Prayer Service: A community prayer service will be held for the families of the victims of the shootings at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church at Johnston United Methodist Church, 471 Lee St. in Johnston, SC on June 25 at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome! Poetry Reading: The Discovery Center, Saturday, June 27 at 1PM. Remarkable […]
June 25, 2015 – Sen. Shane Massey’s statement on the Confederate Flag, disseminated through Facebook and Twitter late Tuesday (June 23) afternoon, set many to wondering how the whole delegation that represents Edgefield County, and some of the surrounding areas, were positioning themselves on the Confederate Flag that flies on the Confederate monument on the […]
Columbia, S.C. – Four preliminary winners were announced after the first night of preliminary competition on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Township Auditorium in Columbia, SC. The Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen pageants will continue this week with two more nights of preliminary competition on Wednesday, June 24, and Thursday, June 25, […]
Opinion – By Robert Scott – I’ve been writing OpEd columns for The Edgefield Advertiser for a little over a year now, covering many subjects generally from a more liberal viewpoint than you might find in other area newspapers. I wrote one last October about the Confederate flag and the heritage we all have here […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Mr. Thomas C. (T.C.) Hammond, Jr., of Martintown Road, husband of Mildred Townes Hammond, died Monday June 22, 2015 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Thursday June 25, 2015 at 11 A.M. at Peace Haven Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Hammond was a native of Edgefield County […]
Two Charged With Attempted Murder The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office has charged two male suspects with two counts of attempted murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime in response to an incident that happened on Hwy 191 on June 13 in which the pair allegedly shot at a vehicle […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Dr. James Lundy Cooper, Sr., 84, of Columbia Rd., husband of Shirley Simmons Cooper, died Sunday June 21, 2015 at University Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday June 24, 2015 at 11 A.M at Edgefield First Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M. at the church […]
Ridge Peach Festival, June 20, 2015, Trenton, S.C.
Special to The Advertiser By Samuel Northrop Last week I was given the opportunity to attend one of America’s largest and most prestigious music festivals. Over the course of four days, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (or simply Bonnaroo) featured over 98 bands, 20 comedians, 30 DJ’s and more. Having never attended any kind of […]
Edgefield County Council unanimously agreed to appoint Roger LeDuc as the County’s Interim Administrator at a special called meeting June 18. LeDuc will replace current administrator Lynn Strom whose resignation was announced by Council Chairwoman Genia Blackwell in a press release printed in our June 10 edition. The move occurred after a short executive session […]