Three juveniles have been captured after a robbery that occurred around 10:00 Thursday morning, June 23, in the town of Edgefield. According to an employee of Wells Fargo Bank, the crime happened on the sidewalk outside of their establishment as a woman was coming to the bank to make a deposit. According to Police Chief […]
One of the many benefits of a (third) career as a college professor is being able to decide what to do during the summer months. One can teach during a short summer term and get paid for that, or one can opt not to teach and not get paid for that. Since there are considerably […]
This week I continue the theme that most of life’s issues are “non-respecter of person issues.” In particular, I want to discuss being a dad vs. being a father. This is part-two of a four-part series on Fatherhood. I believe there is a vast difference between being a dad, and being a father. There are […]
The Augusta Boxing Academy team traveled from Augusta, Georgia, to Louisville, Ky., last week for the memorial events honoring Muhammad Ali. Among them were 3 coaches and team members Orlando Hernton Jr., Desmond Lyons, Savannah Talbert, and Saliyah Talbert. Orlando will be attending Morehouse College in the fall and Desmond is a student at Aiken […]
Edgefield County Council voted to approve salary increases for employees of the Sheriff’s Office in the final reading of the 2016-2017 budget at their monthly meeting, June 7. (See coverage of County Council in the June 15 edition.) The salary increases come after Council was approached by Sheriff Adelle Dobey who pointed out that the […]
June 16, 2016 – Mrs. Annette Dickard Doolittle, 79, of Greenwood, wife of the late Strom F. Doolittle, died Wednesday. Funeral Services will be held Friday June 17, 2016 at 11 A.M. at Harris Baptist Church in Greenwood with burial at 1 P.M. at Eastview Cemetery in Edgefield. The family will receive friends from 10 to […]
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to help with its annual Summer Turkey Survey. Annually, since 1982, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources conducts a Summer Turkey Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of wild turkeys in South Carolina. The survey involves agency wildlife biologists, technicians and conservation officers, as well […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was called to Holmes Pond Road, Monday, June 13, in reference to a break-in at a Dixie Bell labor camp located on the road. Law enforcement was advised that at some point during the day someone had entered three rooms at the camp and stolen money and other items […]
An Edgefield County woman missing since, Saturday, June 11, was found alive and unharmed Wednesday morning, June 15. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the incident, the ECSO was called to a residence on Turkey Ridge Court Tuesday afternoon, June 14, by a male wishing to report his live-in girlfriend as missing. […]
I recently thought of a clever speech concept that could be used by any of the three remaining candidates in the ’16 Presidential race. As I developed the idea, I visited one of the candidate’s “Official” websites and realized it was very difficult to communicate my idea to the campaign as compared to contributing my […]