Edgefield, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/ Edgefield, SC News Local family's photos geneaology depict history of segregated South http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/90943189c36192a9894339ebb3a900b6.html CHARLOTTE To know the story of black history Dylan Holmes didn't have to look any further than the wall of his boyhood home in Rock HillIn a large frame fading photos and straight lines trace five generations of his father's family to the 19th Century Next to some names are red stars Each signifies a slave including one who passed down his own account of an infamous moment in American history Parent who killed child wife loses appeal http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/dc3a0d49a40eb893d445f81170ec3cc7.html The first parent since 1977 to be put on South Carolina8217;s Death Row for killing his child likely has run out of appealspThe SC Supreme Court in a 40 vote Monday rejected the latest appeal by Luke Williams III 56 who has been on Death Row for more than 15 yearspAn Edgefield County jury in November 1993 convicted Williams of murdering his 12yearold adopted son and 39yearold wife in 1991pLinda Williams was beaten to death and son Shaun 8212; an El Salvador native who was orphaned in 1978 during the civil war there 8212; was strangledpTheir bodies were found June 19 1991 in Sumter National Forest in a partially burned van Luke Williams took out more than 584000 in insurance on his family a short time before the killings authorities said Clemson professor's work to track rural black farm families http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/ec3a1000aee5362af85db6143aca04cf.html CLEMSON A Clemson University professor is looking for black farm families and landowners around the state to document their stories on the history of the land and past land management practices Girl 16 recovering after shooting http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/604586c96b398db5385359a2a3ba8788.html AIKEN A 16yearold girl is recovering from a gunshot wound she suffered early Sunday morningThe shooting occurred around 2 am outside Club 19 Sports Grill Edgefield Road Aiken according to the Aiken County Sheriff's OfficeThere was a fight between two men inside the club and they were asked to leave the building according to a police report The fight continued outside the club where a group of people gathered Witnesses said one of the men pulled a handgun and shot into the air Arrest made in Sharon bank robbery http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/37bc3cab827124f292148080fb0f11fb.html YORK Authorities have arrested a McCormick man and issued arrest warrants for another man in connection to last weeks robbery at a Sharon bank police said Investors express rage describe losses http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/910ddff843661084e020f80b485a4145.html ANDERSON Emotions boiled over Wednesday as investors for the first time faced the orchestrator of an Easleybased pyramid scheme that fleeced them of 12 million over the past several years Turkey farm remains an issue for Darlington County Council http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/5c0d0c8d99765f8ab1c4aa2e29461794.html Thanksgiving might be over but turkey remained a hot topic during Darlington County Council8217;s regular meeting Monday night Turkey farm still an issue before Darlington County Council http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/edgefield/content/00af8edc6559f7415058db4798bc892c.html Thanksgiving might be over but turkey remained a hot topic during Darlington County Council8217;s regular meeting Monday night