– By Kenneth Kaltz – With the regular season coming to a close in NCAA basketball, one team is chasing a feat no other team has accomplished since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, the perfect season. The Kentucky Wildcats are a perfect 31-0 at the end of their regular season play. With nine more wins they […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C., March 14, 2015 — The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) have a long standing commitment to preserve our hunting heritage and introduce people to the shooting sports. Now NWTF Hunting Heritage Programs and SCDNR’s Take One Make One (TOMO) program are working together to coordinate hunting opportunities. […]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Ms. Effie Waldo Mosley, 79, of Edgewood Road, entered into rest March 10, 2015. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Friday, March 13, at G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary with the Rev. Cecelia Byrd officiating. Interment will be in Simmon Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Mosley, a native of Edgefield County, […]
– By Tiffani Ireland – Shocking. That is the description heard most in The Advertiser’s examination of the verdict in the November trial of Edward Terrell Chandler. Chandler was tried at that time for the kidnapping, assault, and robbery of Roger Lamb of Johnston. Chandler was found not guilty of those charges and released. Then, […]
Last Year STHS Was First Runner-up COLUMBIA, S.C. (March 11, 2015)— Strom Thurmond High School will join 11 other schools to compete in the SC Bar State High School Mock Trial Competition March 13-14 at the Matthew J. Perry Jr. Federal Courthouse in Columbia. Participating students from Strom Thurmond High School include Antonia Adams, Delshawn […]
Friends of the Library Sale: Seeking children’s books through the next three weeks for an April sale. Free Legal Clinics: SC Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor on March 12 Wills, Estate and Probate Issues from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Edgefield County Hospital led by Jennifer P. Sumner. On April 16, the topic […]
March, 11, 2015 – An early morning house fire at 301 Country Club Road claimed the life of a mother and her two children; 24 year old Laterrious Watkins, 2 year old Aubrey McKie, and 1 year old Jacob McKie, Jr. The Edgefield County Coroner’s Office placed the time of deaths as 4:20 a.m. and […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Marvin T. (Inky) English, 88, of Johnston, S.C., passed away March 10, 2015. Funeral Services will be held Friday March 13, 2015 at 2 PM at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial at Mt. of Olives Cemetery in Johnston, S.C. He was born in Anderson, S.C. on April 29, 1926, son of […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mr. Robert L. “Buddy” Smith, Jr., 69, of Old Plank Road, husband of Frances Paul Smith died on March 10, 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday March 12, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park in Edgefield. Mr. Smith […]
Ribbon cutting for the Merriwether Center on Sweetwater Rd. drew a crowd from the area that included officials: County Council members Chm. Blackwell, Ashcraft, Talbert and Campbell; Sweetwater Baptist minister Rev. Paul Noe who gave a prayer; Sen Massey, Rep. Hixon, Administrator Lynn Strom and her assistant Jennifer Gilley and Mayor Durham; Ambassador Cooper who […]