COLUMBIA, S.C. – Newly minted officers from the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) graduated on April 19 from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy for its Basic Law Enforcement class. The 14 new officers for the past several weeks have undergone intense training, covering such topics as criminal domestic violence, gangs, and firearm safety, […]
Fox Creek High School’s Silver Fox Academy is a special program for gifted and talented students that allows them the option of taking multiple college courses on Fox Creek’s campus free of charge during their Junior and Senior years of high school. The program is in its second year and has grown by leaps and […]
The Edgefield County Library held a ribbon cutting Thursday afternoon, Apr. 18, to officially dedicate and open the newly renovated children’s area in memory of longtime library patron, Dorothy (Dot) Mims. Sponsored by The Friends of the Library, a host of family and friends of the late Mrs. Mims was on hand to see her […]
A fire at 20 Meeting St. Sunday afternoon caused major heat and water damage to a house there and took the life of the family’s cat. According to Roger Ellis with the Edgefield Fire Department, who spoke with The Advertiser on Monday, the fire started when the valve on a gas grill blew off and […]
Thursday, May 9 from 2:00 – 8:00 pm – In recognition of the arrival of SPRING, the Edgefield Community Development Association is sponsoring a Downtown Spring Celebration Stroll Thursday, May 9, from 2:00 until 8:00 p.m. Local merchants will open their doors to welcome spring shoppers to peruse merchandise while enjoying a glass of wine […]
JOHNSTON, S.C. – Mrs. Gayla J. Sleister Easler, 57, of Johnston, beloved wife of Mr. Butch Easler, entered into rest on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Born at Ft. Gordon, GA, she was a daughter of Margie C. Blackmon, Graniteville, SC and the late Buford T. Newsome. She was a former video store owner. Gayla enjoyed […]
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Karnig (Bo) Surabian, 84, entered into rest on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 18th, at Resurrection Lutheran Church with the Rev. David Hunter officiating. Burial was private. Mr. Surabian was born on 9 January 1929 […]
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Mr. Bobby Henry Tanks, 55, entered into rest April 21, 2013. Graveside service will be held Wednesday, April 24, at 1 p.m. at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park ,Edgefield, SC with the Rev. Vernon Zinnerman officiating. Mr. Tanks, a native of Edgefield County was a 1976 graduate of Strom Thurmond High School […]
ATLANTA, Ga. – Henry Rives Coleman Chalmers, MD. July 28, 1918 – April 1, 2013. “When through one man a little more love and goodness, a little more light and truth comes into this world, then that man’s life has had meaning.” Alfred Delp Rives Chalmers’ life touched many others in the way he lived and […]
Baylee Sims and Bianca White won the logo contest for the “Goodwill, Dragon Boat Race,” presented by Nancy Browning, Manager of Volunteer Services. They are art students at Strom Thurmond High and are the students of Ms .Beth Clark. They received $50.00 gift cards and were chosen from high schools and colleges from the whole CSRA. […]