Abbeville and Edgefield are latest counties to provide the rapidly expanding public safety service that helps citizens to plan ahead for an emergency Two more counties in South Carolina have implemented Smart911, the national public safety service that helps to provide faster and more accurate emergency response. Abbeville and Edgefield Counties are now encouraging their citizens […]
Tuesday evening, September 2, 2014, Strom Thurmond High School was the setting for the awarding of Citizen of the Year, Teacher of the Year, and Support Staff of the Year for Edgefield County. A tradition of some years now, The Chamber and the School District co-sponsor this event which includes these special awards with dining […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – An independent trash truck hit an Edgefield County school bus a little before 4:00 Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 2, on Walker Road in Edgefield. According to a spokesperson with the Edgefield County School District’s Transportation Department, the bus driver was stopped and letting a child off when the driver of the […]
Theft on Edgefield Road – Possible Suspects Identified Through Traffic Stop A resident of a home on Edgefield Road contacted the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Tuesday, August 26, to report a theft at his home. According to the ECSO report, the man told law enforcement that he was taking a nap when he was awakened […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mrs. Minnie L. Jones Reynolds, 98, of 742 Old Edgefield Road, entered into rest August 29, 2014. Funeral services will be held 12 p.m. Thursday, September 4, 2014 at Liberty Spring Baptist Church of which the Rev. Henry R. Merriweather pastor and the Rev. James E. Reynolds eulogist. Mrs. Reynolds, a […]
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Miss Aleta Ann Kirby, 54, of Newberry, died Monday September 1, 2014. Funeral Services will be held at a later date. Miss Kirby was born in Edgefield, S.C. and was a Homemaker. She was the daughter of Norma Nell Mitchell Kirby and the late Cleo B. Kirby. Survivors include her mother, 2 […]
NEWBERRY, S.C. – Mallie Caroline Groce Cromer, widow of Benjamin Luther Cromer, Sr., died August 30, 2014 after a short illness.Daughter of the late Joseph Cornelius Groce and the late Corrie Etta Griffin Groce, Mallie was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina on April 14, 1920. She was a graduate of Fairforest High School and life-long member […]
Opinion – By Dr. Mims Mobley – Hamas Muslims and Israelis have been hurling ordnance at each other again, and in Syria and Iraq, fanatical Muslims of ISIS are a threat to the lives of all, even other Muslims, who do not convert to their radical views regarding Islam. It’s not new. Some 2000 years before […]
HURRICANE, W.V. – Billie Jewel Powell Wood, 61, wife of retired Army Maj. Michael Carol Wood Sr., lost a long courageous battle with cancer Thursday, Aug 28, 2014, under the care of “Angels” at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston, WV. Born in Saluda, SC, Jewel was reared by her guardian parents, Billy and Mattie Parker. She was […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – A room “full of red and blue,” as Chairman of Edgefield County’s Republican Party, Rodney Ashcraft, described it, greeted SC Rep. Bill Clyburn, Tuesday night, August 26, as he arrived as guest speaker at the Republican’s meeting held at the Edgefield County Council Chambers. Taking the floor, the seasoned politician who […]