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 […]
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 […]
Antioch Sponsors Soul Surfer, “A Perfect Night on the Square” The ECDA was extremely pleased with the turn out for our June Movie-on-the-Square. “We had over 150 individuals gathered around the square, participating in all the festivities and then watching Soul Surfer. Folks were sitting in chairs and spread out on blankets. It was a postcard […]
Edgefield County Republican Primary Senate Races Massey 1411 Pettigrew 1122 Solicitor Hubbard 1408 Lively 735 Wedekind 238
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to three separate calls involving snakes over the weekend. In two of those instances, snakes were reported being seen on or around the victims’ homes. In one of those two calls, to a home on Youngblood Road in Trenton, Friday, June 10, the homeowner reported seeing a 6 foot […]
Music and Dance Coming from the Ridge Lots of local talent, coming from the Ridge prjmarily, will be spreading their song and dance throughout the day at the 46th Annual Ridge Peach Festival in Trenton, S.C. starting at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. As noted in additional stories inn the Advertiser print edition, Brooker Strom and […]