Merriwether and JET Eighth Graders Tour Thurmond

Merriwether and JET Eighth Graders Tour Thurmond

Merriwether and JET eighth graders toured Strom Thurmond High School (STHS) and Strom Thurmond Career and Technology Center (STCTC) on Friday, January 22, 2016. “We put in a tremendous amount of time and energy to make sure it is a great experience for the students,” explained Libba Ingram, STHS teacher and tour organizer. “Our schools […]

The Bailey Bill

Enticement for Investors: County May Consider at Next Meeting The Bailey Bill. Citizens of Edgefield County may soon be hearing a bit more about this bill as it was presented to Edgefield County Council at their January monthly meeting by several citizens who noted its use could entice investors to the county. What is the […]

Fox Creek Basketball

Fox Creek Basketball

Fox Creek Basketball   Fox Creek Girls 20 Dixie Girls 52 Fox Creek Boys 46 Dixie Boys 42 Fox Creek JV Boys 48 Dixie JV Boys 35 Fox Creek 27 Giorls   Whitmire 25 Girls Fox Creek 51 Boys   Whitmire 32 Boys

Wardlaw Academy Basketball

Wardlaw Academy Basketball

South Aiken Baptist 41   Wardlaw 25 (girls) Lady Patriot Beth Warnken’s double figure scoring effort, which included two 3-pointers, would not be enough to overcome SAB’s Holsenback and Minichan last Tuesday. Early points by the Crusaders sent the ladies to intermission with Wardlaw trailing 20 to 5. The Patriots came out swinging in the third […]

Poetry Meets Pottery COUPLETS CONTEST

Submit a couplet to the Poetry Meets Pottery COUPLETS CONTEST! $100 First Prize! Come to the Edgefield County Public Library this Saturday, 10 AM-Noon, for a workshop on the rhymed couplet. There you can pick up the necessary supplies and information concerning how to submit your couplet. Contestants must be residents of Edgefield County. Couplets […]

“I was a Stranger, and you took me in.” by Robert Scott

It is not very often that our Edgefield County Council is asked to weigh in on foreign policy. It happened last week. As the regular meeting concluded on January 5th, a citizen rose to address possible refugee resettlement. Will our County Council, as other County Councils have done, pass a Resolution against refugee resettlement here […]

Remembering Vietnam, Grady Lee Clark

Remembering Vietnam, Grady Lee  Clark

The following article is provided in honor of the USA Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Grady Lee Clark. He was born in the Good Hope community of Saluda County, a son of Curtis and Mae Bell Clark. He lived there until he was 12 years old, when the family moved to […]

Pastor Sloan Gordon to be Installed

Pastor Sloan Gordon to be Installed

Cedar Spring Baptist Church, 1836 Hwy 283, Plum Branch, SC, is having an Installation Service for Pastor Sloan Gordon on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 2:30PM. Installation Sermon Speaker is Rev. Michael Butler, Pastor of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, McCormick, SC. Pastor Gordon was born in Edgefield, South Carolina. He was educated through the […]

Muelfeld Joins WFI as Fund Development Associate

Muelfeld Joins WFI as Fund Development Associate

Augusta, GA—Keith P. Muelfeld has joined the Walton Foundation for Independence as a Fund Development Associate. He will be responsible for growing the membership of the Cornerstone Society—Walton Foundation’s giving society—and developing new relationships with businesses and corporations throughout the Augusta River Region. Muelfeld is a former trial court judge for the state of Ohio, […]

SCDOT Continues Preparations for Winter Weather

SCDOT Continues Preparations for Winter Weather

               The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) continues preparations in anticipation of winter weather moving into the state. SCDOT Maintenance units in five of the agency’s seven Districts have been pretreating interstate highways and bridges since Thursday. The remaining two Districts are on stand-by to assist other regions […]