Rural Health Students Visit ECH

Rural Health Students Visit ECH

Rural Health students, ones included in a class taught by Graham Adams and Amy Martin, were welcomed by EC Hospital temporary CEO Carlos Milanes and Head Nurse Cheryl Faust on Friday before they toured the hospital building and grounds. CEO Milanes characterized the hospital as a Critical Care Hospital with up to 25 beds and […]

Crime Blotter

Crime Blotter

Possible Vehicle Used in Burglary Caught on Video The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Thurmond Road in Clarks Hill (Edgefield County), Saturday, July 11, in reference to a burglary. According to an ECSO report, the victim found that his shop located on the property had been entered without forced entry and […]

Demonstration at PTC Asking for a Hearing

Demonstration at PTC Asking for a Hearing

Hearing Held Monday Evening in Edgefield The Edgefield Historic Preservation Association held a demonstration, July 8, 2015 outside a meeting of the Piedmont Technical College Foundation Board in Saluda, S.C. The purpose of the demonstration was to alert the board members of the importance of saving the historic Adams Cotton Warehouse (see article Advertiser July […]

Tim Worth Wins in Decoy Competition

Tim Worth Wins in Decoy Competition

On the weekend of June 20, 2015 Tim Worth of Edgefield, SC, travelled to Harkers Island, North Carolina, to compete in the “rig of six” working decoy competition hosted by the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum.  In this competition rigs of six working decoys are floated in the sound and judged from the bank.  Tim entered […]

Mike Huckabee First Presidential Candidate to Visit Edgefield Since 2012

Mike Huckabee First Presidential Candidate to Visit Edgefield Since 2012

An overflow crowd met with the former Arkansas Governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, the first such candidate to visit Edgefield County since Newt Gingrich in 2012. The local Republican Party hosted the event at The Edgefield General Store on Main Street. Guests were standing in line before the appointed hour of 9:00 […]

Dollar General Opens New Store in Trenton

Dollar General Opens New Store in Trenton

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – July 2, 2015 – Dollar General will celebrate the opening of its new location at 2494 Edgefield Road in Trenton next Saturday, July 11 at 8 a.m. with free prizes and special deals.  Dollar General will offer Trenton residents a convenient new place to shop for everyday essentials at low prices. Additionally, […]

Homeowner Thwarts Attempted Burglary

Homeowner Thwarts Attempted Burglary

A resident of Reynolds Drive in Trenton returned home Tuesday, June 30, 2015 to find several men allegedly trying to burglarize his home. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the matter, the man returned home at about nine in the morning to see a red Ford Mustang with a tan top in […]

Patrol Car Catches on Fire

An Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office patrol car caught fire Saturday night, July 4, 2015 after it was involved in a single car accident on Stephens Road. According to a spokesperson with the ECSO, the deputy driving the vehicle was responding to another deputy’s call for assistance when he ran off the road and into a […]

Thurmond Burnett’s Restored 1956 Ford Towne Sedan

Thurmond Burnett’s Restored 1956 Ford Towne Sedan

Most everyone in Edgefield County knows Thurmond Burnett of Edgefield Mercantile, but most do not know he has a car that he’s restored? Perhaps some may have seen him drive by in one of the local parades or at The Edgefield Cruise-In where he will have it on display again, July 18. His car is […]