Two golf carts were reported stolen in the North Augusta section of Edgefield County, Sunday, June 26. According to ECSO reports of the thefts, one of the golf carts was stolen from a residence on Locust Drive sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Sunday. The other was stolen the same day from a residence […]
The Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to an armed robbery on Lucius Lane near Country Club Road, Saturday night, June 25. According to an ECSO report on the incident, a female was at Soap and Suds Laundry Mat in Edgefield, Saturday, when she was approached by a man on a bicycle. The man asked the […]
The South Carolina Department of Education released the winners of the Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards for 2014–2015. The Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards program recognizes schools for attaining high levels of general performance and for making substantial progress in closing the achievement gap between disaggregated groups. Two Edgefield County schools received Palmetto Gold and/or […]
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Bricks Thrown at Multiple Tractor Trailers on Hwy 25 Multiple tractor trailers were the targets of bricks on Edgefield Road (Hwy 25 ) at Academy Estates Road in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 28. According to an Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office report on the incidents, drivers of three different tractor trailers reported […]
EDGEFIELD – Miss Martha “Mot” Curry entered into rest June 25, 2016 at the Ridge Rehab & Health Care Center. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Miss Curry a native of Edgefield County was a 1967 graduate of W. E. Parker High School and a member of Science Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Survivors include a dedicated […]
Come celebrate DAVE THE POTTER at a two-day, two-town festival in honor of this extraordinary African-American artisan! Dave, born into slavery, lived for the first three-quarters of the 19th century in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. Thirsty for knowledge, he dared to challenge anti-slave-literacy laws by learning to read and write. He left an […]
In the interview for the article addressed in the letter below (ECTC in Limbo, June 15 Advertiser), both the reporter and editor clarified with the interviewees the intent of the article. The intent was to address the necessary change of venue for the theatre and how they were managing that. The reporter brought up interviewing […]
Johnston, SC – Graveside Services for Mrs. Verna Cromley Forrest, age 86, will be held Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 2 o’clock at Mount of Olives Cemetery, Johnston, with Pastor Paul Volpitto and Rev. Barry Epps officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Johnston Presbyterian Church Social Hall. Honorary pallbearers will be […]
The South Carolina Prescribed Fire Council will talk about the importance of fire to bobwhite quail and wild turkeys during its annual meeting Sept. 21-22 at the National Wild Turkey Federation’s Palmetto Shooting Complex in Edgefield. Johnny Stowe, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) representative to the Prescribed Fire Council, says the theme for this […]