Women in Unity Youth Explosion
In July, Women in Unity held their annual Youth Explosion with the help of many in the county including the Strom Thurmond High School Cheerleaders.
SCDHEC: Dam, Reservoir Owners and Operators Should Begin Lowering Water Levels
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Owners and operators of reservoirs throughout South Carolina should check their dams immediately, and during the next several days for possible problems caused by heavy rainfall, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today. “Owners who have the ability to lower their reservoir’s water level should safely do so to […]
Tour Group Announcement
The Town of Edgefield would like you to help welcome 42 folks to Edgefield this Saturday, August 25th! Carolina Tours out of Columbia will be coming in this Saturday for a Ladies Mystery Tour! Stops include the Tompkins Library, shopping Downtown on the square, lunch at the Old Edgefield Grill, Oakley Park and a Mercy […]
Brenda Percival Williams
MODOC, S. C. – Mrs. Brenda P. Williams, 53, wife of Ben Williams Sr., died Thursday August 23, 2012 at the Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday August 25, 2012 at 2:00 P. M. at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Williams was a native of Edgefield […]
From the Mountains of Austria to Edgefield’s Hickory Hill
Josef Kals is Austrian, and what’s more, he comes from the mountainous western part of the country, from a small farm of 15 cows (Simmental heifers he calls them). Here in the south of the U.S. on Faulkner Mountain Rd. he is working on a farm of 500 cows, (Holsteins) – this is Hickory Hill […]
Import of Deer, Elk Parts into S.C. Limited by State Regulation
With big game seasons opening in many Western states, hunters traveling abroad are reminded not to import into South Carolina certain carcass parts from deer and elk harvested in states with chronic wasting disease. To protect the state’s extremely valuable white-tailed deer resource, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has maintained a regulation restricting […]
Area Associate Degree Nursing Students Honored
Recent graduates of Piedmont Technical College’s associate degree nursing program at the Greenwood campus were recognized in a pinning ceremony in August. The students and their hometowns are, front from left, Cynthia Bryan, Edgefield; Jennifer Dorn, Newberry; and Elizabeth Morris, Saluda. Back, Jessica Prince, Whitmire; Janice Sliter, Johnston; and Cyndel Wilson, Ridge Spring.
Helen M. Powell
LAURENS, S.C. – Helen Rebecca McDowell Powell, 86, of 331 Bethel Church Rd. and widow of Charles Pinckney “Pick” Powell, Jr., passed away at Laurens County Hospital, Thursday, August 23, 2012. Born in Edgefield, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Parker and Betty Glausier McDowell. A homemaker, Mrs. Powell was a member of […]
Merriwether Community Coalition Meeting
MERRIWETHER TODAY AND TOMORROW Merriwether Community Coalition Meeting Tuesday, August 28th – 6:30 pm Merriwether Elementary School – Cafeteria Planning for our future and giving a voice to Merriwether are goals of the Merriwether Community Coalition. This is an open invitation to join in this process. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, August 28th at 6:30 […]
A Solution in Search of a Problem
Dear Editor, Edgefield County is trying to pass into law a solution for a problem that does not exist, nor is it reasonably expected to exist. The proposed Highway Overlay District (HOD), Does nothing to improve the County, Infringes on the rights of property owners to legally use their property as they see fit, and […]