun Club in Forsyth, Georgia. The National Sporting Clays Association-sanctioned Mega Blast Shoot that regularly draws more than 500 participants is scheduled for August 15–17. “The Turkey Shoot is […]
Theatre for everyone! is a commitment of the Edgefield County Theatre. And in so doing, they are providing a Summer Theatre Camp for the younger set. It opened on Monday, July 21, to a happy, avtive group who started camp with some auditioning to know their preferences in performing. Their mission is to “provide a […]
Submitted by August Wherry, Hobart College ’16, an Edgefield Grandson. (Hobart College rowers representing USA made it to the semifinals in their first heat on Wednesday, in the World Championship Regatta.) Greetings from Varese, Italy! After restless hours of travel and adjusting to the six hour time change, Rob and I have finally settled in […]
As the Thorntons have progressed with working on the building that is to become a General Store, changes have taken place such as the removal of the old sign from the 20s-30s. Many feared it was gone, but it is NOT. It was put back up all clean and ready for the continuing restoration of […]
On Saturday, July 19 Edgefield held its first Cruise-In on the Square where over 100 classic cars, trucks and motorcycles filled the Main Street, side streets and around Edgefield’s Courthouse Square. Over 5 car clubs from around the CSRA were represented as well as people coming from as far as Savannah and Bishopville. There were […]
TRENTON, S.C. – Ms. Cora Bell Mims Bibbs, 73, of Edgefield Road, entered into rest July 22, 2014. Funeral services were held 11 a.m., Saturday, July 26, at Science Hill Baptist Church of which the Rev. Lorenzo Williams is pastor and the Rev. Debbie McCain eulogist. Interment was in Mt. Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Bibbs, […]
PAWLEY’S ISLAND, S.C. – The Rev. Manney Carrington Reid died on July 17, 2014 in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. He is survived by his wife of 27 years Frances (Cuttino Dodd) of Pawley’s Island, his son Howard and wife Melanie Stein of Middletown, CT, his son Cary and wife Deta of New Haven, CT, his […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will open applications for deer lottery hunts on public lands beginning July 1 and ending August 15. Beginning this year applicants will only be able to apply and pay online. Paper applications will no longer be available. Previously accumulated preference points will apply. The waterfowl/quail lottery links will be […]