Pictured is 2017 World Champion Bull Rider, Rowdy Rice, riding 2017 World Champion Bucking Bull, Jose Cuervo. Both will be participating in the 13thAnnual Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo this weekend The 13thannual Sandy Oaks Pro Rodeo will be this weekend, Aug. 24-25, at the Lazy J Arena off Hwy 23 West in Edgefield. Gates […]
A Cherokee, North Carolina, man was discovered drowned at a rock quarry off Lewis Road in Edgefield County, Saturday morning August 18. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, Jess McCoy, 39, who was originally from Cherokee but had been living most recently in Bradley, SC, had arrived at the site earlier on Friday […]
JRT Student, Kareem Bussy, accepts his certificate of completion of the program from Senator Massey; along side CEO, Marcella Edwards, and Board Member, Josh Stallings “Your first impression will determine, if you get an opportunity to make a second impression.” Senator Shane Massey sent that message as the Keynote Speaker to high schoolers […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Certain recreation sites at the J. Strom Thurmond Lake will close or partially close for the season between Sept. 4 and Sept. 30. Six day-use picnic areas will close Sept. 4: • Amity – Boat ramp remains open • Big Hart – Boat ramp remains open • Gill Point – Boat ramp […]
Mon. – Thurs.: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. 131 West Augusta Street Friday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. McCormick, SC 29835 Saturday: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. 864-852-9500 Closed Sunday As the summer is in full swing and lots of readers are headed to nearby lakes and waterholes for relief from the heat, the […]
To Our Readership We are the oldest newspaper in S.C. and we have battled so many times, over 182 years, to stay alive — sometimes of our own doing, other times the “undoing” coming from the outside. Vicissitudes of this nature tend to keep one strong. This newspaper stands for the right of a […]
Summers Pendarvis of Weichert, Realtors® – Pendarvis Company excited for passage of “Baily Bill” EDGEFIELD, S.C. / Aug. 14, 2018 – Weichert, Realtors® – Pendarvis Company is proud to announce that Summers Pendarvis, the company’s broker-in-charge, helped pass a federal property tax credit for Edgefield County. Known as the Baily Bill, the historic legislation was […]
The Poet Laureate Committee received Dr. Drew Lanham recently for a sit-down, informational meeting. Pictured here are: his wife Janice Lanham, Laurie Prince, Drew Lanham, Pam Andrews and Nancy Cowart. Not pictured, Jessica Harris. When did you write your first poem? was a question posed to Drew Lanham recently when he met with […]
The American Heart Association presented Edgefield County EMS with the Mission Lifeline EMA Silver Plus Achievement Award at the Aug. 7 meeting of Edgefield County Council. Kayla Yate Kraneberg, Executive Director of the CSRA American Heart Association (pictured on the right), along with another representative on the left, presented the award to Raymond Batchelor (center). […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a business and a residence being broken into on Sunday, Aug. 12. Although both were reported on the aforementioned date, the break-in at the residence could have happened anytime between 10:00 on the evening of Aug. 10 to almost midnight on the 12th. According to […]