A Letter of Thanks

A Letter of Thanks

The 2016 Edgefield Heritage Jubilee saw another successful event this past Saturday. We had a great crowd of people and had a good many vendors and entertainment. It takes a tremendous amount of time, work, and volunteers to have such an event. I am grateful for the many people who took the time to give […]

Charges Up-Graded to Attempted Murder

Charges Up-Graded to Attempted Murder

Charges against 65 year old James Harvey Black of North Augusta (Edgefield County) have been up-graded from assault and battery with intent to kill to attempted murder for his alleged involvement in a shooting, Sept. 19, according to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office.  Black is accused of shooting his 50 year old neighbor last Monday […]

Area Crime Reports

Area Crime Reports

Strange Altercation Reported on Old Stage Road A 19 year old man from North Augusta relayed to the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office the details of a strange altercation he says occurred on Old Stage Road in Edgefield, Friday, Sept. 23.  According to a report filed with the ECSO on the incident, the young man stated […]

Expecting Something Different

Expecting Something Different

Most of these columns in recent months have addressed issues of national concern: the state of our national security, our increasing prosperity unfairly shared by just a few, our historic New World commitment to welcome refugees from the Old. But not all issues are national issues. A favorite bit of homespun wisdom gives one definition […]

The Stranger’s Among Us, Part One

The Stranger’s Among Us, Part One

This week, I am going to continue my theme that most of life’s issues are non-respecter of person issues. We face a challenge in our republic. As a culture, as a nation we are addicted to opium.  Actually, it is OPM – “Other People’s Money.”  Depending upon the industry you work in it could be […]

Deer season forecast good

Deer season forecast good

With the 2016 deer season soon opening in all counties, South Carolina’s deer population is healthy and the season outlook is good, according to the state’s top deer biologist. Although the deer harvest has been on a downward trend the last few years indicating that population levels have moderated, hunter success and deer harvest rates […]

Supporting public policy to fight cancer on the Hill

Supporting public policy to fight cancer from Edgefield to Capitol Hill Last week, I traveled to Washington, D.C., with more than 700 of my fellow American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) volunteers from across the country to urge Congress to support lifesaving policies that help people prevent and better treat cancer. I called […]

Peggy Hart – Asheville, NC

Peggy Hart, 75, of Asheville, died Friday, September 16, at the Elizabeth House in Flat Rock. Peggy was born in Johnston, SC, to Claude Walker Hart, Jr., and Mattie Lou Hart. She lived in Johnston through high school, after which she attended Winthrop University. After graduating from Winthrop, she further obtained a Master of Social […]

Judith P Grubbs – NORTH AUGUSTA, SC

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Judith Prescott Grubbs, 68, who entered into rest September 17, 2016, will be conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock from the Posey Funeral Chapel. Dr. Eleazer Benenhaley and Dr. Paul W. Noe officiating. Interment will be  in Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Grubbs was a native of […]