Theft at Home on Stephens Road

Theft at Home on Stephens Road

A resident on Stephens Road in North Augusta (Edgefield County) reported a theft at her home to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, Saturday, June, 21. According to the ECSO report, the woman stated that she was gone from her residence for about an hour, and when she returned she found a back window to her […]

John Walker

TRENTON, S.C. – Mr. John Henry (Georgia Boy) Walker, Jr., 69, loving husband of Brenda Starr Walker, of Rock Creek Road, entered into rest June 17, 2014. Funeral services were held 1 p.m. Friday, June 20, at North Augusta Baptist Church with the Rev. Martin Ryans officiating. Interment was in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Walker, […]

Leila Pixley Mathis

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral services for Leila Pixley Mathis were held on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 12 noon at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor Lewis Burt, Eulogist. Interment was in the church cemetery. Survivors include, two sons; Grady (Lillie) Pixley of Johnston, and Richard Pixley of Greenville; three daughters, Clara Buckman, Daisy Culbertson […]

Retiring Your Worn United States Flag

Retiring Your Worn United States Flag

Now you can dispose of your worn United States Flag respectfully and with the honor that it deserves.  You flew your flag with pride but now she is worn out and you have decided to replace it with a new one.  You may privately dispose of your worn flag but it should not be thrown […]

College Tuition, Student Loans, and Sticker Shock

Opinion  – By Robert Scott – I’m writing this week from the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors in Washington, DC. One of the biggest issues under discussion is one familiar to anybody who is a recent student or the parents of a student: the “sticker shock” caused by sky rocketing college […]

Pedersen Selected for Leadership Program

Pedersen Selected for Leadership Program

130 high school sophomores from across the State of S.C. have been selected to attend the South Carolina Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar. They will join more than 6,000 from high schools globally to experience an opportunity of a life-time in leadership development this summer. The seminar will be held June 20-22 at Erskine […]

Oliphant Earns 2nd MA Degree From Georgetown U.

Oliphant Earns 2nd MA Degree From Georgetown U.

Miss Kathy S. Oliphant graduated on April 26, 2014, from Georgetown University earning an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA).  She holds a BA degree in history education and an Master of Education in counselor education, from S.C. State University. Ms. Oliphant was awarded a US Army Green to Gold Scholarship to pursue her […]

Copper Wire Stolen at Cell Tower Site

Copper Wire Stolen at Cell Tower Site

Sometime between the afternoon of Tuesday, June 17, and Thursday, June 19, copper wiring from a cell tower site on Highway 25 North was stolen according to a report filed with the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office.  Per the report, the ECSO was notified of the theft by a technician with ATG Communications out of Augusta, […]

Tim Worth Awarded in Carving Competitions

Tim Worth Awarded in Carving Competitions

Tim Worth carved his first decoy in 1987 and has exhibited them in Edgefield in years past. In April, he competed in the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition and won second in species with 2 black ducks in the Lem and Steve Ward Gunning Pairs. This past weekend Core Sound Waterfowl Museum “Rig of […]

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