JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Billie Stevens Fulmer, 89, of Riegal Rd., husband of the late Janet Botts Fulmer, passed away Wednesday November 5, 2014 at Saluda Nursing Center. Funeral Services will be held Saturday November 8, 2014 at 11 A.M. at Philippi Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery with Military Rites. The family will […]
Click the image below to enlarge the unofficial results from Edgefield County for the 2014 Midterm Election. Official results will be available from scvotes.org.
RIDGE SPRING, S.C. – Mr. John A. Walker, Jr. died on October 29, 2014, in Tucker Nursing Home. He was born in Edgefield County, son of the late John A. Walker, Sr. and the late Maude Gray Walker. He was a member of the Pine Hill Baptist Church where he was a former member of […]
McCORMICK, S.C. – Mrs. Jessie Whatley Gilchrist, 98, of 16 Creek River Lane, the widow of James Gilchrist, died on Monday morning, October 27, 2014, in Edgefield County Hospital. She was born in Edgefield County, daughter of the late Frank and Martha Ann Settles Whatley. She was a member of the Liberty Spring Baptist Church. […]
Annually since the early 1980’s, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) conducts a Summer Turkey Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of turkeys in South Carolina. The survey involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians and conservation officers, as well as many volunteers from other natural resource agencies and the general public. Although reproduction increased over […]
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: My church, The Episcopal Church of the Ridge (including Edgefield, Trenton and Ridge Spring parishes), has The Harvest Food Bank as one of our outreach projects. Each Sunday parishioners donate food items to support this worthy cause. A couple of years ago, I put an empty box denoting “Donations […]
Two Democratic candidates running in the General Election made their way to Edgefield County and Johnston on Friday, October 31, a few days before the November 4 election. They are Bakari Sellers, running for Lieutenant Governor of S.C. and Barbara Jo Mullis running for Congress, District III. They came to expound on issues and to […]
Nationwide’s “Preserve your Passion” contest recently ended with the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) collecting the highest voter percentage and winning the top prize of $45,000. Recognizing the importance of hunting and fishing to its members and conservation partners, Nationwide created the “Preserve Your Passion” contest to give $75,000 to conservation and help create or […]
To combat the scourge of highly destructive feral pigs, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in conjunction with several partners is sponsoring a Wild Hog Management Workshop on Thursday, Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Blue Heron Nature Center in Ridgeland. Join experts from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […]
Arrest Made in Johnny Hydrick Murder Case The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office arrested Billy Sellars, 31, of Aiken, SC, for the murder of Johnny Hydrick of Edgefield, Thursday, October 30, 2014, at his home. Sellars is charged with Burglary 1st and murder. He has been denied bond and is being held in the Edgefield County […]