Incident at McCormick County Prison

Incident at McCormick County Prison

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, around 4:30 in the afternoon, inmates of the SC Department of Corrections’ prison in McCormick County climbed onto the roof of one of the housing units at the facility.  By 9:00 that evening, the dorm was secured.  This incident was isolated to the one housing unit, and no prisoners escaped. According […]

Crime beat — Oct 3rd, 2017

Crime beat — Oct 3rd, 2017

Another Generator Stolen The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office received a report of another stolen generator Sept. 24.  According to the ECSO report, after returning home from being out of town, a resident of Short Cut Road in North Augusta (Edgefield County) discovered her generator, which was kept in her garage, was missing.  The gas Champion […]

“FORMATION” A Message for Veterans

“FORMATION”  A Message for Veterans

Is it possible that you threw away up to $1,026,144.00? That is right, Veterans.  If you never filed a service connected claim and are feeling the pains from having served your country; you are throwing away money you earned! Case and point: Let’s say you have ringing in the ears or hearing loss.  Shortly after […]

Thinking about the NFL and the Emmy’s 

Thinking about the NFL and the Emmy’s 

As I have written before, it was the financial bailouts of 2008, during my season of working in branch banking, that I was shaken out of my slumber.  Over the course of the next three years, the walks I took with my bride ceased to simply be walks in the neighborhood and nature trails, but […]

Edgefield, North Augusta, and Hamburg

Edgefield, North Augusta, and Hamburg

Readers of this column will remember previous OpEds about the vanished town of Hamburg, S.C., its history especially around the Reconstruction era, and its ties to Edgefield. What was once Hamburg is now within the city limits of North Augusta, adjacent to the old Fifth Street bridge; it was part of Edgefield County until Aiken […]