Dorothy Taylor Miller

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Taylor Miller, age 86, will be held Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Johnston United Methodist Church at 3 pm with burial to follow in Ebenezer Cemetery in Trenton. The family will receive friends in the church sanctuary from 2 – 3 pm prior to the service. Bland […]

Local Red Cross Shelter Team Deploys to Louisiana

Local Red Cross Shelter Team Deploys to Louisiana

21 local volunteers are on the ground in the Gulf Coast helping with Red Cross relief efforts AIKEN, SC, AUGUST 30, 2012 – The American Red Cross, Columbia Region has deployed a shelter team of five volunteers to Lafayette, LA to help with relief efforts after Hurricane Isaac caused great damage and flooding along the […]

WMA Public Dove Fields 2012-2013

WMA Public Dove Fields 2012-2013

Statewide Season Dates: September 1 – October 6 (Sept 1-3 Afternoons only) November 17- November 24 December 21 – January 15 Bag Limit: Mourning Doves: 15 doves per day. No limit on Eurasian collared doves. All Hunters Please Note! The following special regulations apply to ALL Wildlife Management Area Public Dove Fields: Hunters are limited to […]

Aiken County Wildlife Area Opens to Public on Saturdays in September

Aiken County Wildlife Area Opens to Public on Saturdays in September

Aiken County’s Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve will open to the public on the following Saturdays during September: Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29. Crackerneck Wildlife Management Area and Ecological Reserve consists of 10,470 acres owned by the U.S. Department of Energy. Crackerneck is in Aiken County along the Savannah River and lies south […]

Weekly Children’s Story Series “The Piper Tales”

Weekly Children’s Story Series “The Piper Tales”

Beginning this September, young and young-at-heart readers will thrill to the weekly adventure stories of a boy named Bill and his dog, Piper. The Piper Tales, written by local author Penny L. Hunt, are published by The Edgefield Advertiser both in traditional print and on line. Each adventure leads to the next in a “to be […]

Felder Dorn Treats Us to Another Book

Felder Dorn Treats Us to Another Book

Death of a Policeman; Birth of a Baby Get ready. For those who enjoyed Guns of Meeting Street by Felder Dorn, there is another book that he has written, to be published this next month. It has to do with a woman who was up for execution, like Sue Logue, but the sentence was commuted […]

S.C. Bar Offers Free Legal Clinic in McCormick

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The S.C. Bar Pro Bono Program will sponsor a free legal clinic in McCormick on Friday, Sept. 7. The topic is end of life issues (health care power of attorney, living wills, DNR orders and power of attorney), featuring attorney Stephen R. Chapman. The clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to […]

Calvin R. Quarles

EDEGFIELD, S.C. – Calvin R. Quarles, 78, of Red Hill Rd., passed away at his residence. Graveside Services will be held Friday August 31, 2012 at 10 A.M. at Red Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Quarles was a native of Edgefield County and was a member of Red Hill Baptist Church. He was a retired Textile […]

Here and There – 8/30/12

Farmers’ and Artists’ Market: Johnston Farmers’ and Artists’ Market is held from 4-6 p.m. each Thursday. If interested in being a vendor call 275-4097. Leadership Conference: Liberty Spring Baptist Church is hosting a Leadership Conference Saturday, Sept. 1, at the church fellowship hall. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the conference at 9:30 a.m. The […]

Suspected Drugs Found at JET Middle School

Two Students Taken to Department of Juvenile Justice School Resource Officer for JET Middle School, Rodney Williams, removed what is believed to be marijuana from two students on campus Monday, Aug. 27. According to a report by the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office, the two juveniles were each found to be in possession of a bag containing a […]