– By Tiffani Ireland – June, 30 2015 – As previously reported by The Advertiser, Palmetto Products Pipe Line, LLC, a Kinder Morgan company, plans to run a new pipe line through sections of Edgefield County as part of an expansion project by the company. The proposed pipe line would run from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Collins and […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – Blankets, lawn chairs, and families sprawled across the grass filled the square in Edgefield, Friday night, June 26, as hundreds of children and adults came to enjoy Movie Night on the Square. The event, hosted by Antioch Baptist Church, the Edgefield Community Development Association, and the Town of Edgefield, was […]
Edgefield County student Virginia Brooks Bledsoe was among fifty-three high school rising high school juniors and seniors from across South Carolina who recently participated in the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s (SCFB) 2015 Youth Leadership Conference in Newberry, SC. The conference, held on the Campus of Newberry College June 14-17, allowed students to gain valuable […]
The Edgefield Fire Department has acquired smoke detectors authorized by the Town Council at its May meeting and are prepared to install the equipment in the homes of citizens who apply for the assistance. The detectors and their installation are free to Edgefield citizens who can obtain and submit an application at the town hall.
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. David Simpkins, Sr. 87, of 14 Simpkins Road, the husband of Lillian Walker Simpkins died Saturday at his home, after failing health. He was born in Edgefield County, son of the late Pierce Sr. and Fannie Mae Bush Simpkins. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and a retired […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral and burial services for Marine PFC Carson Devene Culbreath, age 23, of 1600 Mt. Calvary Rd, will be held 12 PM Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia, SC. Survivors include: his parents, Bobby and Ethel Brooker Culbreath; three sisters, Clarice Culbreath, Jasmine Culbreath, and Alexia Culbreath. A […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Everett J. (E.J.) Sigers, age 87, of Edgefield, SC peacefully passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015. He was born in Rockmart, Georgia on April 11, 1928, son of the late Doss and Estelle Sigers. He and his late wife, Fay Sigers were grade school sweethearts and prior to her death had been […]
• Davis Wash Competes As Miss Lexington Teen Davis Wash, upcoming 9th grader, will be competing in the Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization Teen competition as Miss Lexington Teen. This is this week, from June 22 to June 26. Upcoming Patriot 6th grader, Miss Ashland Yonce willl serve as Davis’s princess for the week. Davis is […]
Opinion – By Tonya Guy – A group of concerned citizens have recently become aware of the fact that a beautifully built, two-story warehouse, with 16-inch thick brick walls and 20,000 square feet of usable space, located within the confines of the Edgefield Historic District, is about to be torn down and lost forever (to […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – June 25, 2015 – “No changes to deer [laws] this year.” Those were the words of SC State Rep. Bill Hixon when he spoke to The Advertiser, Tuesday, June 23. This comes after the Senate passed a bill earlier this year which would have brought significant changes to deer hunting […]