EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mr. Raleigh B. Yeldell, Jr., 54, entered into rest January 11, 2014. Funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, January 17, 2014 at Springfield Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig Myers officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Yeldell, a native of Edgefield County was United States Army […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Sara Branham Dorn, 89, of Edgefield, wife of the late Bennie Dorn, died Sunday January 12, 2014 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday January 15, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Dorn was born […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mrs. Elsie McDowell Quarles, 86, of Edgefield, wife of the late Lonnie Quarles, passed from this life January 12, 2014 at Agape in West Columbia. Funeral Services will be held Thursday January 16, 2014 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. There will […]
Our Staff Photographer, Robert Norris, captured this image of the Edgefield Methodist Church steeple at sunset. High resolution prints of this image are available for purchase at rhn3photo.com.
Issues Resolution Honoring Elijah Harris – By Tiffani Ireland – After a lengthy discussion that included input from Judge Brenda Carpenter, the Edgefield County Council voted unanimously (4-0 as Councilman Norman Dorn was absent) at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to approve the submission of an application for a Justice Assistance Grant […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – A public hearing was held Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Edgefield County Council Chambers to discuss suggestions for possible projects to be included in the proposed 1% Capital Sales Tax Project. A little over a dozen citizens were in attendance as different people and organizations presented ideas to the six-member […]
Only County In SC to Achieve This Goal – By Tiffani Ireland – Edgefield County had zero traffic fatalities in 2013; a goal no other county in South Carolina was able to achieve. The accomplishment, according to Allen Easler with Cornerstone, the alcohol and drug abuse commission that serves Edgefield, McCormick, Greenwood, and Abbeville counties, […]
On Monday, January 6, a resident on New Delaughter Drive contacted the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office to report his dog as being stolen. According to reports filed with the ECSO regarding this matter, the victim stated that a neighbor from a home on nearby Dock Drive had driven by his residence earlier in the day […]
U. S. District Judge Joe Anderson was recently recognized in ceremonies at the Supreme Court in Washington as the 2013 recipient of the American Inns of Court Professionalism Award. The award is given every other year on a federal circuit basis to a lawyer or judge whose life and practice display a sterling character and […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District announces the closure of one lane on Highway 221 at the J. Strom Thurmond Dam (Clarks Hill, S.C.) while a repair project is underway on the dam’s spillway gates. The repair project is scheduled to begin on Jan. 14 and may take up to two years to complete. Workers will […]