John W. Pettigrew, Jr. of Edgefield announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the SC Senate District 25 seat which includes all of Edgefield County and portions of Aiken, Lexington, McCormick and Saluda Counties. Pettigrew is a small businessman and owner of Pettigrew Properties. He has previously been elected to serve as Mayor of […]
The Democratic Party held their County Convention on March 24, 2016, at the County Council Chambers. Elections were held for leadership in the coming year of elections. The new Chairman of the Democratic Party for Edgefield County is James Bibbs, Jr.; First Vice Chair, Robert Scott; 2nd Vice Chair, Debra Barley; Secretary, Saletha Lewis; Treasurer, […]
V. Howard Wates, Jr. Edgefield, SC Howard Wates, Jr., 73, husband of Kathlean (Kitty) Wates, died Sunday March 20, 2016. Graveside Services will be held Tuesday March 22, 2016 at 11 AM at Red Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the grave. Mr. Wates was a native of […]
Blondelle C. Trotter Modoc, SC Blondelle Clegg Trotter, 87, wife of Curtis R. Trotter for 68 years passed away on Wednesday March 16, 2016. Funeral Services will be held Friday March 18, 2016 at 11 AM at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Mrs. Trotter was born in Parksville, SC. She […]
NORTH AUGUSTA – Lucia Ceron Reyes, beloved wife of Octavio Ceron, died March 9, 2016 in Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Born in Veracruz , Mexico January 27, 1950, Mrs. Ceron Reyes lived thirty years in California before coming to South Carolina 11 years ago. She and her husband were the owners of Los Jarochos […]
Mr. Floyd Collier, of Martintown Road, entered into rest March 8, 2016. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, at Old Piney Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Louis T. Coley officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Collier, a native of Edgefield County, was a member of Old Piney […]
An estimated 50,000 hunters will take to the woods during the upcoming turkey season, generating an estimated $30 million in direct expenditures for South Carolina’s economy. Legislation passed by the S.C. General Assembly last year sets new season dates and bag limits on private lands. Season dates for private lands are now March 20 to […]
Dr. Lonnie Randolph, Jr., will speak Saturday, March 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at the Collins Building on Bettis Campus. The occasion is the NAACP Banquet. Lonnie Randolph, Jr. is a native of Columbia, South Carolina where he attended local public schools and graduated from Dreher High School. Dr. Randolph is an alumnus of Benedict College […]
The Johnston Police Department responded to a shooting call in the vicinity of the May Street Apartments, Monday night, March 7, around 10:00. According to JPD Officer James Mosley, who spoke with The Advertiser regarding the incident, JPD and the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of what turned out to be a […]
The story of the Hamburg Massacre is one of the darkest chapters in the history of the North Augusta area. From July 4 to 9, 1876, eight men were killed in a series of racial confrontations. It began with a traffic dispute and ended in a group execution. An obelisk was soon erected in […]