Current Mayor, Billy Padgett, will not run again for mayor. Mayor Padgett was sworn in on Town Council in July,1996. He was sworn in as Mayor on April 2013. Phil Musgrave and Shannon Philpott are ...

Pictured, from left to right, are STHS Mock Trial Teacher Coach Thomas Behr, team members Michaela Owen, Reece Lowe, Evan Williams, Dennis Fraser, Toney Robinson, Autumn Wingard, Mina Allen, Julianne ...

Row 2 Asst. Coach LeeAnne Hill, Brianna McNeill, Savannah McNeill, Liz Parks, Lillie Slocum, Charlotte Bailey, Katherine Trotter, Mary Blanche Stark, Hailey Holmes, Head Coach Kristina Graves. Friday, ...

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The ...

Edgefield County’s rich historical heritage will be showcased in a tour of eight special places scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20-21. Friday’s tour, from 5-8 p.m. will be candlelit.

Mary Ann Quarles DeSiders, 75, wife of the late Bill DeSiders of Johnston, SC entered into rest on March 5, 2025, while being surrounded by her loved ones at her home. Mary Ann was born in Edgefield, ...

Larry was born in Augusta, Ga. as the son of the late Sara and Landrum Miller. He was a talented carpenter for 42 years, and a member of Red Oak Grove Baptist Church. Larry is survived by Rose his ...

All writers in Op Ed are here to inform and acknowledge issues of importance to our communities, however these writings represent the views and opinions of the authors and not necessarily of The ...

Thirty-six years ago, McKinney, who is retiring at the end of the school year, dreamed of an annual showcase for all of the Edgefield County School District’s (ECSD) fine arts programs. On Thursday (3 ...

Before returning to South Carolina, if anyone had asked me where most Revolutionary War battles were fought, I would have replied “New England.” For the first three years of the American Revolutionary ...

Front row: Chuck Hammond, Preston Bledsoe, James Creasy, Hudson Manly(holding trophy ), Briggs Williams. The Wardlaw Academy Cross Country Team bested nine other Boys Class A teams from across South ...

On Sunday evening September 11, 2022, Deputies along with the Edgefield County Coroner’s Office responded to a wooded area along Deep Step Road in the southern tip of Edgefield County. A hunter, ...